Tag: footnotes
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03 Photographs of the Canals of Venice by Gianni Berengo Gardin, with footnotes #118
Gianni Berengo Gardin (born 1930) is an Italian photographer who has concentrated on reportage and editorial work, but whose career as a photographer has encompassed book illustration and advertising… Please follow link for full post
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66 Paintings – RELIGIOUS ART BY THE OLD MASTER PAINTERS – Paintings from the Bible, with footnotes
Artists included: Ángel Zárraga, Marten de Vos, Artus Wolfaerts, Jacopo Zanguidi, Jacob de Backer, Gerrit van Honthorst, Francesco Guarino da Solofra, Francesco Guarino, The Master of the Parrot, Antwerp School, Manuel Lopez Vazquez, Anton Kern, Pere Lembrí, Valencian School, Caravaggio, Anton Raphael Mengs, School of Toledo, Spanish School, Pedro Orrente, Francisco Camilo, Bolognese School, Northern…
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01 Work, Robert Neal’s The Agony of Ethiopia , with Footnotes #88
Estimated for US$12,000 – US$18,000 in July 2022 A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, it affected 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia’s 38–40 million) and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia. Almost…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Howard A. Terpning’s Desert Storm, with footnotes #89
On sale for $14,062 in September 2023 Howard Terpning (born November 5, 1927) is an American painter and illustrator best known for his paintings of Native Americans. Terpning was born in Oak Park, Illinois. His mother was an interior decorator, and his father worked for the railroad. As a boy he liked to draw and knew…
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04 works, The Art Of The Nude, Fritz Erler’s Calma, with footnotes #207
Fritz Erler (15 December 1868–11 December 1940) was a German painter, graphic designer and scenic designer. Although most talented as an interior designer, he is perhaps best remembered for several propaganda posters he produced during World War I… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Art, The Battle of the USS Monitor and CSS Merrimack (Virginia), With Footnotes #310
Julian Oliver Davidson (December 27, 1853–April 30, 1894) was a 19th-century American marine artist and illustrator from Nyack, New York. He best known works of the famous naval battles of the American Civil War. Davidson’s works were exhibited at the Hudson River Museum, New-York Historical Society and the National Academy of Design in the 1870s and…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hans Holbein the Younger’s Anne of Cleves, Queen of England, fourth wife of Henry VIII, with Footnotes #226
Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine,…
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19 Works, September 11th. is Artist Gerard de Lairesse’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #201
Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 — June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. His importance grew in the period following the death of Rembrandt… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The amorous game, Abraham Bloemaert’s Amorous Shepherd and Shepherdess, with Footnotes #87
Estimate for 4,000 – 6,000 USD in January 2023Abraham Bloemaert (1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was one of the “Haarlem Mannerists” from about 1585, but in the new century altered his style to fit new Baroque trends. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He…
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01 Work, Adrienne, Alexis Joseph Mazerolle’s L’Atelier du peintre/ Artist’s Studio, with Footnotes #86
Estimated for $12,000 USD – $18,000 USD in May 2022 Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle (29 June 1826 – 29 May 1889) was a French painter. He was admitted to the École des Arts et Métiers (School of Arts and Crafts), where he showed unusual ability in drawing. In 1843, at the age of 17, he was admitted to…
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02 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Cindy Crawford by Sante D’Orazio and Herbert “Herb” Ritts Jr., with footnotes #204
Cindy Crawford, in full Cynthia Ann Crawford, (born February 20, 1966, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.), American fashion model and television personality who first gained fame in the 1980s and was among the first “supermodels”… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, Interpretation of the bible, September 8th. is The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with Footnotes #208
According to the story found in the Book of James, or Protevangelion book, Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anna, were childless for many years. They remained faithful to God, but their prayers for a child were unanswered… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, John Randall Bratby’s Flooded Square of San Marco, with footnotes #117
Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years, leaving some parts of the historic Italian city neck-deep in water, reports said Monday. Water burst the banks of the coastal city’s famed canals, leaving the landmark Piazza San Marco — St Mark’s Square — under almost a meter of water at one point… Please follow link for full post
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01 work PORTRAIT OF A LADY, PAUL SÉRUSIER’s Jeune bretonne tricotant, with Footnotes #225
Estimated for GBP 30,000 – GBP 50,000 in Jun 2022 Jeune bretonne tricotant evokes an atmosphere of religious mysticism that echoes the work of Paul Gauguin, who exerted a profound influence on Sérusier. Greatly inspired by Gauguin’s use of bold areas of colour and his subject matter – in particular his Breton landscapes – Sérusier…
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01 Painting, Marine Art, Carlos Nadal’s Dieppe. With Footnotes #309
Sold for £21,420 in Mar 2022 Dieppe is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. A port on the English Channel, at the mouth of the river Arques, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled beach, a 15th-century…
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01 Marine Art, James Browning Wyeth’s Surf Watchers, with Footnotes #308
Sold for 151,200 USD in May 2022 Surf Watchers depicts the artist’s wife, Phyllis Mills Wyeth, leaning out of the Dutch door at the front of their house on Monhegan Island in Maine, where the work was painted. More on this painting James Browning Wyeth (born July 6, 1946) is a contemporary American realist painter, son of Andrew…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Henry Guillaume Schlesinger’s Dangerous liaisons, with Footnotes #85
Sold for GBP 13,700 in Jan 2008The present work is a charming example of the subjects favoured by Schlesinger. The scene depicts a group of fashionable figures engaged in narrative interaction surrounding a print. The two ladies turn away in modesty and giggle at its content, while the gentleman leans over them. The elegant interior,…
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, by Louis-Jean-Baptiste Igout from the 1800’s, with footnotes #203
Artists throughout history have been drawn to the human form. Whether it is to compel, to shock or seduce, these artworks remain one of the central subjects of art history while intimately charting the socio-political developments of our many cultures — both old and new… Please follow link for full post
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