Tag: Paintings
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Wassily Kandinsky, RAPALLO: GRAUER TAG 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #174
Rapallo is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, located in the Liguria region of northern Italy. Rapallo has been known for its climate that made it over the years the winter residence of preference for most of the affluent Italians living in the North West of Italy. Its proximity to the coast makes for…
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Dino Valls, PASSIO, The Passion 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 27
I am not sure what Dino Valls intended by calling his painting “PASSIO”, but it reminds me of the Old Masters interpretations of Saints, and the olive branch shown would symbolize the description given the passion of Saint Olivia. I hope that this does not prejudice this beautiful work! Saint Olivia of Palermo (Palermo, 448 – Tunis,…
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Zena Holloway, Rolling in the Deep 01 Photograph, Tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 9
“Far, far from land, where the waters are as blue as the petals of the cornflower and as clear as glass, there, where no anchor can reach the bottom, live the mer-people.” ~ The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen Zena Holloway (born 1973 in Bahrain) is an underwater photographic artist living in London. Her work…
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John William Waterhouse, Saint Cecilia, c. 1895 01 Works RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 154
Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she “sang in her heart to the Lord”. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. According to the story, despite her vow of virginity, she was…
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Sliman Mansour, A Family Without a Shadow, c. 2018 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 16
The overwhelming significance of the physicality of Jerusalem as a national symbol permeates many of the artworks. The iconic representation of the Dome of the Rock comes to the fore as some artists celebrate the city Born in 1947, Birzeit, Palestine, Sliman Mansour studied fine art at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem. He has held…
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Elisée Maclet, Rue de la belle étoile 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 52 – With Footnotes
Jules-Émile Élisée Maclet is famous for his Paris street scenes, much in the tradition that Utrillo would soon follow. Born in Lihons-en-Santerre, Picardie (April 12, 1881), the artist began his career while still a choirboy. He moved to Montmartre in 1906, after his mother’s death, where he began painting the Montmartre landscape, anticipating the themes that…
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Pavlos SAMIOS, Fishermen in a boat 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #173
Pavlos Samios (born 1948) is a Greek painter and professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Samios was born on October 28, 1948 in Athens, Greece. As a teenager he worked at Dionysios Karoussos icon-painting studio and at the same time he attended drawing lessons under Panos Sarafianos so that he could pass the exams…
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HOSNI RADWAN, Jerusalem #3, c. 2018 51 YEARS OF OCCUPATION 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 15
The overwhelming significance of the physicality of Jerusalem as a national symbol permeates many of the artworks. The iconic representation of the Dome of the Rock comes to the fore as some artists celebrate the city via exceptionally colourful works Hosni Radwan was born in Baghdad in 1955. He studied fine arts at the University of…
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Jurij Frey, Seated 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 50 – With Footnotes
The German artist Jurij Frey has developed a realist style of painting whose blocks of colour and contrasts of light nevertheless allow us to make out all of the inner complexity. Inspired by a universal subject, man and his condition, the painter and trained illustrator proceeds with touches that he applies with lively, irregular gestures, always…
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Elisee Maclet, Le Moulin de la Galette 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 51 - With Footnotes
The Moulin de la Galette is a windmill and associated businesses situated near the top of the district of Montmartre in Paris. Since the 17th century the windmill has been known for more than just its milling capabilities. Nineteenth-century owners and millers, the Debray family, made a brown bread, galette, which became popular and thus the…
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Zena Assi, Ricochets 1 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 14
Born in Lebanon, in 1974, Zena Assi lives and works between Beirut and London. She graduated with honors from l’Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA), where she received a master’s degree in advertisement. Later on she worked in Saatchi&Saatchi advertisement agency for a few years in Beirut, and taught drawing and visual communication in different universities.…
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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS, Aphrodite 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #18
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus; her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows and swans were sacred to her. Aphrodite was created from the sea foam produced by Uranus’s genitals, which had been severed by Cronus. In Homer’s Iliad, however,…
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Jack Lorimer Gray, Nova Scotian Schooner 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #171
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. The most common type has two masts, the foremast being shorter than the main. While the schooner was originally gaff-rigged, modern schooners typically carry a Bermuda rig. More on schooners Jack Lorimer Gray (April 28, 1927 — September, 1981) was a Canadian artist, known particularly…
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08 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Kiki of Montparnasse, with footnotes # 18
Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) is a 1923 film directed by Man Ray. It consists of animated textures, Rayographs and the torso of Kiki of Montparnasse. Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953), nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse, and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist’s model,…
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Edmond Henri Théodore de Palézieux, The Rescue Ship 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #167
Edmond de Palézieux , born Edmond Henri Théodore de Palézieux, said Falconnet in Vevey ( Switzerland ) July 20, 1850, and died in Equihen-Plage ( Pas-de-Calais ) June 11, 1924, is a Swiss painter . His work is known for his views showing storms and sailors fighting the raging elements. Edmond de Palézieux wanted a…
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Philippe Vignal, A SIRÈNE 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #18
According to Greek myths, sirens were powerful and erotic creatures, and many unsuspecting sailors would fall prey to their seductive beauty. The common belief was that they would devour sailors after their ships would crash into the rocks, as most men couldn’t resist the temptation of their sweet melodies and angelic faces. More on The Fisherman and…
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Sir Robert James Philipson, NUDE BY A WINDOW 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 17
Sir Robert (Robin) James Philipson RA RSA FRSE RSW (1916–1992) was a Lancashire-born painter who was influential within the Scottish art scene for over three decades. He was then schooled at Dumfries Academy and then studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1936 to 1940. On the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the…
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Walid Ebeid, Halal meat 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 13
Walid Ebeid was born in Cairo in 1970 and raised in Yemen during his childhood. Walid graduated with a BFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, in 1992. His work has been exhibited internationally, earning him a reputation for his powerful expressive style. The controversial and provocative paintings of Walid Ebeid range from poignant studies of the female figure to People…
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Zhanna Kondratenko, Twain 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 49 – With Footnotes
Zhanna Kondratenko: “Art has been rooted in my mind since early childhood. And since that time painting has become the special tool of learning, not only external world, but also the inner one. I believe we can find beauty and inspiration even in any trifle. I am interested in art with all its genres and…
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01 Work, Marine Art, Jin-Woo Prensena in Capri – With Footnotes, #168
La Fontelina – Capri. One of the most exclusive beach clubs and restaurants in the whole of Italy, Capri’s Fontelina is a resting at the foot of the island’s legendary Faraglioni. It is also a historical place, where the Roman emperors residing on Capri once came to bathe. Although more than 50 years have passed since…
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