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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 7
Fernando Botero Prisoner With Thorns in the manner of Fernando Botero “Prisionero Con Espinas” pastel on paper circa.2002, private collection Approx. 50x35cm. in the manner of Fernando Botero is a Colombian artist known for creating bloated, oversized depictions of people, animals and elements of the natural world. Botero left matador school to become an artist,…
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Italian School, Sleeping Venus with Cupid 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 23
Italian School, c. 1660 Sleeping Venus with Cupid Oil on canvas 75 x 130 cm Private collection This “Sleeping Venus” has not yet been assigned an author. The motif, with the goddess here depicted life-sized in an elongated landscape format, derives from the works of 16th century Venetian artists such as Giorgone and Titian. Paris…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, WOMEN OF BLIDAH ON THE DAY OF THE PROPHET 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 27
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN WOMEN OF BLIDAH ON THE DAY OF THE PROPHET, c. 1900 Oil on canvas 66 by 54.5cm., 26 by 21½in. Private collection The Day of the Prophet, known as Mawlid, is celebrated on either the twelfth or seventeenth day of Rabia al Awal, the third month of the…
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Gustavo Simoni, THE CARPET SELLER 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 26
Gustavo Simoni, 1846 – 1946, ITALIAN THE CARPET SELLER, c. 1893 Watercolour and pencil on paper 57 by 86.5cm., 22¾ by 34in. Private collection Arab Market Scene is the type of on-site composition that Simoni developed into paintings in his studio from travel sketches in North Africa and the Middle East. Although best known for his…
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Jules van Biesbroeck, THE CARAVAN, EL KANTARA 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 23
Jules van Biesbroeck, 1873 – 1965, BELGIAN THE CARAVAN, EL KANTARA Oil on board 99 by 122cm., 39 by 48in Private collection El Kantara is a town and commune in Biskra Province, Algeria. The 1911 Baedeker travel guide described it as “one of the most important caravan-stations in E. Algeria.” The town is well known for the eponymous…
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Manfred Lindemann-Frommel, THE PORTE SAINT MARTIN 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 31 – With Footnotes
Manfred Lindemann-Frommel, 1852 – 1939, GERMAN THE PORTE SAINT MARTIN, c. 1891 Oil on canvas 59 by 73.5cm., 23 by 29in. Private collection The Porte Saint-Martin is a Parisian monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg…
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Alberto Pasini, SHIP AT ANCHOR, CONSTANTINOPLE 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #130
Alberto Pasini, 1826 – 1899, ITALIAN SHIP AT ANCHOR, CONSTANTINOPLE Oil on canvas 37.5 by 29.5cm., 14½ by 11½in. Private collection Alberto Pasini (Busseto, 3 September 1826 – Cavoretto, 15 December 1899) was an Italian painter. He was enrolled at the age of 17 years, in the Academy of Fine Art of Parma, studying landscape painting…
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George Willem Opdenhoff, FISHING BOATS ON SCHEVENINGEN BEACH 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #129
George Willem Opdenhoff, 1807-1873, DUTCH FISHING BOATS ON SCHEVENINGEN BEACH Oil on canvas 48 by 68.5cm., 19 by 27in. Private collection Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands. The earliest reference to the name Sceveninghe goes back to around 1280. The village was continuously hit by storms. After this last storm, the villagers decided to…
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Léon Comerre, JUDITH 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 107
Léon Comerre, 1850 – 1916, FRENCH JUDITH Oil on canvas 49 by 26.5cm., 19 by 10½in. Private collection The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their…
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Frank H. Mason, Clipper Ship 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #123
Frank H. Mason, New York/Ohio (1921-2009) Clipper Ship Watercolor and gouache on paper 28 inches x 18 inches Private collection A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century, generally either a schooner or a brigantine. They had multiple types of sail plans but the most common was three…
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Jean Dufy, French, Le Port 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #122
Jean Dufy, French, 1888-1964 Le Port Watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board 17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches (45 x 60 cm) Private collection Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and…
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Imogen Cunningham, Eve Repentant, 1910 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th C. Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 29
Imogen Cunningham, (American, 1883-1976) Eve Repentant, 1910 Gelatin silver, printed later 11-1/4 x 8-1/8 inches (28.6 x 20.6 cm) Private collection 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…
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Wladislaw Czachorski, LADY WITH A FAN 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., Diane de Poitiers, with Footnotes. #41
Wladislaw Czachorski, 1850-1911, POLISH LADY WITH A FAN Oil on panel 39 by 17.5cm., 15½ by 7in. Private collection Władysław Czachórski (22 September 1850 in Lublin – 13 January 1911 in Munich) was a Polish painter in the Academic style. In 1866 Czachorski attended the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and had Rafał Hadziewicz as a teacher.…
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Antonietta Brandeis, The Bridge of Sighs 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #38
Antonietta Brandeis, 1849 – 1920, CZECH The Bridge of Sighs Oil on panel 21.5 by 12cm., 8½ by 4¾in. (2) Private collection The Bridge of Sighs is an enclosed bridge made of white limestone. It has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge’s…
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German School, Ecce Homo 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 106
German School late 16th century Ecce Homo Oil on copper 18 x 29.5 cm Private collection Ecce homo are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of John 19:5, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The Douay-Rheims Bible…
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Jose Garcia Ocejo, The Minotaur and the Maiden – 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #8
Jose Garcia Ocejo (b.1928) The Minotaur and the Maiden, c. 2015 Oil on wood 64 x 52 cm / 25.1 x 20.4 inches Private collection In Greek mythology, the Minotaur is a mythical creature portrayed in Classical times with the head of a bull and the body of a man, or, as described by Roman poet Ovid,…
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