Khamsa of Nizami: The Old Woman Complaining to Sultan Sanjar
| October 15, 2012 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
Scene from the Khamseh of Nizami, Persian, 1539-43 Sultan Muhammed, from the Khamsa of Nizami, British Library, Or. 2265, f.18r.. “The Old Woman complaining to Sultan Sanjar“. 1539-43, with border replaced in the 17th C. Nezami is best known for his five long narrative poems, which have been preserved. He dedicated his poems to various rulers…
Friedrich Eckenfelder: Self-Portrait Around 1924
| August 24, 2012 | Famous Painters, German Paintings and Painters |
Friedrich Eckenfelder (6 March 1861 – 11 May 1938) was a Swiss-German impressionist painter, best known for his portrayals of farm horses and also for townscapes with a background of the Swabian Alps. He was born and raised in modest circumstances, and his talent was discovered at an early age, so that he was able…
The Oregon Trail by Albert Bierstadt
| August 24, 2012 | American Painters, Famous Paintings |
Wagons and horsemen surge toward a setting sun in an idealized western landscape entitled “The Oregon Trail” by Albert Bierstadt. Tepees in the background symbolize the Native American presence in this 1869 oil painting. Oregon Trail, Oil on canvas, 31 x 49″ (78.74 x 124.46 cm), displayed at Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
The Dog (Francisco de Goya)
| March 18, 2012 | Animals in Paintings, Spanish Paintings and Painters |
The Dog is the name usually given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Artist: Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) Title: The Dog Date: between 1820 and 1823 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: Height: 134 cm (52.8 in), Width: 80 cm (31.5 in) And the fact that…
Women Painters and the Absence of the Bourgeois Ideal
| March 11, 2012 | Famous Painters |
In Women and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century France, Gen Doy points out that the bourgeois ideal of the “happy mother” is rarely represented in paintings produced by early nineteenth-century French women painters. Even in the “feminine” genres of portraiture and genre scenes, this paradigm is a rarity. Among David’s pupils, Constance Charpentier appears to be the only…
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne
| March 5, 2012 | Posted by admin under French Paintings and Painters |
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne is currently the most expensive painting ever sold. The Card Players is a series of oil paintings and it is considered by critics to be a cornerstone of Cézanne’s work during the early-to-mid 1890s period, as well as a “prelude” to his final years, when he painted some of…
How to Protect Artwork From Damage in Storage
| March 3, 2012 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
Art collectors may find themselves in the situation where it is necessary to store valuable high-end artwork. Proper storage of artwork is crucial to the life of the art piece. Without the right conditions, sculptures and paintings can wear away over time. This ruins the beauty of the piece and devalues the product. The Right…
Bill Reid (1920-1998) and the Skidegate Totem
| March 1, 2012 | Posted by admin under Native Art |
The modern day renaissance of Native Art of the Northwest Coast of North America had a great deal to do with one man. The late Bill Reid (1920-1998), son of a Haida mother and a German/Scottish-American father, was the creator of many beautiful jewelry pieces, carvings and prints, all executed in the tradition of the…
The New York City Draft Riots of 1863
| February 29, 2012 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
Drafting men into military service has never been a popular move (not even during WW II). Ordering someone to take up arms as opposed to them doing it voluntarily has always produced its share of deserters and unrest among some of the population throughout history. From the Revolution through the Gulf War, people in this…
Vase of Flowers by Hans Memling (1430-1494): Vase mit Blumen
| February 21, 2012 | Posted by admin under German Paintings and Painters, Still Life Paintings |
Hans Memling (1430-1494), Vase of Flowers, (1480), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. According to some scholars theVase of Flowers is filled with religious symbolism.
