Tag: footnotes
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Maurice Brazil Prendergast’s Montparnasse, with footnotes, Part 80
The Boulevard du Montparnasse is a two-way boulevard in Montparnasse, in the 6th, 14th & 15th arrondissements in Paris. Students in the 17th century who came to recite poetry in the hilly neighbourhood nicknamed it after “Mount Parnassus”, home to the nine Muses of arts and sciences in Greek mythology. The hill was levelled to construct…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Widayat, Haji’s Adam and Eve in Paradise, with Footnotes – #46
Struck by a nationalistic fervor that had emerged from post-independence Indonesia, artists strove to articulate a recognizable Indonesian identity in their works. Moved by similar desires, Javanese artist Haji Widayat shifted from the predominantly Dutch Bandung school to the Indonesian-run ASRI academy in Yogyakarta. Under the tutelage of Hendra Gunawan, Widayat’s work transitioned from the…
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04 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Peter Beard’s Janice Dickinson in Kenya, with footnotes # 135
Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 16, 1955) is an American model, author, actress, television personality, and talent agent. Initially notable as a model, she has been disputably described by herself and others as the first supermodel. One of the most successful models of the 1970s and 1980s, she also served as a judge on four…
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10 Works, October 6th. is William D. Washington’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #218
In June 1862, twenty-nine-year-old Captain William Latané of the 9th Virginia Cavalry was the only Confederate killed during J. E. B. Stuart’s famous ride around Union general McClellan’s army during the Peninsula Campaign. After Latané’s death at Old Church in Hanover County, his brother John Latané removed the body to the Westwood plantation two miles…
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, FLEMISH SCHOOL’s Cephalus and Procris, with footnotes # 46
Cephalus was married to Procris, a daughter of Erechtheus, an ancient founding-figure of Athens. One day the goddess of dawn, Eos, kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting. The resistant Cephalus and Eos became lovers, and she bore him a son. However, Cephalus always pined for Procris, causing a disgruntled Eos to return him to her, making…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Louis Abel-Truchet’s THE VEGETABLE MARKET IN VENICE, with footnotes. #101
Louis Abel-Truchet, 1857 – 1918, was an important French painter, etcher and lithographer in his lifetime. He was born in 1857 in Versailles. He is predominantly known for his paintings depicting Paris at the turn of the century, with cafés, theatres, shops, everyday life and fashionable Parisians forming an essential part of the subject matter. He…
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10 works, Today, October 4th, is Saint Francis of Assisi’s day, his story illustrated #276
In the Chapel of San Gregorio in the lower church at Subiaco can be found the earliest portrait of St Francis. This fresco represents him without halo and stigmata, therefore it was probably made before 1224, when he received the stigmata. More on this work Born circa 1181, in Assisi, duchy of Spoleto, Italy, Saint…
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19 Works, October 4th. is Maximilian Lenz’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #216
Maximilian Lenz (4 October 1860, Vienna — 19 May 1948, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Lenz was a founding member of the Vienna Secession; during his career’s most important period, he was a Symbolist, but later his work became increasingly naturalistic. He worked in a variety of media, including oils, watercolours, lithography and…
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02 Paintings, Olympian deities, Antiope and Dirce, with footnotes # 45
Dirce was a daughter of the river-gods Achelous or Ismenus, or of Helios. After Zeus impregnated Antiope, Antiope fled in shame to King Epopeus of Sicyon, but was brought back by Lycus through force, giving birth to the twins Amphion and Zethus on the way. Lycus gave Antiope to Dirce. Dirce hated Antiope and treated…
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11 Works, October 2nd. is Willy Jaeckel’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #214
Willy Jaeckel (10 February 1888, Breslau — 30 January 1944, Berlin) was a German Expressionist painter and lithographer. Jaeckel’s father was a public lands manager and he originally intended to become a forest ranger, but poor health forced him to change his plans. From 1906 to 1908, he studied at the art school in Breslau, then enrolled…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dorothea Tanning’s Birthday, with Footnotes. #139
“I thought you had to go to art school. It would be a kind of initiation like being baptised — in paint. […] What a scam! They would take your money for your ‘tuition’, and then you sat and drew in a stuffy little room. […] I threw down my charcoal and left, and that…
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Giuseppe Borsato’s Grand Canal in Venice, with footnotes. #100
The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola. One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Rachid TalbiI’s The arrival 2, with footnotes, #102
Rachid Talbi was born on October 29, 1967 in Beni Mellal – Morocco. He lives in Oran – Algeria. Graduated in 1992 following higher studies at the University of Es-Senia in Oran, in the Microbiology sector. He is a self-taught artist and a member of the National Union of Cultural Arts. After his university studies, Rachid…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Léon François Comerre’s Egg Seller, with Footnotes. #138
Léon François Comerre (10 October 1850 – 20 February 1916) was a French academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women. Comerre was born in Trélon, in the Département du Nord, the son of a schoolteacher. He moved to Lille with his family in 1853. From an early age he showed an interest in art and…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Tom Wesselman’s Monica Sitting with Mondrian, with footnotes # 133
Mondrian refers to the artist whose painting is shown behind the model. Wesselmann’s most famous series, “Great American Nude” (1961–73), channels the brazen energy of American advertising and features flat, faceless female figures whom the artist often situated among stars and stripes. More on this painting The artist always refrains from developing the facial features of the…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Gaston La Touche’s La promenade, with footnotes, Part 79
In this work, La Touche finds a later echo in the closing scenes in the film of Colette’s novella, Gigi, where Louis Jourdan and Leslie Caron promenade in the Bois de Boulogne. In the shade, other figures relax and enjoy the afternoon sun. This is the Belle Epoque at its height. However, in a social…
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01 Marine Painting – Jules Achille Noel’s Before the gale at Le Tréport, with Footnotes, #335
Le Tréport is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-eastern France. A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Dieppe. The mouth of the Bresle river meets the English Channel here, in between the high chalk cliffs and…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Carlo Falcini’s Seamstresses, with Footnotes. #137
A woman holding a pair of scissors peering over the shoulder of a person draped in cream and gold fabric while a third figure stands in the back with a surprised expression. More on this work Carlo FALCINI, 1793-1865, was an artist born in XIX, he was active/lived in Italy. Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a…
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