Tag: Zaidan
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Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 46
An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and Humanity.[1][2] Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God’s tasks. More on Angels Abbott Handerson Thayer…
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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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Elizabeth Elkin, Cafe in Montmartre 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 61 – With Footnotes
With its cobbled streets, stunning Basilica, artists, bistros … Montmartre is full of charm! Perched on the top of a small hill in the 18th arrondissement, the most famous Parisian district has lost none of its village atmosphere that appealed so much to the artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A real melting pot of…
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Hassan Hajjaj, WINK, c. 2007 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 38
Hassan Hajjaj (b. Larache, Morocco in 1961) is a contemporary artist who lives and works between London, UK and Marrakech, Morocco, and is known as the “Andy Warhol of Marrakech.” Hajjaj’s work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the British Museum, London; the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC; the…
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Marcel Marien, The answer of Maria 02 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 44
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,…
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Christopher James, Chez Camille, Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 60 – With Footnotes
Located along the route up from Place des Abbesses to Montmartre, next to the Bateau-Lavoir building where Picasso once had a workshop, Chez Camille has lost none of its charm. The tiny terrace and sprinkling of tables in this place perched high above the hubbub of the city are always keenly sought after. More on Chez Camille…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Seated Madonna 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5j
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) The seated Madonna and Child is a style of image that became particularly popular during the 15th century in Florence and was imitated elsewhere. These representations are usually of a small size suitable for a small altar or domestic use. They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in…
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Ernest Slingeneyer, Fighting on the Sea 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #216
The painting depicts a true incident from the war of the first French republic, as the artist remarks in the catalog of the exhibition in The Hague 1857. The French ship Le Feu sank during a campaign in the North Sea, only five sailors managed to enter a raft. After two days they were spotted…
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Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Net menders 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #215
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was born in Valencia. He and his younger sister were orphaned 2 years later when both their parents died from a cholera outbreak. From an early age it was clear that Sorolla had a passion for art. Instead of academic study, the young Sorolla would spend his…
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Federico Zandomeneghi, THE MODEL RESTING IN THE STUDIO 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 48
Federico Zandomeneghi (June 2, 1841 – December 31, 1917) was an Italian Impressionist painter, born in Venice. As a young man, he enrolling in 1856 first in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, and then in the Academy of Fine Arts of Milan. In 1859, to avoid conscription into the Austrian army, he flees Venice. The next year in he…
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Jan MC Asselbergs, YOUNG WOMAN IN A KIMONO 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 47
Jan MC Asselbergs, 1937 – 2015 YOUNG WOMAN IN A KIMONO Oil on canvas. 100.5 x 70 cm. Private collection In front of a screen painted with green leaves standing a young woman with brown hair in back view. She has slightly turned her head and is about to strip her Japanese silk kimono printed…
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Matthias Stom, The Adoration of the Magi 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 171
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold,…
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MARIAN MARCEL, Les frôleuses 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 46
Les frôleuses; Provocative woman; seductive. 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…
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Vilhelm Karl Ferdinand Arnesen, Royal Danish Navy 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #204
Wilhem Karl Ferdinand Arnesen (Danish, 1865-1948). Arnesen’s father was a skipper and a builder of model ships developing Arnesen’s interest for maritime at a very young age. Later when Arnesen was educated at the Academy of Arts he was given the highly esteemed honour to accompany the Danish Royal family on their many travels abroad. Arnesen…
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Hassan Sharif, GARDEN 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 37
Hassan Sharif (1951-2016) made a vital contribution to conceptual art and experimental practice in the Middle East through 40 years of performance, installation, drawing, painting and assemblage. Prior to leaving the UAE to study in London in 1979, Sharif gained attention for his cartoons published in the UAE press – ironic, outspoken critiques of the rapid…
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HERMAN PEKEL, Paris Evening 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 59 – With Footnotes
“The tactile quality of impasto oil paint, its smell, the feel, had me addicted when only twelve years old. Forty years later, the addiction has grown into an obsession. The subject for me, personally is less consequential than the simple matter of applying paint to canvas. As long as the shapes within the picture plane…
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Jean Dufy, Montmartre 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 66 – With Footnotes
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of…
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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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