Tag: Paintings
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 20 – With Footnotes
Caspar Netscher, 1639 – 1684 The Hague THE SEDUCTION, c. 1664 Oil on panel 15 by 12 1/2 in.; 38.1 by 31.8 cm Private Collection Scenes of love and gallantry dominate Caspar Netscher’s genre paintings of the mid-1660s. While most are politely circumspect or mildly flirtatious, The Seduction offers a more pointed representation of venal love.…
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07 Photographs, Streets of Cairo & Ghizeh from the 17th &18 Century, Egypt, with footnotes
Francis Bedford, (1815-94) (photographer) The Sphinx, the Great Pyramid and two lesser Pyramids, Ghizeh, Egypt, 4 March 1862 Albumen print 23.1 x 29.5 cm Acquired by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales, 1862 Royal Collection Trust, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014 The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #73
Franz Hünten Hamburg, 1822 – Hamburg 1887 The W. Schernikau off Heligoland, c. 1860 Oil/canvas 50,5 x 71,5 cm Private collection Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. The islands were at one time Danish and later British possessions. The islands are located in the Heligoland Bight are in the southeastern corner of…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 95
Giovanni Biliverti, (1585–1644) The Archangel Raphael Refusing Tobias’s Gift, c. 1612 Oil on canvas Height: 175 cm (68.9 in). Width: 146 cm (57.5 in). Pitti Palace The subject comes from the Book of Tobit , one of the Apocryphal books in the Old Testament, and shows the final scene in the story of how Tobit, a…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #72
Cezary Kielar, Netherlands Girl at the seaside Oil on Canvas 19.7 H x 23.6 W x 0.8 in Private collection Cezary Kielar, Netherlands: “I take pictures, draw and paint … At the moment I paint portraits, but there is a kind of ambiguity in it. The appearance of the figures has often symbolic value, so there are…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 20 – With Footnotes
Andre Hambourg, 1909-1999 (French) Dans les Jardins du Luxembourg, 1961 oil on canvas h:20 w: 50 cm. Private collection Le Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de’ Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! from the SPANISH GOLDEN AGE, With Footnotes – 86
Luis Tristán De Escamilla The Penitent Magdalene Private collection As the preeminent painter of his generation in Toledo, Tristán achieved an expressive intensity in his art that reconciled the extreme mannerism of El Greco, in whose workshop he had trained, with the strong naturalism of seventeenth-century tenebrist painting. The Penitent Magdalene is among the best…
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01 Paintings, of The amorous game, Part 13 – With Footnotes
Pietro Torrini, (Italian, 1852-1920) The rivals Oil on canvas 103 x 121cm (40 9/16 x 47 5/8in) Private collection Pietro Torrini (Italian, 1852-1920) was born on New Year’s Day 1852 IN Florence, Tuscany and was to become a master of the 19th Century conversation piece in Italy He was a prolific artist and is best known…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 18
Julian Schnabel, Born in 1951, 1975–1979. St. Sebastian Oil, wax, modelling paste on canvas 281.9 x 167.6 cm Oko Gallery Saint Sebastian (died c. 288 AD) was an early Christian saint and martyr. Sebastian had prudently concealed his faith, but in 286 was detected. Diocletian reproached him for his betrayal, and he commanded him to be led to…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 17
JODY CARIOLANO, (American/Texas b. 1951) Pieta Oil and mixed media on canvas, a diptych 59 3/4″ x 48″ Private Collection The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #20
Giacomo Favretto Venedig, 1849 – Venedig 1887 and collaborator Venetian Street Scene Watercolour, 17,5 x 25 cm Private collection Giacomo Favretto (August 11, 1849 – June 12, 1887) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting genre subjects in Venice, his native city. Born in Venice into a family of humble origin, his father was a carpenter and he…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #75
Kasia Derwinska, Spain The wait was long Photography 15.7 H x 15.7 W x 0.4 in Private collection Kasia Derwinska: “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations…
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01 Paintings, of The amorous game, Part 12 – With Footnotes
Alvaro Guillot, Uruguayan, (1931 – 2010) Do You Love Me, c.1979 Serigraph 30 in. x 23 in. (76.2 cm x 58.42 cm) Private Collection Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010) was a French artist born in Uruguay. He was a notable exponent of the “new surrealist school”. Guillot’s post-surrealist late 20th and early 21st century acrylics and oils celebrated…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 15
John Frederick Lewis RA , 1804-1875 A Veiled Egyptian Girl, Cairo, c. 1940 Watercolour and bodycolour 15 ½ x 11 ¼ inches; 396 x 285 mm Private collection John Frederick Lewis RA (London 14 July 1804 – 15 August 1876) was an Orientalist English painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in exquisitely detailed watercolour or…
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Adolf Schreyer – TWO RECLINING ARABS AND TWO TETHERED HORSES
Adolf Schreyer, 1828 – 1899, GERMAN TWO RECLINING ARABS AND TWO TETHERED HORSES Oil on canvas 32 by 50 3/4 in. 81.3 by 128.9 cm Private collection Schreyer’s loose, bold brush and warm palette of earthy tones effectively creates a feeling of place enhanced by his own experience on the field. More on this painting Adolf Schreyer (July…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman – ARAB WOMEN ON A ROOFTOP, ALGIERS BEYOND
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN ARAB WOMEN ON A ROOFTOP, ALGIERS BEYOND Oil on canvas 17 7/8 by 30 3/4 inches, 45.4 by 78.1 cm Private collection Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. Sometimes nicknamed El-Behdja or alternatively Alger la…
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 01 Paintings, of The amorous game, Part 11 – With Footnotes
The Ecole de Fontainebleau, CIRCA 1600 The lovers Oil on canvas 35 1/2 by 32 3/8 in.; 90 by 82 cm. Private Collection The Ecole de Fontainebleau (c.1530–c.1610) refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late Renaissance centered on the royal Château de Fontainebleau, that were crucial in forming the French version…
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #28
Steven Assael, b. 1957, New York Woman with Knitting Needle Oil on Canvas 18 1/2 in. H x 14 1/2 in. W Private collection Steven Assael paints modern-day figures in haunting, quietly psychological portraits. A leader in contemporary figurative painting, Assael works exclusively from live models, fusing his modern subjects—goths and teens, men and women in…
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