Tag: footnotes
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Candy Darling, with Footnotes. #141
Candy Darling — 1944–1974 was born into an alcoholic household in Queens, N.Y. where she lived with her mother after her parents’ divorce. Darling, who was assigned male at birth, spent hours watching and studying old movies on TV. It was by impersonating her favorite actresses that she discovered herself. With milky white skin and large brown…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Shakir Hassan Al-Said’s Untitled (Town), with Footnotes, #55
Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925–2004), an Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer, is considered one of Iraq’s most innovative and influential artists.Born in Samawa, Al Said lived, worked and died in Bagdad. In 1948 he received a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Henri-Léopold Lévy’s Phoenix, with footnotes, #108
In Ancient Greek folklore, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion, others that it simply dies and decomposes before being born…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Ruth Bernhard’s Detail; Transparent, with footnotes # 137
Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (born Oct. 14, 1905, Berlin, Ger.—died Dec. 18, 2006, San Francisco, Calif.), celebrated the female form with her light-infused black-and-white nudes, which were distinctive for their clarity and carefully wrought details. Bernhard’s career took a pivotal turn after a chance meeting with photographer Edward Weston, who became her mentor. She joined…
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11 Works, November 22nd. is Consuelo Fould’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #239
Consuelo Fould, born November 22, 1862, in Cologne (Germany), arrived in France in 1864, with her parents, Valérie Simonin and Gustave Fould. She trained very young with her mother, a former actress who practiced sculpture with Mathieu-Meunier, also professor of Sarah Berhnardt… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, Emile Bernard’s On a bridge in Venice , with foot notes. #74
In this large canvas, Bernard combines an almost life-size representation of Venetians in the foreground, with the evocation of the City of the Doges in the background. The airy elegance of the Veronese colors of the women and children dressed in bright colors circulating on the bridgea. The architectural background is almost monochromatic, a kind…
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04 Aalabaster Sculptures, RELIGIOUS ART, God the Father, The Annunciation, The Miraculous Draught of the Fishes and the Virgin and Child – with footnotes #187
God the Father is depicted here crowned and holding an orb, representing the realm of the Earth over which he rules… Please follow link for full post
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12 Works, November 21st. is Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #238
The picture is a concentrate of observations on travels 1869–70 and 1874–75 to Turkey, Greece and Egypt and must be described as one of Jerichau Baumann’s masterpieces. It is carried by a sensuality and coloristic boldness that is atypical of the Danish art of the period, but less marked by the pointed ethnocentrism that characterizes…
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01 Painting, The amorous games, Francesco Vinea’s Merriment in the tavern, Part 78 – With Footnotes
Francesco Vinea (Forlì, August 10, 1845 – Florence, October 22, 1902) was an Italian painter, known for his period costume genre subjects. He studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, but had to discontinue his studies due to his poverty, and spent some time traveling without a home. He worked for a photographer, also as…
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19 Works, November 15th. is Aniello Falcone’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #235
Aniello Falcone (15 November 1600–1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes. Some sources refer to him as Ancillo Falcone. Born in Naples the son of a tradesman, he showed his artistic tendency at an early age. He first received some instruction from a relative,…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Laureano Barrau Buñol’s Les plaisirs de Paris, with footnotes, Part 86
Belle Époque Paris was a city full of pleasures. A celebrated pocket guide to the city’s newest and newsworthy haunts, aptly titled Les plaisirs de Paris (written by the journalist Alfred Delvau and first published 1867), an advertisement for which is visible at the center of the painting, promised readers entrée into la ville du…
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05 works, Today, November 13th, is Saint Manetha’s day, her story illustrated #316
Some servants of Christ’s people, who in the stature of their bodies were only youths, but their soul was armed with the worship of God, both came of themselves, and when the governor was offering libations to idols in the midst of the city, suddenly rushed upon him, and called upon him to abandon his…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice; Friedrich Paul Nerly’s Veduta di Venezia/ View of Venice, with footnotes. #103
Friedrich Nerly or Federico Nehrlich (October 26, 1842 – 1919) was a german painter who specialized in seascapes. Nerly was of Prussian nationality. He completed his first studies with his father, a well known landscape artist. He later enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. In 1862–65 and in 1866, he served in the…
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by the Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
It seems that since the Musee dÓrsay’s Exhibition, everybody had something to say! Here are some Paintings that were in the exhibition, and others… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Honore Daumier’s Mother with Child, with Footnotes – #51
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose many works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century. Daumier produced over 500 paintings, 4000 lithographs, 1000 wood engravings, 1000 drawings and 100 sculptures. A prolific draughtsman, he was perhaps best known…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Francesco Vinea’s The courtly guest in the wine cellar, Part 78 – With Footnotes
Francesco Vinea (Forlì, August 10, 1845 – Florence, October 22, 1902) was an Italian painter, known for his period costume genre subjects. He studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, but had to discontinue his studies due to his poverty, and spent some time traveling without a home. He worked for a photographer,…
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01 Marine Painting – Jean Dufy’s Port de Copenhague/ Port of Copenhagen, with Footnotes, #339
The Port of Copenhagen is the largest Danish seaport and one of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea basin. It extends from Svanemølle Beach in the north to Hvidovre in the south. The Port dates back to the Middle Ages. Originally owned by the Danish Royal Family. Christian IV moved Naval Shipyard from Gammelholm to…
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