Tag: Paintings
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05 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! With Footnotes – # 43
John Byam Liston Shaw (13 November 1872–26 January 1919), commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher. Born in Madras, Byam Shaw’s father John was the registrar of the High Court at Madras. The family returned to England in 1878. Baymam showed early artistic promise, and in 1887 he entered…
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01 MARINE ART, DALE BYHRE’S ABERDEEN GREEN, WITH FOOTNOTES, #306
Ships that belonged to the Aberdeen ‘White Star’ line were painted in “Aberdeen Green” with white decks and bottom. They also had a gilded streak and scroll work. Many did their time in the Australian passenger trade. The ships painted in the traditional “Aberdeen Green” enjoyed great popularity all over the world. Dale Byhre, (…
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12 Works, Today, February 3rd. is artist Robert Edward McGinnis’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #034
Robert Edward McGinnis (born February 3, 1926) is an American artist and illustrator. McGinnis is known for his illustrations of more than 1,200 paperback book covers, and over 40 movie posters, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s (his first film poster assignment) (See below), Barbarella (See below), and several James Bond (See below) and Matt Helm films……
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Andrea Vaccaro’s Sant ‘Agata, With Footnotes – 123
Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD – 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251. She is one of seven women, who, along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is the…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Edwin Lord Weeks’ A cup of coffee, with footnotes, 82
Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 – 1903) was an American artist. Weeks was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849. His parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston, and as such they were able to finance their son’s youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Weeks visited the Florida Keys…
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08 Carvings, Olympian deities, Classical Sculpture of Greek and Roman religion, Sculpture, with footnotes, #2
Cephalus is a name, used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology, and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The word kephalos is Greek for “head”, perhaps used here because Cephalus was the founding “head” of a great family that includes Odysseus. It could be that Cephalus means the head of the Sun…
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03 Works, Today, January 31st, is Saints Cyrus and John’s Day, With Footnotes – 31
Saints Cyrus and John (d. ca. 304 AD, or 311) are venerated as martyrs. They are especially venerated by the Coptic Church and surnamed Wonderworking Unmercenaries because they are supposed to have healed the sick free of charge. Cyrus and John were both Alexandrians; this, however, is contradicted by other documents in which it is…
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19 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Artists’ interpretation of Tamar with Amnon over the decade, with Footnotes. #182
Nicolas Régnier (1591–1667), known in Italy as Niccolò Renieri, was a painter, art dealer and art collector from the County of Hainaut, a French-speaking part of the Spanish Netherlands. He is often referred to as a Flemish artist because this term was often used to designate people from the Spanish Netherlands. After training in Antwerp,…
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06 Icons, RELIGIOUS ART – Icons from the Bible, Mother of God, with footnotes – #3
Composite of two Hardwood panels with two back side Sponki. Tempera on gesso, partial gilding. Very fine representation of lying on his deathbed Blessed Mother. To the bed is lined with the Twelve Apostles, partly with the Scriptures, some with censers. Behind the Mother of God is Christ before an aureole. He carries the soul…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Maurice Bouviolle’s MARKET DAY IN GHARDAÏA, with footnotes, #81
Ghardaïa is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is a major centre of date production and the manufacture of rugs and cloths. Divided into three walled sectors, it is a fortified town. The name of Ghardaïa has its origins in a female saint named Daïa who lived in a cave (ghār) in the area before it…
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01 Work, Marine Art, Georges Chavignaud’s Figures in a harbour, With Footnotes, #307
Georges Chavignaud, (1865-1944), was primarily a painter of landscapes in watercolor. He was born in Brittany, France in 1865 and studied in Paris. He came to Toronto, Ontario, in 1884, worked as art director for a publishing firm, and married a Canadian. From 1903-04 they travelled and painted, in Europe. George studied under leading artists…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by Victor Guerrier, Part 78
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France.The original house, which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill…
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05 Works, Today, January 24nd, Saint Timothy’s Day, With Footnotes – 24
Saint Timothy, (died AD 97, Ephesus, now in Turkey); disciple of St. Paul the Apostle, whom he accompanied on his missions; traditional martyr and first bishop of Ephesus… Please follow link for full post
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13 Works, January 24th. is artist Vasily Ivanovich Surikov’s day, his story, illustrated #024
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (24 January 1848–19 March 1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. Many of his works have become familiar to the general public through their use as illustrations. He was born to an old Cossack family, descending from Don Cossacks that had settled in Siberia. His father was a Collegiate Registrar, a civil…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 144
JESUS was hurried to Calvary amid the shouts and jeers of the crowd. As He passed the gate of Pilate’s court, the heavy cross which had been prepared for Barabbas was laid upon His bruised and bleeding shoulders. Crosses were placed also upon two thieves, who were to suffer death at the same time with…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Bibi Zogbé, with Footnotes, #41
Bibi Zogbé was born in the Lebanese seaside village of Sahel Alma, Labibé Zogbé. She migrated to Argentina at the age of sixteen. Her professional artistic career began in the 1930’s with a number of exhibitions in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, in Chile and Uruguay, in Paris and elsewhere. At the end of the…
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01 Marine Art, by Petrus Paulus Schiedges the Elder, With Footnotes, #304
Petrus Paulus Schiedges the Elder (Dutch, 1812–1876). After his study at the Haagsche Teekenacademie, Petrus Paulus Schiedges developed into a painter of sea and river views. In the forties of the 19th century, he received advice from marine painter Louis Meijer. Schiedges was a master at displaying the different ship types that sailed on the Dutch…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Victor Gabriel Gilbert, Part 77
Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD — 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251. She is one of seven women, who, along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is the…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Victor Gabriel Gilbert, Part 77
On a paved road, playing on the two dogs, a coachman with light straw hat and blue jacket tries to carry out his horse to horse-drawn carriage. He will be watched by numerous passers-by who are facing retail shops. In the background, the view is released to other buildings in the city and other figures.…
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