Tag: Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, he Basque Port of Guetaria 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #272
Getaria is a coastal town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. This coastal village is located on the Urola Coast, with Zarautz to the east and Zumaia to the west. Getaria is known for being Juan Sebastián Elcano’s hometown, a seaman well-known for being…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #94
William Skilling, after Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, British/American (18?? – 1964) Afternoon on the Beach (Beach at Zarauz), circa 1955 Oil on Canvas, signed 48 x 60 in. (121.92 x 152.4 cm) Private collection Zarautz Beach is the largest in Gipuzkoa and its 2,500 metres make it a multidisciplinary space, with different aspects and people. Families, surfers…
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03 Paintings, scenes from Olympian Myth, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 42
Mihail Aleksandrov Girl with swan Oil on canvas 22″ x 26″ Private collection Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached and seduced her in the form…
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08 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 63
School of Sir Anthony van Dyck Madonna and Child Oil on canvas 34 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (88.3 x 72.5 cm) Private collection The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The depiction is mentioned by…
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09 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #42
Hernando Gonzalo Villa, (American 1881-1952) The Men Ol on canvas, 25″ x 18″ Private collection Hernando Gonzalo Villa (born 1881, died 1952) was a prominent commercial artist and muralist whose work primarily depicted Native Americans, Mexican vaqueros, California missions, Spanish colonialists, and coastal views. Villa was born in Los Angeles to Esiquia and Miguel de Villa. His…
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11 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #32
Frederick Judd Waugh, American, 1861–1940 Mid Ocean Oil on canvas 40 × 50 1/4 in. (101.6 × 127.6 cm) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Frederick Judd Waugh (September 13, 1861 in Bordentown, New Jersey – September 10, 1940) was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship…
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10 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #27
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1863 – 1923 Arrival of the Boats, c. 1898 Oil on canvas Private Collection Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by…
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