Tag: Warrior
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dame Laura Knight’s Make-up (Dressing Room), with Footnotes #150
Estimated for 30,000 – 50,000 GBP in December 2022 The present painting depicts the inner sanctum of the ballerinas world, the cluttered dressing-room where a group of young ballerinas are applying their lipstick, filing their finger-nails and assessing their make-up in the mirrors. Knight described the scene of a ballerina’s dressing-room thus; ‘The dressing-table, crowded with pots…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, il Perugino’s Madonna and Child with two cherubs, With Footnotes – #174
This painting illustrates the painter’s masterful drawing technique and his unique ability, anticipating Raphael, to execute holy iconography even in a small format painting. The cherub’s heads, which had been obscured by dark paint, came back to light after a restoration carried out in 1927. Following a sale later that same year, the painting entered…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Adrien Dekeyser’s Annonciation, with Footnotes – #54
Estimated for 3,000 – 5,000 EUR in Mar 2023 The Annunciation is the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah and Son of God, marking the Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name her son…
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06 Works, The Art Of The Nude, A Collection of Paul Sieffert’s Une femme nue allongée, with footnotes # 242
Paul Sieffert, born in Paris on November 11, 1874 and died in 1957, was a French painter of nudes and portraits, and also an illustrator. He belonged to the French School… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Jan Miel’s The feeding of the poor at the gates of a monastery – with footnotes #199
Estimated for £7,000 – £10,000 in June 2025 The Seven Acts of Mercy, also known as the Corporal Works of Mercy, are a set of seven compassionate acts that address the physical needs of others, according to Catholic tradition. They include feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting…
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys’ Cassandra, with Footnotes #148
The most beautiful daughter of King Priam of Troy, Cassandra caught the notice of Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophesy. However, when the god came to her at night, she rejected him and he ordered that her prophesies should not be believed… Please follow link for full post
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04 Works, Welcoming Summer 2025 by Paul Gustav Fischer, Slim Aarons Jess Cochrane and Andre Gittelson Gisson, with footnotes
Welcoming summer can involve a variety of activities, from enjoying outdoor adventures and seasonal flavors to incorporating summer themes into your home and wardrobe. The transition to summer is a time of warmth, sunshine, and a sense of freedom, often associated with positive emotions like happiness and fun… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Gonzalo Bilbao Martinez’s Procession of the Seven Words, with Footnotes – #53
The “Procession of the Seven Words” refers to a religious event, a solemn procession that often takes place on Good Friday, where participants, particularly members of religious brotherhoods, reflect on and commemorate the seven last words of Jesus on the cross. The artwork depicts the entrance of the Brotherhood of the Seven Words into a…
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01 Religious Icon, Follower of Joos van Cleve’s Virgin and Child, with footnotes #47
Estimate for 15,000 – 20,000 EUR in November 2022 In the tradition of small paintings kept in the private sphere, our Virgin and Child was dedicated to private devotion. In the tradition of Gérard David, the models circulated and spread widely in Flanders throughout thesixteenth century. More on this Icon Virgin and Child or Madonna and Child or…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Simon de Vos’ An interior scene, with Footnotes, #98
Sold for 16,380 GBP in December 2022 The scene is a delight for the ears as well as the eyes, as it features remarkably lively depictions of musicians playing bagpipes, fiddles, traverso flutes, clavichords, theorbos, not to mention a pair of singers at the front right. In this particular gathering the delights of music are joined by…
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11 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Wenda Parkinson, Model, Traveler and Author, with Footnotes. #148
Wenda Rogerson was born in 1923. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in her teens. In 1946, she was appearing in a play at The Arts Theatre Club when she was spotted by photographer Cecil Beaton… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Jean Veber’s Dynamis, with footnotes #237
Dynamis is one of Veber’s most striking works: Industry, embodied by a demonic woman, takes visible pleasure in crushing the workers who serve her… Jean Veber (13 February 1864 – 28 November 1928) was a French caricaturist and painter. Jean Veber was born in Paris in 1864. Trained as a painter, he became an illustrator when his…
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03 Paintings, Luo Zhongli’s Crossing the River, with footnotes
Luo Zhongli (born in 1948) is a contemporary Chinese painter and educator. He has a deep affection for rural China and its residents, which have remained a major theme in his body of work… Please follow link for full post
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12 Works, Today, March 25th. is artist Cherubino Cornienti’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #83
Cherubino Cornienti (March 25, 1816 – May 12, 1860) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style mainly in Northern Italy. When he was early 12 years of age, he was admitted to the Brera Academy. In 1835, he participated in the annual exhibition at the Academy… Please follow link for full post
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05 works, The Art Of The Nude, Diane Arbus’ In a Nudist Camp, with footnotes #232
Transgressing traditional boundaries, Diane Arbus is known for her highly desirable, groundbreaking portraiture taken primarily in the American Northeast during the late 1950s and 1960s… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Gean Smith’s Horses Escaping Wildfire, with footnotes
Sold for $100.00 in June 2022 Gean Smith was a painter and illustrator whose work is especially focused on horses. Gean Smith was born in New York state and moved to Chicago in 1871, where he established a studio until 1884. The next year, he moved to New York City and worked there until 1923, when he settled…
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82 Works, The Art of War, Francisco Goya’s “The Disasters of War Series”, with Footnotes
Between 1808 and 1814 the Spanish, the Portuguese and English fought Napoleon’s France in the Peninsular War. In the first part of Goya’s series we witness the scenes of war… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting – Robert Russ’ Boats in the Mist, With Footnotes, #323
Sold for $1,700 USD in June 2022 Robert Russ (1847, Vienna-1922, Vienna) was best known for watercolors, architectural views, urban genre scenes and landscapes with figures painted in the pure, classical style. Russ was born into a family of artists – both his father, Franz Russ and brother, the portrait and genre painter Franz Seraph Russ.…
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