Tag: footnotes
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Warren Brandt’s Relaxing Nude, with footnotes # 185
Sold for $687.50 in January 2020 “Working in the tradition of Henri Matisse, Brandt has adopted beauty and realism as his concerns. Brandt has managed to bridge the gap between the masters of the Western tradition, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Pierre Bonnard, Max Beckmann and Willem de Kooning.” Warren Brandt (1918-2002) studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at…
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27 Paintings from Émile Henri Bernard’s ten year stay in Egypt, with footnotes
Bernard left France in 1893 and had lived abroad for ten years before returning to his native country. Intrigued by Orientalist works of the previous generations artists — Ingres, Delacroix, and others — he sought to create his own works depicting similarly scenes and characters… Please follow link for full post
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01 Photograph of the Canals of Venice, St. Mark’s Domes with Venice Background, with footnotes #112
Offered for sale for C$14,500 in June 2023 St Mark’s Basilica is the cathedral church of the Catholic Patriarchate of Venice. Its model was the sixth-century Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, although accommodations were made to adapt the design to the limitations of the physical site and to meet the specific needs of Venetian…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Helmut Newton’s Rich Girl, with Footnotes #197
Estimate at 5,000—8,000 USD in July 2022 Renowned for his carefully composed, cinematic photographs, Helmut Newton was one of the 20th century’s most influential photographers. He fundamentally changed the nature of fashion photography through his edgy approach to subject matter, and strong formal intuition. Frequently depicting nude subjects in high heels, Newton instead hones in…
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01 Marine Painting – Raoul Dufy’s THE PIER IN LE HAVRE, with Footnotes #379
Sold for 200,000 EUR in June 2020 In 1885, the Florentine father named Guéroult installed the Bains de la Falaise on the current site of the regatta palace. The establishment was very popular with residents. They took advantage of beach huts, canvas tents and the pier that allowed high tide to reach the sea without…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Oscar VanYoung’s Hot Summer Day, with footnotes # 183
Sold for $1,200.00 in January 2020Oscar Van Young was born in Vienna on 15 April 1906. For business reasons his father found himself in Russia at the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, and was followed there by his family. Oscar spent some of his teenage years in Odessa, Russia during the civil war that…
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01 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Hosni Radwan’s City of Paradoxes 6, with Footnotes #76
The city of Jerusalem is the focus of Hosni Radwan’s latest series of artworks. Using charcoal, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas, he attempts to express his fascination with a city haunted by shades of paradoxes. The minute Radwan saw Jerusalem, after living in the diaspora most of his life, he fell in love with it.…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Gyula Tornai’s Japán Masszirozónő (The Blind Masseuse), with Footnotes #196
Estimated at USD 70,000 – USD 90,000 in Apr 2022 The goze stands fully frontal, holding her staff in one hand and a blue enameled teapot in the other, her shamisen slung across her back. Her clothing, though not richly embroidered nor of expensive cloth, is patterned and her hair is wrapped in a pastel patterned scarf. She…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Philippe Mercier’s Portrait of Lady Mary Watson Wentworth, with Footnotes #195
Sold for £4,462.50 on April 2022 Mary Watson-Wentworth, Marchioness of Rockingham (née Liddell, later Bright; 1735 – 19 December 1804) was the wife of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was prime minister of Great Britain in 1782 and again from 1765 to 1766. Born c. 1735 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, she was the only…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Hugh Goldwin Riviere’s Garden of Eden, with Footnotes #97
The Garden of Eden depicts a young couple walking through Kensington Gardens by Lancaster Gate on a rainy day. It is a touching scene of two otherwise insignificant people made significant by the love they bear each other. Their fixed gazes show the depth of their affection that converts, for them, the dreariness of the chilly…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s Veiled Somali Woman , with Footnotes #194
Sold on Apr 13, 2022 for $656.25Carol Beckwith (born July 10, 1945) is an American photographer, author, and artist known for her photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the Australian photographer Angela Fisher. Between them, Beckwith and Fisher have published 14 books, and have had their photos appear in…
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17 Works, Sun Bathers and Summer break, with footnotes
Explore Nature And Have An Adventure. Summer is a time when nature is bursting at the seams. Take a trip to the lake or beach. Dive into the water–there is so much to learn and so much to discover together… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, Jean Souverbie’s L’amazone, with footnotes #29
Sold for €36,585 EUR in December 2019 In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of woman warriors. The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey near the southern shore of the Black Sea. There they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen named…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Hugo Ballin’s Two women in a meadow, with footnotes # 182
Estimate at $700 – $900. Sold for $450.00 on October 2020 Hugo Ballin NA (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was an American artist, muralist, author and film director. Ballin was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design.Ballin was born in New York City and studied at…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant’s At Rest, with footnotes #108
Estimate at GBP 500 – GBP 1,000 in June 2023 Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits. He was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. A journey to Morocco in…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Jehangir Sabavala’s Sorcerer – II, with Footnotes. #192
Sold for Rs 1,51,525 | $2,048 in March 2022Jehangir Sabavala (23 August 1922 – 2 September 2011). He studied at Cathedral and John Connon School, Elphinstone College, and earned a diploma from Mumbai’s Sir J. J. School of Art in 1944. Thereafter he went to Europe and studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, (1945–47),…
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05 Works, June 4th is Saints Mary and Martha’s day, their story in Paintings #155
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, He came to Bethany where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made… Please follow…
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