Tag: Woman
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by Christian Guémy, with Footnotes. #72
Christian Guémy, aka C215, French, b. 1973, is one of the most talented and ubiquitous stencil artists working today. He is known for creating site-specific works that reflect the local community, especially the individuals most often neglected by society. Portraying his subjects with respect and sensitivity, he uses his street practice to draw attention to…
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Khaled Hourani, Martyr 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #71
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party. This refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of the martyr by the oppressor. Originally applied only to those who…
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Pietro Dandini, YOUNG WOMAN AND THE PROCURES. 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 53 – With Footnotes
An old woman in a dark robe with a white shawl and a white towel on her hair, above a yellow high hat, turns to a young woman. She also has a stick in her right hand and with her left hand she holds up a purse. The young woman in a bright red skirt,…
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Henry VIII’s six wives 07 Paintings, The amorous game, Henry VIII’s six wives. 50 – With Footnotes
The wives of Henry VIII were the six queens consort wedded to Henry VIII of England between 1509 and 1547. The six women to hold the title “queen consort” of King Henry VIII were, in chronological order: Catherine of Aragon, (divorced, died while detained under guard at Kimbolton Castle, mother of Mary I) Anne Boleyn, (divorced and later executed, mother of Elizabeth I) Jane…
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Jean Jansem, Ballerina 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #68
A ballet dancer (ballerina) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of professional companies. Ballet dancers are at a high risk of…
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Thuraya Al-Baqsami, ALSAGANEYAT/ PRISONERS 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #69
Thuraya Al-Baqsami (born 1952) is a Kuwaiti artist and writer. She was one of the first active female artists in the Gulf region, where she began publishing her short stories and exhibiting her art works as early as her teenage years in the mid-1960s. She studied fine arts in Cairo, then at the Surikov institute in…
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Firooz Zahedi, ELIZABETH TAYLOR DRESSED AS AN ODALISQUE 01 Photograph, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #67
An odalisque was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. An odalık was not a concubine of the harem, but a maid, although it was possible that she could become one. An odalık was ranked at the bottom of the social stratification of…
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Bana Safarn Syrian Portrait 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #67
B Bana Safar الفنانة بانه سفر (Syria) is a young Syrian artist graduated with Excellence from the Faculty of Fine Arts Damascus University in 2001, the 1st in class for 4 years consecutively. From 2003 – 2006 She was professor assistant in the faculty of Fine Arts; Damascus and is a member of the Association of…
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Nancy Ellen Craig, Portrait of Young Girl 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #66
Nancy Ellen Craig (1927-2015) was born in New York City and graduated from Bennington College and the Art Students League in New York before beginning her career in portraiture. Commissioned paintings of famous men and women like Frank Lloyd Wright, Lady Jean Campbell, and Anjelica Huston supported both Craig and her husband as they traveled the…
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Charles Louis Müller, ODALISQUE 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #65
An odalisque (Turkish: Odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. An odalık was not a concubine of the harem, but a maid, although it was possible that she could become one. An odalık was ranked at the bottom of the…
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Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, LADY OF MARRAKECH 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #64
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (September 30, 1865 – September 24, 1953) was a French Symbolist/Art Nouveau artist whose works include paintings, drawings, ceramics, furniture and interior design. He was born Lucien Lévy in French Algeria. In 1879 he began studying drawing and sculpture in Paris. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882. In 1887 Lévy began…
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Paul Hitter, The Pit 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #63
Paul Hitter, (b. 1977) is from Bucharest Romania, Paul studied in Munich at the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Kunste. While completing his studies, he was showcasing his art with famous musicians like Gogol Bordello, Taraf de Hajdouks, Rona Hartner and Fanfare Vagabondu. This form of exhibiting his art with music, brought him instant international recognition. Now…
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BINOY VARGHESE, Untitled 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #125
Born in 1966 in Kerala, Binoy Varghese is a National Diploma holder in Fine Arts from R.L.V. College, Thripunithura. He worked as artist-in-residence at Madhavan Nair Foundation India in Kochi, at Cholamandal Artists’ Village in Chennai, Kanoria Art Centre in Ahmedabad, Apparao Galleries in New Delhi and then at the Banff Centre for Arts in Canada and…
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Abraham Walkowitz, Isadora Duncan 03 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Isadora Duncan, with Footnotes. #60
Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American and French dancer who performed to acclaim throughout Europe. Born in California, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50, when her scarf became entangled in the…
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Ştefan Câlţia, Princess 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, A Princess, with Footnotes. #61
Ștefan Câlția (born May 15, 1942) is a contemporary Romanian painter. Born in Brașov, he attended the arts and music high school in Timișoara from 1959 to 1963. He then graduated in 1970 from the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Since the 1970s, Câlția has held exhibitions in Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and…
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David Drebin, Kissing Legs, 2018 01 Photograph, The amorous game, Part 54 – With Footnotes
Love stories and landscapes are at the foundation of David Drebin’s panoramas, portraits, and neon sculptures. His monograph Love and Other Stories (2007) features solitary women in urban tableaux—high-rise apartments buildings and terraces, freeway overpasses and hotel rooms. Dressed alternately in bikinis, evening gowns, and negligees, the women appear to be in various stages of a love…
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Norman Alfred William Lindsay, Woman Enchanting Man 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 52 – With Footnotes
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, scale modeller, and an accomplished amateur boxer. In 1895, Lindsay moved to Melbourne to work on a local magazine with his older brother Lionel. In 1901, he and Lionel, his older brother, joined the staff of the Sydney…
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Walter Langhammer, Untitled (Indian Woman with Amphora) 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #59
An amphora is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period. Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. More on amphora Walter Langhammer, 1905 – 1977, went to India before World War 2,…
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Robert G. Harris, LOVERS ON THE BEACH, 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 51 – With Footnotes
Robert George Harris was born September 9, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri. Harris studied at the Kansas City Art Institute since the age of fourteen. In 1933 he left Kansas City and drove a motorcycle all the way to New York City. He opened an art studio in New Rochelle at 560 Main Street. His…
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Juarez Machado, Tango, 2005. 02 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 50 – With Footnotes
Juarez Machado was born in 1941 in the city of Joinville, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. He studied at the School of Art in the state of Paranâ, in the city of Curitiba, and participated actively in its artistic movement. In 1966 he took up residence in Rio de Janeiro, intensifying his activities. In…
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