Tag: PORTRAIT OF A LADY
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Portrait of Roxelana (Haseki Hurrem Sultan), with Footnotes #150
Known in the West as Roxelana, this painting depicts one of the most famous women of the Ottoman empire. Originally from what is now western Ukraine she was sold at an early age… Please follow link for full post
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01 Photograph, Albert Watson’s Linda at The 75th season for the Yankees, with Footnotes
The 1977 New York Yankees season was the 75th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 100–62 and won the World Series. The series victory was the 21st title in franchise history and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. New York was managed by Billy Martin and played at…
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hans Makart’s Karoline Gomperz, with Footnotes. #153
Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim, (1 June 1845, in Pest – 13 December 1925, in Vienna) was a Hungarian-Austrian court singer and member of the Royal Opera, Vienna. Her younger brother was Anton Bettelheim. She was born at Pest (Budapest), Hungary. She studied pianoforte with Karl Goldmark, and singing with Moritz Laufer. At the age of 14, she…
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of a young woman, with Footnotes. #152
Makart was one of the premier portraitists of his time, with a clientele consisting of members of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie. He developed a specific style of female portrait, showing the sitter in full length, painted loosely in a sketch-like manner in a restrained colour palette. Some, however, criticised his work for its superficial treatment…
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Terence Patrick O’Neill’s Audrey Hepburn in Pool, with Footnotes. #152
Audrey Hepburn on the set of ‘Two for the Road’, 1966, where Joanna and her architect husband, Mark Wallace have been married for a decade, and their relationship’s become very rocky… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Sidney Maure’s Marilyn Monroe (Died on this day in 1962), with Footnotes. #144
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era’s sexual revolution. In 1999, the American…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, MT COHEN’s Portrait of a woman, with Footnotes. #144
I have not been able to find ant information on the artist, MT COHEN. The artist’s first piece to be offered at auction was “M.T. COHEN Portrait de femme” at Artcurial in 2022. Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a Lady, The Orientalist, Art of the Nude and The Canals of Venice, Middle East Artists, 365 Saints and 365 Days, also…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Cecil Aldin’s Land Girl Ploughing, with Footnotes #147
The scene shows two grey horses harnessed to a plough being driven by a Land Girl, moving from right to left of the composition. Beyond the girl is a view of the distant countryside. A storm is brewing in the grey sky above their heads. More on this painting The Women’s Land Army (WLA) was a British…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Chant Avedissian’s Leyla Fawzy, with Footnotes. #186
Sold for GBP 6,300 in Nov 2022 Laila Fawzi (E1923 – January 12, 2005) was an Egyptian actress and model. She was one of the pioneers of Egyptian cinema and starred in over 85 films throughout her career. In 1940, she was crowned Miss Egypt. Fawzi was born in Turkey to Egyptian parents. Her father owned fabric stores…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Reginald Arthur’s Pharaoh’s Daughter, with Footnotes, #184
Estimate for 30,000 – 50,000 GBP in July 2016 Pharaoh’s Daughter appears to depict the un-named heroine of Exodus who discovered the infant Moses among the bulrushes when she was fetching water from the Nile. It was a popular subject in the nineteenth century and the most famous depiction of her was painted by Lawrence…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Titian’s portrait of Roxelana (Haseki Hurrem Sultan, with Footnotes #150
Estimated for 20,000 – 30,000 GBP in October 2022Known in the West as Roxelana, this painting depicts one of the most famous women of the Ottoman empire. Originally from what is now western Ukraine she was sold at an early age in the slave markets of Constantinople and entered the harem of Sultan Süleyman I (‘The…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Vasily Dmitrievich Poleno’s The Herzegovian on lookout, with Footnotes #147
Sold for $300,000 USD in Nov 2019 In 1876, Serbia and Montenegro, joined by Bosnian and Herzegovinian rebels, declared war on Turkey. These events produced a stormy response in Russian society when many Russian cultural and scientific persons of note expressed strong public support for the Balkan people. Among them were the writers Vsevolod Garshin,…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Oxer’ s The Book Of Ravishment, with Footnotes. #146
Ravished is a touching and often funny Beauty and the Beast story set in Regency England. It is many reader’s favorite Amanda Quick novel. William Joseph Oxer B.A. Hons. (Wrwk) F. R.S.A. is a passionate artist driven by traditional ideas of how beauty should be represented, William formed the intellectual basis to his work under the tutelage…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Oxer’ s Epiphany, with Footnotes. #145
An epiphany is an experience of a sudden and striking realization. Generally the term is used to describe a scientific breakthrough or a religious or philosophical discovery… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Joel-Peter Witkin’s Portrait of Isabelle Huppert, with Footnotes, #143
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as “one of the best actresses in the world”, she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. The recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards, five Lumières Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Cannes Film Festival honors,…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Lee Price’s Striped Sheets, with Footnotes. #141
These odd perspective creates an illusion or feeling of an out of body experience as if the subject is looking down at herself… Please follow link for full post
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10 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Nell Gwyn (1650-1687), mistress of Charles II of England, with Footnotes. #138
Nell Gwyn was an actress and mistress of Charles II, whose frank recklessness, generosity, invariable good temper, ready wit, infectious high spirits, and amazing indiscretions appealed irresistibly to a generation that welcomed in her the living antithesis of Puritanism…. Please follow link for full post
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Moses Soyer’s Ballet Class, with Footnotes. #133
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 — September 3, 1974) was an American social realist painter. Soyer was born in Borisoglebsk, Russian Empire, in 1899… Please follow link for full post
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and William Edward Frost’s Florinda la Cava, with Footnotes. #132
Florinda la Cava (at center left), or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Jean-Gabriel Domergue’s Brigitte at the Ambassadors, Deauville, with Footnotes, #130
Sold for EUR 28,750 in May 2013 Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889 – 16 November 1962) was a French painter specializing in portraits of Parisian women. Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome. From the 1920s onward he concentrated…
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