Tag: Woman
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Taeil Kim, South Korea, Waiting 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 19 – With Footnotes
Taeil Kim, South Korea Waiting Oil on Canvas. 20 H x 16 W x 0.7 in Private collection Taeil Kim begins his art by thinking, “how will I observe and re-create the figure?” Influenced by his observations of peoples’ daily interactions with nature, he is able to create moving and unique portraits. Kim is heavily influenced by…
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Cheryl Wilson, Medusa 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #6
Cheryl Wilson, United States Medusa Acrylic, Ink, Gesso, Airbrush and Paper on Canvas 16 H x 20 W x 0.8 in Private collection In Greek mythology Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with a hideous face and living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers on her face would turn…
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Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #36
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, (FRENCH 1824 – 1888) Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, c. 1869 Oil on canvas 73 x 50cm Private collection Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – October 1888) was a French figure painter known for his classical and Orientalist subjects. He was born at Paris in 1824, and orphaned at age…
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01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 5d
A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria. Mermaids can be benevolent or beneficent. Gustave Wertheimer, (Austrian, 1847–1904) A nude woman on ship/ The enchanted sleeper…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 26 – With Footnotes
Michael Alford, United Kingdom Can-Can 3 Oil on Othe 24 H x 48 W x 1 in Private collection The can-can is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. Originally danced by both sexes, it is now traditionally associated…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #76
Charles Edward Dixon ‘An Elizabethan Trader’ Watercolour 19 x 13in. Private collection European exploration of other continents began well before the Elizabethan Era, the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) that is often considered to be a golden age in English history. Since Italian explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324) first ventured to Asia…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #75
Kasia Derwinska, Spain The wait was long Photography 15.7 H x 15.7 W x 0.4 in Private collection Kasia Derwinska: “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #27
Romina Ressia, Argentina The Woman & The Hen Photography Size: 11.8 H x 7.9 W x 0 in Private collection A bedraggled hen is rescued from certain starvation by an old woman. The old woman leads a meagre existence, but willing and generously shares food and water with the hen. The hen, it turns out, is…
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