Tag: Paintings
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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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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 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 Orientalist Painting, Carl Haag’s COFFEE SERVICE, with footnotes, #101
Carl Haag (20 April 1820 – 24 January 1915) was a Bavarian-born painter who became a naturalized British subject and was court painter to the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Haag was born in Erlangen, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, and was trained in the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and at Munich. He first…
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01 Marine Painting – Charles Maarten Kemper’s Waalhaven, With Footnotes, #334
The Waalhaven is one of the dug harbors on the left bank of the Maas in Rotterdam. With its area of 310 ha. it is the largest dug harbor basin in the world. The Waalhaven flows into the Nieuwe Maas and is therefore directly connected to the sea via the Scheur and the Nieuwe Waterweg. More on…
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01 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Maurizio Cattelan’s UNTITLED, with Footnotes – #42
Imbued with a profound sense of horror and urgency, Untitled is an image of death, subversion and iconoclasm powerfully rendered through Maurizio Cattelan’s unique language of extreme provocation. Executed in 2007, the life-size sculpture depicts a young girl dressed in a white nightgown, her hands nailed to wooden boards above her head in pseudo-crucifixion. The…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Ruth Bernhard’s Knees and Arms, with footnotes # 130
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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