Tag: Zaidan
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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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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, SHIP IN DISTRESS 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #223
Helmsman at the wheel with other people pleading for help in the stormy waves. The scene increased by the tilt of the ship’s deck, with a view of the dangerous rushing waves in the background. The dramatic happenings in the night moonlight, which makes the spray light up. More on this painting Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky…
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Marcel Mariën, La pudeur/ Modesty 01 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 45
Marcel Mariën (April 29, 1920 in Antwerp – September 19, 1993 in Brussels) was a Belgian surrealist (later Situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, collagist, filmmaker, and maker of objects. Mariën was one of the most intriguing and elusive figures in the Belgian wing of the Surrealist movement. He was not only an artist, but also a publisher, a…
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Henry Bayley Snell, Ship at Sail & Steam and Sailboat 02 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #147
Henry Bayley Snell (1858–1943) was an American Impressionist painter and educator. Snell’s paintings are in museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Snell was born on September 29, 1858 in Richmond, England. In 1875 he emigrated to the New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Snell…
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Romain Steppe, De Rede van Antwerpen 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #222
The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium, is a port in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe’s second-largest seaport, after Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper end of the tidal estuary of the Scheldt. The estuary is navigable by ships of more than 100,000 Gross Tons as far as 80 km…
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Francesco Cairo, Hercules and Omphale 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #37
Hercules and Omphale. Wishing to expiate the murder of one of his friends, Hercules consulted the oracle of Apollo, who advised him to enter the service of Omphale, Queen of Lydia. Although Hercules was the son of Zeus and was famed for his invincible strength, he submitted to the tasks the queen devised for him to…
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Francesco Hayez, Meeting between Esau and Jacob 01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 176
Jacob and Esau. The Book of Genesis speaks of the relationship between Jacob and Esau, focusing on Esau’s loss of his birthright to Jacob and the conflict that had spawned between their descendant nations because of Jacob’s deception of their aged and blind father, Isaac, in order to receive Esau’s birthright/blessing from Isaac. This conflict was…
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Khaled Hourani; Crowd #1, 2019 01 work, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 41
Khaled Hourani, Born in Hebron, Palestine, in 1965. Khaled Hourani lives and works in Ramallah. He was Artistic Director (2007-2010) and Director (2010-2013) of the International Academy of Art Palestine, of which he is also one of the co-founders. He previously worked as the General Director of the Fine Arts Department of the Palestinian Ministry of…
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Albert Marquet, MARSEILLE, LE VIEUX PORT/ MARSEILLE, THE OLD PORT 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #221
Marseille was an important European trading centre and remains the main commercial port of the French Republic. Marseille is now France’s largest city on the Mediterranean coast and the largest port for commerce, freight and cruise ships. More on Marseille Albert Marquet (27 March 1875 – 14 June 1947) was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He…
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Italian master of the 17th century; THE ROYAL OF THE SABINERS 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #36
In the center of the large-format picture, in the open air, two Romans in armor with spring-loaded helmet, holding in their hands a young woman who defends herself with arms raised against their abduction. On the left side of the picture the wide sea with a big sailboat. A young man with a helmet and…
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Luis de Morales; Christ as the Man of Sorrows 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 175
Man of Sorrows is paramount among the prefigurations of the Messiah identified by Christians in the passages of Isaiah 53 in the Hebrew Bible. It is also an iconic devotional image that shows Christ, usually naked above the waist, with the wounds of his Passion prominently displayed on his hands and side, often crowned with the…
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Anthony Thieme, Harbour Scene 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #220
Anthony Thieme (20 February 1888 – 6 December 1954) was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport (MA) School of American regional art. Born in Rotterdam on 20 February 1888, Thieme studied at the Academie of Fine Arts in Rotterdam for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal Academy, the Hague.…
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Warren B. Davis; A Young Nymph 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 49
A nymph in Greek and Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from other goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart…
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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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Kasia Derwinska, Stories of dreams and shipwrecked 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #149
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 are inspired by night dreams as since childhood I remember most of them and I believe that…
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Elle Hanley, Breaking Eden 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 37
Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam’s wife and the first woman although she is not specifically named in the Quran. According to the second chapter of Genesis,…
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Francesco Zaganelli, St. Lucy 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 174
Saint Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily), virgin and martyr who was one of the earliest Christian saints to achieve popularity, having a widespread following before the 5th century. She is the patron saint of the city of Syracuse (Sicily). Because of various traditions associating her name with light, she came to be…
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Dame Laura Knight, Mousehole Harbour 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #148
Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Penzance on the shore of Mount’s Bay. An islet called St Clement’s Isle lies about 350 metres offshore from the harbour entrance. Mousehole lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Almost a third of…
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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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