tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10944613890566056862024-03-14T01:37:04.986-07:00The Famous PaintingThe essence and definition of painting is, the imitation of visible objects, by means of form and colors: Wherefore the more, forcibly and faithfully painting imitates nature, the more directly and rapidly does it lead us to its end, which is to deceive the eye; and the surer proofs does it give us of its true idea.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-48750056099948316032024-03-14T01:35:00.000-07:002024-03-14T01:36:33.301-07:00Picasso's Le rêve: Overview"Le rêve" by Pablo Picasso, a renowned 1932 painting, stands as a testament to the artist's complex personal life and revolutionary artistic vision. This masterpiece, measuring 51 1/4 x 38 1/8 inches, captures the essence of Picasso's affair with his 22-year-old mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter. At the age of 50, Picasso embarked on a period of distorted depictions, characterized by oversimplified outlines and contrasted colors reminiscent of early Fauvism.<br /><br />What distinguishes "Le rêve" is its dual perspective on Walter's face, offering viewers a glimpse into Picasso's subconscious desires. In one interpretation, Walter's facial features seem to suggest an intimate act, perhaps alluding to Picasso's own fantasies rather than Walter's reality. This ambiguity in portrayal adds layers of complexity to the painting's narrative, inviting speculation about the artist's innermost thoughts.<br /><br />Remarkably, Picasso completed "Le rêve" in a single afternoon, on January 24, 1932, showcasing his unparalleled skill and spontaneous creativity. Despite its seemingly effortless creation, the painting's impact is profound, resonating with viewers across generations.<br /><br />The monetary value of "Le rêve" has fluctuated over the years, reflecting its significance in the art world. In 1941, Victor and Sally Ganz acquired the painting for a modest sum of $7,000, a fraction of its eventual worth. Decades later, in 1997, it fetched an impressive $48.4 million at auction, a testament to its enduring appeal. Subsequently, it found a new home in the collection of Steve Wynn, the casino magnate, who estimated its value at $60 million in 2001, underscoring its status as a coveted masterpiece.<br /><br />In essence, "Le rêve" encapsulates Picasso's artistic genius and tumultuous personal life, inviting viewers to contemplate the intersection of desire, creativity, and perception. Its timeless allure continues to captivate art enthusiasts worldwide, cementing its place as a cornerstone of 20th-century art history.<br /><i>Picasso's Le rêve: Overview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN8wALt2zhFKpt1sKOZiMAiI9Dz-Iu3CVtoJCAN-w45W8sPKqP-h5TekmMMX66W69MRj0uAqdIkfd1vCDVeVAM-V2K5yvgFVArXKYcNAON1HtaL5Eb0xac4d5PQcdOjPNAxeo5DYDiEyd6TgFXw5o1EEcsJFPN0pHE6C-UNFu6txSkmgTh2nZ8fbervYX/s640/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="462" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN8wALt2zhFKpt1sKOZiMAiI9Dz-Iu3CVtoJCAN-w45W8sPKqP-h5TekmMMX66W69MRj0uAqdIkfd1vCDVeVAM-V2K5yvgFVArXKYcNAON1HtaL5Eb0xac4d5PQcdOjPNAxeo5DYDiEyd6TgFXw5o1EEcsJFPN0pHE6C-UNFu6txSkmgTh2nZ8fbervYX/w370-h513/1.jpg" width="370" /></a></div></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-80570659839658669642024-03-02T05:49:00.000-08:002024-03-02T05:49:10.466-08:00Unveiling the Genius: Isaac Newton in the Portrait by Godfrey KnellerIn the bustling city of London, amidst his duties as Master of the Mint in 1702, Sir Isaac Newton, the eminent scientist, posed for his first surviving portrait, captured skillfully by Godfrey Kneller, the celebrated painter of the era. Dressed in a striking red banyan and adorned with a flowing wig, Newton's demeanor exudes a blend of intellectual prowess and refined elegance.<br /><br />This portrait, executed when Newton was 46 years old, holds significant historical value as it offers a glimpse into the life of the scientific luminary during his tenure as a member of the Convention Parliament, a period following the transformative "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. Notably, it was painted just before Newton assumed the presidency of the Royal Society, a position that further underscored his influential role in the scientific community.<br /><br />Sir Isaac Newton's enduring legacy rests upon his groundbreaking contributions to science. Renowned as one of the greatest minds in history, Newton revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his theory of universal gravitation. This seminal work not only provided a comprehensive explanation for planetary motions but also laid the foundation for modern physics, elucidating the fundamental force that governs celestial bodies.<br /><br />Moreover, Newton's multifaceted genius is reflected in his elucidation of the nature of white light, unraveling the mysteries of optics and color perception. His experiments with prisms demonstrated that sunlight could be decomposed into a spectrum of colors, challenging prevailing notions and paving the way for the field of spectroscopy.<br /><br />In addition to his theoretical insights, Newton's mathematical acumen yielded the development of calculus, a monumental achievement that revolutionized mathematics and its applications across various disciplines. His invention of this indispensable mathematical tool remains indispensable in fields ranging from physics to engineering, shaping the modern scientific landscape.<br /><br />Described as "the supreme genius and most enigmatic character in the history of science," Newton's profound intellect continues to inspire generations of scholars and thinkers. Through the timeless depiction in Kneller's portrait, we are invited to contemplate the essence of Newton's genius, encapsulated in his revolutionary theories and enduring legacy that continue to shape our understanding of the universe.<br /><i>Unveiling the Genius: Isaac Newton in the Portrait by Godfrey Kneller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA9cdLQvCiWQWZb40nHaKuhlIhBFL_BhP-0GTiMXV1ItSPpQogEz1eOtm2r5_A1HxnC5bSFS2ecwgcfLSrVkqoCwRhS9hiz11zXo6glk4tKm1vKTWPMVMYpcM1LWBp0o3hcc7-VVz_oOdtn_PdlefqK_lPBqrKTg1GxUA6XPhwSicEsRfYdqaBII3Na_z/s631/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20212539.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="509" height="671" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA9cdLQvCiWQWZb40nHaKuhlIhBFL_BhP-0GTiMXV1ItSPpQogEz1eOtm2r5_A1HxnC5bSFS2ecwgcfLSrVkqoCwRhS9hiz11zXo6glk4tKm1vKTWPMVMYpcM1LWBp0o3hcc7-VVz_oOdtn_PdlefqK_lPBqrKTg1GxUA6XPhwSicEsRfYdqaBII3Na_z/w540-h671/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20212539.png" width="540" /></a></div><br /></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-2218451028254032962024-02-13T07:51:00.000-08:002024-02-13T07:53:01.918-08:00Insights into "Irises" by Vincent van Gogh"Irises," an iconic masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, provides a window into the artist's genius and inner turmoil. Painted during his residence at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the year leading up to his tragic passing in 1890, this artwork delves into van Gogh's psyche and creative process.<br /><br />Vincent Willem van Gogh, born on March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands, is renowned as a trailblazer of Post-Impressionism. However, his life was marred by recurring battles with mental illness, famously culminating in the self-inflicted severing of his left ear during a moment of madness.<br /><br />"Irises" holds a special place in van Gogh's body of work, as it predates his institutionalization and is seen by the artist himself as a form of therapy. He famously described it as "the lightning conductor for my illness," highlighting its role in preserving his sanity amidst mental turmoil.<br /><br />The influence of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints is palpable in the composition and style of "Irises," a hallmark shared with many of van Gogh's pieces. This fusion of Western and Eastern artistic traditions infuses the painting with a distinctive visual allure and cultural depth.<br /><br />In 1987, "Irises" made headlines by fetching a staggering sum of AUS $54,000,000 at auction, becoming the most expensive painting sold at that time. However, financial constraints prevented the initial buyer, Alan Bond, from completing the purchase, necessitating its resale. Today, it resides in the esteemed Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where it continues to captivate audiences with its beauty and historical significance.<br /><br />In conclusion, "Irises" by Vincent van Gogh serves as a poignant reflection of the artist's tumultuous life and lasting impact. From its inception as a therapeutic outlet to its status as a record-breaking masterpiece, this painting endures as a source of contemplation and admiration for generations to come.<br /><i>Insights into "Irises" by Vincent van Gogh</i><br /><span face="Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_19-hCYkyEP_gFaEdOWG7Mx86QXlxIP_m-S2zF6rKuvrI1d1wDr5FEzLNEElUhmWofB0wh4avgVdKLjP3c7glbzYFWb015S1N35HOPSD3-8aAwJmPCaUXcECyM3TbVcehwJnIhz1j7uRr3KsdJ0gShPEtt3CW97UpOn9yGK-AqVFdu-O8CAZvm4T1xaG/s400/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="400" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_19-hCYkyEP_gFaEdOWG7Mx86QXlxIP_m-S2zF6rKuvrI1d1wDr5FEzLNEElUhmWofB0wh4avgVdKLjP3c7glbzYFWb015S1N35HOPSD3-8aAwJmPCaUXcECyM3TbVcehwJnIhz1j7uRr3KsdJ0gShPEtt3CW97UpOn9yGK-AqVFdu-O8CAZvm4T1xaG/w574-h454/1.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><br /></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-59858920163544693382024-01-28T07:36:00.000-08:002024-01-28T07:36:21.044-08:00Kitchen Masterpiece: Van Cleve's BrillianceMarten van Cleve's "Kitchen Interior" emerges as a captivating masterpiece, offering a vivid portal into the domestic tapestry of 16th-century Europe during the Northern Renaissance. Executed in oil on panel, the artwork skillfully unveils the intricacies of daily life within a bustling kitchen, showcasing van Cleve's prowess in composition and attention to detail.<br /><br />The vibrant palette employed by van Cleve breathes life into the scene, while the interplay of light and shadow enhances the depth of the painting, illuminating hanging utensils and culinary ingredients. The meticulous arrangement of figures and objects underscores the artist's keen observational skills, creating a visual narrative that transcends temporal boundaries. The kitchen depicted becomes a lively hub of activity, with cooks and servants immersed in their culinary tasks, reflecting an era where kitchens were the vibrant heart of homes, and food preparation was a communal affair.<br /><br />"Kitchen Interior" not only stands as a testament to van Cleve's technical brilliance but also serves as a timeless piece that continues to captivate art enthusiasts and historians. It acts as a window to the past, allowing contemporary viewers to appreciate the beauty inherent in the ordinary aspects of life during a bygone era. In capturing the essence of daily existence, van Cleve elevates the mundane to the extraordinary, making this painting a rich and enduring exploration of the human experience.<br /><i>Kitchen Masterpiece: Van Cleve's Brilliance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gJQSGI3OBjv-N6Gy11rrgFHPf3auhZJRAjIPOO87z4O0UssdXue32Oj1Hd4NJQ2uMZm5hK_rvD7SiMiFXrZOnmJzFhAJbvhQ4nzFUNkjgGKsoSS7JEHu72H5-nQTaXjw2sGDWrJqHaIjf_n_8v4xHXLRh3mi12NMy4Ae88sRmphao46k3fA-cg8kRgRd/s541/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="541" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gJQSGI3OBjv-N6Gy11rrgFHPf3auhZJRAjIPOO87z4O0UssdXue32Oj1Hd4NJQ2uMZm5hK_rvD7SiMiFXrZOnmJzFhAJbvhQ4nzFUNkjgGKsoSS7JEHu72H5-nQTaXjw2sGDWrJqHaIjf_n_8v4xHXLRh3mi12NMy4Ae88sRmphao46k3fA-cg8kRgRd/w552-h379/1.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-3062251923576966222024-01-06T08:58:00.000-08:002024-01-06T08:58:33.474-08:00The Sisters (c. 1860) by James CollinsonThe painting, crafted on a canvas with dimensions of 60.96 cm × 50.8 cm, is from the mid-19th century and is the work of James Collinson, a significant figure in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850. Importantly, Collinson was one of the seven original members who founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.<br /><i>The Sisters (c. 1860) by James Collinson</i><div><span style="color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcQHXN6TRoufzsebW5-XanOuQ3gwukFP9FICyRuDSrwHrP5HZqdwVHXzzkrLuYkARVpvd-VHzrS2mxoun8dZ66YxNbxecnEM-KFNPN7ARk1WT0sETj2Qss0hFWyKG4jtaw0MWJDozXqqz8t-lKqplJMT8xeOmUcnKvm9abd2DJd2IaQUpdSZXC6nsBb0N/s400/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="322" height="705" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcQHXN6TRoufzsebW5-XanOuQ3gwukFP9FICyRuDSrwHrP5HZqdwVHXzzkrLuYkARVpvd-VHzrS2mxoun8dZ66YxNbxecnEM-KFNPN7ARk1WT0sETj2Qss0hFWyKG4jtaw0MWJDozXqqz8t-lKqplJMT8xeOmUcnKvm9abd2DJd2IaQUpdSZXC6nsBb0N/w569-h705/1.jpg" width="569" /></a></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-38954756657989925432023-08-16T18:39:00.003-07:002023-08-16T18:39:27.997-07:00Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NT_slxTHeeQ5E3IvdWmwGEG-H57KlVxpcVBMoWuIjSQ99tcHu7eWE3drbo42oxmcPWEQ64D4PwFE9hMHUYNh32XVcEn4VHJONHwSx_k6Y8UTcvCxIWuCDXicJ_0ijsfPOfl9KKIPGCjGfomvsv4cfsl_gp-lHAYtygnP6PuuuB2YWpU9FgExLWMFOHPd/s687/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="658" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NT_slxTHeeQ5E3IvdWmwGEG-H57KlVxpcVBMoWuIjSQ99tcHu7eWE3drbo42oxmcPWEQ64D4PwFE9hMHUYNh32XVcEn4VHJONHwSx_k6Y8UTcvCxIWuCDXicJ_0ijsfPOfl9KKIPGCjGfomvsv4cfsl_gp-lHAYtygnP6PuuuB2YWpU9FgExLWMFOHPd/w519-h543/2.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><br />Located within the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the artwork portrays a setting in a Barcelona brothel on Carrer d'Avinyó, depicting five nude female prostitutes. This famous painting, titled "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," serves as an emblematic exemplar of the cubism artistic genre.<br /><br />Picasso initiated the concept for "Les Demoiselles d’Avignon" during the winter spanning 1906 to 1907, generating an extensive assortment of preliminary sketches and paintings—comprising a multitude of sketches and studies—surpassing the quantity of his prior undertakings.<br /><br />The actual commencement of painting on a substantial canvas didn't transpire until the early summer of 1907, almost half a year later. The name of the painting finds its origin on Carrer d’Avinyó, a street in Barcelona distinguished for its assembly of brothels.<br /><br />Each individual figure is depicted in a disconcerting and challenging manner, challenging traditional notions of femininity. These women emanate a slight sense of threat, portrayed through angular and disconnected bodily forms.<br /><br />After its finalization in 1907, Picasso retained "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" within his Montmartre studio in Paris for numerous years, largely attributed to the predominantly adverse responses from his intimate circle of friends and colleagues. The painting was presented to the public at the Salon d'Antin in 1916, although a photograph of the artwork had previously been showcased in The Architectural Record in 1910.<br /><i>Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-62511870589452739782023-07-25T08:18:00.004-07:002023-07-25T08:18:36.306-07:00View of Naarden with the Church at Muiderberg in the Distance (1647) by Van Ruisdael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQjGCeshdjpNche588N9UwWs65lwE8TFgrai4DYhoBvnzplEf4daXVLW8s3vHwBrbjTuMRQnsmms-IlTchnPl0lZr8IrzCbSDv-OMOwKTLNuNhAkZggbOtSUVxBv6oazbNZT0YACtEY6f5LvM2fhuBmiacnAvZC6M7lm2MQW3fWpIoDdV5-zOB57MwIym/s1200/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQjGCeshdjpNche588N9UwWs65lwE8TFgrai4DYhoBvnzplEf4daXVLW8s3vHwBrbjTuMRQnsmms-IlTchnPl0lZr8IrzCbSDv-OMOwKTLNuNhAkZggbOtSUVxBv6oazbNZT0YACtEY6f5LvM2fhuBmiacnAvZC6M7lm2MQW3fWpIoDdV5-zOB57MwIym/w548-h283/1.jpg" width="548" /></a></div>Jacob van Ruisdael, a celebrated landscape painter from 17th-century Holland, was widely recognized as the foremost representative of the classical era in Dutch landscape art.<br /><br />Among the influential Dutch artists of the seventeenth century, Ruisdael's talent as a landscapist was unmatched, as he adeptly depicted a diverse array of landscape themes.<br /><br />The landscape presented here represents one of Ruisdael's early works, exhibiting distinct influences from Jan van Goyen, Hercules Pietersz Segers, and Hendrick Goltzius.<br /><i>View of Naarden with the Church at Muiderberg in the Distance (1647) by Van Ruisdael</i><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #f7f7f8; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-62826239512736858062023-06-27T09:55:00.002-07:002023-06-27T09:56:15.033-07:00Snow Removal Cart by C. G. H. Geissler<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBv_DN8-HyD11d-o7kSkUDB94Uu0-P7mrb2wvagMrr7HQuDOI51NCFVNiYk7CEbYekjd5A9RSa6cMKCEdhSmUIjAAy418PkNJFmmyiIVPmvXDCrMlPcmXj_QZgAFewAtjLQWrpIlSjqAaoKZNlV-RXM5NRZ8SFh-5_NSdKInSOCkQJKxJAoAA1Cxo-w7YB/s650/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="650" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBv_DN8-HyD11d-o7kSkUDB94Uu0-P7mrb2wvagMrr7HQuDOI51NCFVNiYk7CEbYekjd5A9RSa6cMKCEdhSmUIjAAy418PkNJFmmyiIVPmvXDCrMlPcmXj_QZgAFewAtjLQWrpIlSjqAaoKZNlV-RXM5NRZ8SFh-5_NSdKInSOCkQJKxJAoAA1Cxo-w7YB/w537-h232/2.jpg" width="537" /></a></div>It was painted in 1810 by German artist Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler (1770–1844) who was born in Leipzig.<br /><b>Snow Removal Cart by C. G. H. Geissler</b><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-38607182288196544072023-05-31T21:26:00.002-07:002023-05-31T21:26:03.780-07:00The Wood Sawyers by Jean Francois Millet<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr3hDh7rzBkxVHT9VbCJX0x-1lfKajcSCXULlLHtx6XPutQNq-MbvHCnTkn3h5h-wmwOjOlRUQtJIC7MQXYPM6qXtdPxnNRXyk6vMiSLDbGJt6Vo3dAnhzsS_aUOKJz7bTZiyrEOb1e9hkEuPJrBTdv21gCGUEYAahH-52hznToKcVr3sCIGv3KeJbA/s800/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="800" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr3hDh7rzBkxVHT9VbCJX0x-1lfKajcSCXULlLHtx6XPutQNq-MbvHCnTkn3h5h-wmwOjOlRUQtJIC7MQXYPM6qXtdPxnNRXyk6vMiSLDbGJt6Vo3dAnhzsS_aUOKJz7bTZiyrEOb1e9hkEuPJrBTdv21gCGUEYAahH-52hznToKcVr3sCIGv3KeJbA/w547-h389/1.jpg" width="547" /></a></div>This painting depicts two men sawing a large trunk while another is chopping trees in the background. The three men form a triangle that serves as an abstract geometrical formula for the sweaty dance they perform. <br /><br />The Wood Sawyers' was created in 1852 by Jean-Francois Millet in Realism style. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers.<br /><b>The Wood Sawyers by Jean Francois Millet</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-30399489607296123892023-05-03T16:44:00.002-07:002023-05-03T16:44:12.325-07:00At the Bazaar (1857) by James Collinson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpFLCtMiA3F39Z8Hgowl4d0F_OBM0YEV1WMLkIDGXTmTYivsLc6SX2wBthm9BbxcBysAicJOs7UmrzgumNd-En46E4wxNzApRaMVSBVe6ZHz-jrurJHq85_TSoIT6JM-WkfJw8e7dqxWvTlieCa2Gn6hmdQvw9janNEGC8W0o7s7m3PRTrwnncEfYNA/s1024/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="859" height="631" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpFLCtMiA3F39Z8Hgowl4d0F_OBM0YEV1WMLkIDGXTmTYivsLc6SX2wBthm9BbxcBysAicJOs7UmrzgumNd-En46E4wxNzApRaMVSBVe6ZHz-jrurJHq85_TSoIT6JM-WkfJw8e7dqxWvTlieCa2Gn6hmdQvw9janNEGC8W0o7s7m3PRTrwnncEfYNA/w529-h631/1.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the Bazaar or The Empty Purse painting dates to 1857. The painting depicts a fashionably dressed woman at a bazaar who is holding a red, beaded miser’s purse with beaded tassels in her left hand.</div><b>At the Bazaar (1857) by James Collinson</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-70167357135428148612023-03-24T23:54:00.006-07:002023-03-24T23:54:39.282-07:00Landscape with a Village in the Distance 1646 Jacob van RuisdaelJacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular. Jacob van Ruisdael was the foremost exponent of the classical phase of Dutch landscape painting. He was able to create a poetic and sometimes brooding or tragic mood in his landscapes. <br /><br />The painting is one of nine known landscape paintings that bear the earliest date found on works by Van Ruisdael, 1646. <br /><br />At the time the artist was about eighteen years old. Youthful exuberance and some losses of paint and glazes combine to make the topography in the foreground somewhat unclear.<br /><b>Landscape with a Village in the Distance 1646 Jacob van Ruisdael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUqEsNyD1gKVt5ceqLo7EGtWEcxMEzaQ5oG1CDasQ6Ce9eyVTc2eVyjyVs_SjVQstLLnTi_qqPQI_-EpgQTj3BL3NEjH6rgIjmAoPa7zAk7S91SSQbaInpGikn5b6cqm_dvSFFl_N5btdrXl9FTTmvNNJagtX9DEpR9XdUkfI2gLi9A8KOfq8Q9f6Kg/s1200/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1200" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUqEsNyD1gKVt5ceqLo7EGtWEcxMEzaQ5oG1CDasQ6Ce9eyVTc2eVyjyVs_SjVQstLLnTi_qqPQI_-EpgQTj3BL3NEjH6rgIjmAoPa7zAk7S91SSQbaInpGikn5b6cqm_dvSFFl_N5btdrXl9FTTmvNNJagtX9DEpR9XdUkfI2gLi9A8KOfq8Q9f6Kg/w563-h391/1.jpg" width="563" /></a></div></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-41356690596347671542023-02-19T22:41:00.004-08:002023-02-19T22:41:27.784-08:00Landscape with a mill-run and ruins by Jacob van Ruisdael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mNX6T7ngOTocNUJbGG8g_ghxDWqHbl5oc8dLsvHEX9Fi898a4uaqVXZr_A1Z0pVJ3bX2T_ZXIutEymmz-Y4teopEES0UycTcGCKijR79HJ3fMrdRpEcM40zfcF2YUhgVoRmX3JoecEg2x6tJZl8Ul82FcHAY0nRRtitVnUKbwfzVpvf3HpsszpnkOA/s1019/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1019" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mNX6T7ngOTocNUJbGG8g_ghxDWqHbl5oc8dLsvHEX9Fi898a4uaqVXZr_A1Z0pVJ3bX2T_ZXIutEymmz-Y4teopEES0UycTcGCKijR79HJ3fMrdRpEcM40zfcF2YUhgVoRmX3JoecEg2x6tJZl8Ul82FcHAY0nRRtitVnUKbwfzVpvf3HpsszpnkOA/w510-h451/1.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br />Mill-run and Ruins is a painting by Jacob van Ruisdael. It was painted in c.1653. Jacob van Ruisdael was born in Haarlem. He often regarded as one of the greatest Dutch landscape painters of 17th-century Holland, and the foremost exponent of the classical phase of Dutch landscape painting. He was able to create a poetic and sometimes brooding or tragic mood in his landscapes. <br /><br />His subjects and style varied throughout his career, leading to a dynamic oeuvre that comprises around 700 paintings, 100 drawings, and several etchings. He appears to have been strongly influenced by other contemporary local Haarlem landscapists, most notably Cornelis Vroom and Allart van Everdingen.<br /><b>Landscape with a mill-run and ruins by Jacob van Ruisdael</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-79057019128614144432023-01-17T19:12:00.001-08:002023-01-17T19:12:22.031-08:00The City Chanters by Samuel Okey after John Collet 1771<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MryV3KM8V88NzLdDN62-bIJw0C02A2xdDpq0ZxeHKj-emQM-CFPDRnrjRrngU6oXuUyAQ3iYPUR3l6Tpt82YsA9owWzHBX6xiTwlsTH7GTE0Oi5OINpubXC1f4P4wfwprQAgAK41RsjH0nnib4dTDSXR6zajMaWFRSmTnH2_qBAW1-C9nwZmznJtBg/s2000/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2000" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MryV3KM8V88NzLdDN62-bIJw0C02A2xdDpq0ZxeHKj-emQM-CFPDRnrjRrngU6oXuUyAQ3iYPUR3l6Tpt82YsA9owWzHBX6xiTwlsTH7GTE0Oi5OINpubXC1f4P4wfwprQAgAK41RsjH0nnib4dTDSXR6zajMaWFRSmTnH2_qBAW1-C9nwZmznJtBg/w550-h397/1.jpg" width="550" /></a></div>Samuel Okey (1725-1780) the younger, was a British mezzotint engraver. In 1770 he engraved a print Sweets of Liberty, after John Collett; this was published by him and Charles Reak, near Temple Bar, and it exhibits Wilkite sympathies. <br /><br />In 1771, he produced The City Chanters, A Scene From The 'Wilkes And Liberty' Riots, 1768 Satire on popular support for John Wilkes and his ally Frederick Bull at the time of the 1771 election of City of London sheriffs.<br /><b>The City Chanters by Samuel Okey after John Collet 1771</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-73021744521883749072022-12-05T20:54:00.002-08:002022-12-05T20:55:45.041-08:00Jacob van Ruisdael-The Wheat Fields<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjvr2iu5a6RXLDCzMcHQMTMuYJ6qyRrfkzQbe7TJioTwhJMO8It9Vgqywrzl3QrsObUccnagGzFwfu9OfprOfU9FpqQEsgpWFennEBLLMrFKcDDJeFffV1q2Vo4ixH0jdVvdKDD-bYFjELlNYRXyZFP4X967YMG1qU3Wb4W096hyn_celBfzeEnX5NA/s1169/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1169" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjvr2iu5a6RXLDCzMcHQMTMuYJ6qyRrfkzQbe7TJioTwhJMO8It9Vgqywrzl3QrsObUccnagGzFwfu9OfprOfU9FpqQEsgpWFennEBLLMrFKcDDJeFffV1q2Vo4ixH0jdVvdKDD-bYFjELlNYRXyZFP4X967YMG1qU3Wb4W096hyn_celBfzeEnX5NA/w554-h422/1.jpg" width="554" /></a></p>It was painted by Jacob van Ruisdael in 1670. The painting is one of twenty-seven works that Ruisdael produced concerning fields of grain. <br /><br />Van Ruisdael is often considered the greatest Dutch landscape painter. He was probably the pupil of his father, the frame maker and artist Isaak de Goyer, who later called himself Ruisdael. <br /><br />He received his formal training in landscape painting in Germany, and traveled frequently between the two countries before settling in Amsterdam.<br /><b>Jacob van Ruisdael-The Wheat Fields</b><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-75951793916474618572022-11-11T06:50:00.002-08:002022-11-11T06:50:17.160-08:00The Doctor’s Pill by John Collet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq78Cs-etiYYUkvknbq3Rl2DqyhC_3SGvsVY-ePCxJ6pwNtQ-KfDM5T-fyZZpBWlUmRsHMOj1xdswZVnb8uN67g8QkYv5XxZNlkXifXMTve2Q_Y7eYQ9kfHOohL8QlbKSK-4bHZJqJJPNpGyQtTJZBi6NQxwtUXIIUIi_LwpBm9EkrL8pAB_RYR19Jog/s796/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="650" height="681" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq78Cs-etiYYUkvknbq3Rl2DqyhC_3SGvsVY-ePCxJ6pwNtQ-KfDM5T-fyZZpBWlUmRsHMOj1xdswZVnb8uN67g8QkYv5XxZNlkXifXMTve2Q_Y7eYQ9kfHOohL8QlbKSK-4bHZJqJJPNpGyQtTJZBi6NQxwtUXIIUIi_LwpBm9EkrL8pAB_RYR19Jog/w556-h681/1.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><br />This undated painting was painted by John Collet. Medium: Graphite, watercolor, pen and black ink, gray wash on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper <br /><br />John Collet was a painter of genre low-life subjects; He was born in London about 1725, and son of a gentleman holding a public office. He was a pupil of painter George Lambert. <br /><br />He flourished between 1760 and 1780, producing mostly mild social satires and humorous genre subjects.<br /><b>The Doctor’s Pill by John Collet</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-18560157125477193682022-10-01T05:33:00.004-07:002022-10-01T05:34:34.403-07:00Going to Work by Jean-François Millet 1851<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4j7RCuTKqkiHYgN0cJoSsum6rX6uVUenBoI07xNq4qitep1S__ug-4-Lb0wb7VHNKn7xpRgu3xozFsBh-uy-cwZ17-_IoUIZVNIDtpW4kyV9oMMjwP37c3Z0Vnf1ekZTVsRINIj__H6Ldkd81RyL-RL1epBKt5UdlRUm7PuMO7HcdVOm4eyuBUApIBA/s600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4j7RCuTKqkiHYgN0cJoSsum6rX6uVUenBoI07xNq4qitep1S__ug-4-Lb0wb7VHNKn7xpRgu3xozFsBh-uy-cwZ17-_IoUIZVNIDtpW4kyV9oMMjwP37c3Z0Vnf1ekZTVsRINIj__H6Ldkd81RyL-RL1epBKt5UdlRUm7PuMO7HcdVOm4eyuBUApIBA/w562-h698/1.jpg" width="562" /></a></div>Jean-Francois Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet began "Going to Work" in 1851, several years after he had stopped painting portraits and academic nudes to concentrate on naturalistic images of rural life. <br /><br />The oil on canvas painting shows a male and a female peasant crossing the fields in front of an early morning sky. The man has a fork over his shoulder and the woman carries a basket on her head. <br /><br />Although human beings are central to his art, his portrayals tend to be highly generalized. He was less interested in depicting individual peasants than in representing humankind and its struggle with the soil.<br /><b>Going to Work by Jean-François Millet 1851</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-57886188586185350542022-08-26T08:24:00.004-07:002022-08-26T08:24:42.589-07:00The Mill at Wijk-bij-Duurstede<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDHAdY5sVmhkSZIDz8OBZSfZyGQkoyLTnpnHr-rMaMcA4Q-7ZblY7EdwfpmEqIfsiQ-WBd8ootXcJcFULPNNnsFOrUXaXG4byS-IqGzHtM835Yokstjd0ASuIFiUnj5xg4IMwZb-fhCk_kFIeoJTaJ8lHyr0_8CDqZC384h9aPVHH9prDJrW4ih0fdQ/s640/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="640" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDHAdY5sVmhkSZIDz8OBZSfZyGQkoyLTnpnHr-rMaMcA4Q-7ZblY7EdwfpmEqIfsiQ-WBd8ootXcJcFULPNNnsFOrUXaXG4byS-IqGzHtM835Yokstjd0ASuIFiUnj5xg4IMwZb-fhCk_kFIeoJTaJ8lHyr0_8CDqZC384h9aPVHH9prDJrW4ih0fdQ/w528-h438/1.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br />It was painted by Jacob van Ruisdael in 1670. The painting is now in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum. Wijk bij Duurstede is a riverside town about 20 kilometers from Utrecht. It is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. <br /><br />In this painting, the windmill rises up majestically, defying the dark rain clouds and overshadowing the castle and the church of Wijk bij Duurstede. The River Lek flows in the foreground. This painting is world famous.<br /><b>The Mill at Wijk-bij-Duurstede</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-80530465648000078422022-07-30T01:38:00.003-07:002022-07-30T01:38:25.063-07:00Kitchen Interior by Marten van Cleve<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNtRVRhZWOmb2Itl1W7_2_4f9qwmyS3wc90ZUiKZEwniAQkJQYH53M0RNlQhQq7B-lgvLS7bBT_qkG76tWxB4G7pfFh3RSL_hZnqY-r6hpZMg7KkPJqzodN6kCIzEK8PUzZkeb_aQbpMWiu3FgEQWVSVsKVS_1n2wwXbpmnKFM5961xGitWPzzcUxXQ/s1024/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1024" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNtRVRhZWOmb2Itl1W7_2_4f9qwmyS3wc90ZUiKZEwniAQkJQYH53M0RNlQhQq7B-lgvLS7bBT_qkG76tWxB4G7pfFh3RSL_hZnqY-r6hpZMg7KkPJqzodN6kCIzEK8PUzZkeb_aQbpMWiu3FgEQWVSVsKVS_1n2wwXbpmnKFM5961xGitWPzzcUxXQ/w541-h370/1.jpg" width="541" /></a></div>Painted by Marten van Cleve, a Flemish painter, this painting shows an interior view of a larger kitchen with various figures occupied in different tasks. It was painted around 1865.<br /><b>Kitchen Interior by Marten van Cleve</b><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-72297665869982811112022-07-03T18:45:00.004-07:002022-07-03T18:48:11.284-07:00Number 17A by Jackson Pollock <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HqD90hKHn6ZSqrYA9bqrPGPgL-fC5oQxAN_Ynv1ozfAHlqXJ3eevxy3G6l_NxrurB0fT0ejLBEzFqdqzJar0oDW_3IgP3uWLAN2_8ceLB5IT5MwEO7lifqEjrexJQoBUL04amCDG116BZ43wAUk9W1BMiJA-Mmv0sVjppfbkO9PrHuh4ZBSN9sYaFg/s900/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="900" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HqD90hKHn6ZSqrYA9bqrPGPgL-fC5oQxAN_Ynv1ozfAHlqXJ3eevxy3G6l_NxrurB0fT0ejLBEzFqdqzJar0oDW_3IgP3uWLAN2_8ceLB5IT5MwEO7lifqEjrexJQoBUL04amCDG116BZ43wAUk9W1BMiJA-Mmv0sVjppfbkO9PrHuh4ZBSN9sYaFg/w534-h409/1.jpg" width="534" /></a></div>The painting was sold to hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin with price tag $200 million. It was owned previously by David Lawrence Geffen, an American businessman. <br /><br />This famous painting is a drip painting, which is made by splashing the paint over a surface laid horizontally with oil paint on a fiberboard. It was painted a year after Jackson Pollock introduced his famous drip technique. This 1948 piece was featured in a 1949 Life magazine article that helped make Jackson Pollock a household name.<br /><b>Number 17A by Jackson Pollock</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-4424652778428750062022-05-24T08:56:00.008-07:002022-05-24T08:58:34.028-07:00Seascape with Boat and Cliffs by Sergei Vasilievich Ivanov<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu1-cGbkkIUNOPZQC3ps6StqOdDfjswYmFntAPW9_PxJA0B6LZLYjWt2_ofRJpfj9djCGaN6mOJF6DSR_MIQpbgaDL2GCq5vpaYoE5butCM7v2kp6a0GVxwVRXBpQIBMFCHtEyx9m_KHNrhesc7WkBhXkJr-gfPpUtRpNWt5yID_KDgZIwPeqtF7dDQ/s650/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="650" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu1-cGbkkIUNOPZQC3ps6StqOdDfjswYmFntAPW9_PxJA0B6LZLYjWt2_ofRJpfj9djCGaN6mOJF6DSR_MIQpbgaDL2GCq5vpaYoE5butCM7v2kp6a0GVxwVRXBpQIBMFCHtEyx9m_KHNrhesc7WkBhXkJr-gfPpUtRpNWt5yID_KDgZIwPeqtF7dDQ/w545-h403/1.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Sergey Vasilyevich Ivanov (1864-1910) was a Russian genre and history painter, known for his Social Realism.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-59750694454994777602022-04-06T00:45:00.000-07:002022-04-06T00:45:10.623-07:00The Landlady by James Collinson<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8FwePDLuxULHMWyBvcdmoT1-dbXHc5gDu4JYi4554HlpKaX69cVnIgMGHNq_1TrEaFeNtnlqyjcSWi1xV1YGomzmuo7GBnqJi_9oenqRygaelswzrD81265s7CyNeFkkfovUpf0VTuAjH0cKsLKBR5uiYquIcPr-egAjG_MWqpkP-4CjDOunU08Yig/s1024/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="784" height="731" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8FwePDLuxULHMWyBvcdmoT1-dbXHc5gDu4JYi4554HlpKaX69cVnIgMGHNq_1TrEaFeNtnlqyjcSWi1xV1YGomzmuo7GBnqJi_9oenqRygaelswzrD81265s7CyNeFkkfovUpf0VTuAjH0cKsLKBR5uiYquIcPr-egAjG_MWqpkP-4CjDOunU08Yig/w559-h731/2.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><p>The Landlady was painted in 1856. The oil painting on canvas advertises “furnishes apartments” on the window; note too the venetian blinds and geraniums, familiar signals of Victorian.</p>James Collision ostensibly shows a landlady at a window, about to let a room to an observed tenant, subliminally, or perhaps no so subtly it suggests that she, too, is “to let” and hence represents another inversion painting like Hunt’s “Awakening Conscience.” James Collinson (1825–1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850.<br /><b>The Landlady by James Collinson</b><p>
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-57431353998520435272022-03-05T19:09:00.004-08:002022-03-05T19:11:23.476-08:00Queen Anne by Sir Godfrey Kneller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvLJFkMkSq5G8DWBnjCsQb4SuMaU7G6za8DiTzX2N7hZYtf7fRD3USadwxxJknqqxssaxXjJqfSCXHkiqMIWATv_OOyrXRJQBXGC8h6oknNzL2WNwW1EDbit7j482sozxMAfK2INo-_u_cQ4DJYjrhgTKAlWTpuv0nVNJqrAgsojsTy-tV5-FYfs-PEQ=s867" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="522" height="784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvLJFkMkSq5G8DWBnjCsQb4SuMaU7G6za8DiTzX2N7hZYtf7fRD3USadwxxJknqqxssaxXjJqfSCXHkiqMIWATv_OOyrXRJQBXGC8h6oknNzL2WNwW1EDbit7j482sozxMAfK2INo-_u_cQ4DJYjrhgTKAlWTpuv0nVNJqrAgsojsTy-tV5-FYfs-PEQ=w473-h784" width="473" /></a></div>Anne Stuart was queen of England from 1702 to 1714. Anne Stuart was born on February 6, 1665. She was the daughter of Anne Hyde and James, Duke of York, later James II, who served a brief tenure as king after his brother Charles II died. Queen Anne was one of Britain’s most remarkable monarchs. She was remembered for achieving the union of England and Scotland in 1707 and for bringing the War of the Spanish Succession to a conclusion. <br /><br />Sir Godfrey Kneller was the leading portrait painter, associated with 1686 portraits. He read mathematics at Leyden University before turning to painting. Kneller studied in Amsterdam under Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembrandt’s pupils.<br /><b>Queen Anne by Sir Godfrey Kneller</b><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-75349683050362332302022-01-28T21:02:00.002-08:002022-01-28T21:02:32.642-08:00Guards at the Southern Border of Muscovy by Sergey Ivanov<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1aDBqEqJ0nVYV3pDFMHPM7Pdqe7FWsqvBBEafkuuCqr1QZxHYO6OK9Z03z51xN7UyyymQDIV6uUiTfsof-Q_4hOhyo2lqm_GyfEo2Xx5WC26My2JHR26V3LEd_tVdFSbip0q1Ir4WoezLkgPB8N0z8xSBAs6nh3FOc3dFlZyxYpH4uSjLOvpbjEgNig=s2000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2000" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1aDBqEqJ0nVYV3pDFMHPM7Pdqe7FWsqvBBEafkuuCqr1QZxHYO6OK9Z03z51xN7UyyymQDIV6uUiTfsof-Q_4hOhyo2lqm_GyfEo2Xx5WC26My2JHR26V3LEd_tVdFSbip0q1Ir4WoezLkgPB8N0z8xSBAs6nh3FOc3dFlZyxYpH4uSjLOvpbjEgNig=w569-h407" width="569" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Sergey Vasilyevich Ivanov born in small town Ruza of Moscow Province, a painter, graphic artist , illustrator and teacher. His important paintings by Sergey Vasilyevich Ivanov including:<br />-The Council of Uvetichi<br />-A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuri's Day<br />-The Streltsy<br />-Baskaki<br /><b>Guards at the Southern Border of Muscovy by Sergey Ivanov</b><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-81549092098542963292021-12-31T18:28:00.001-08:002021-12-31T18:28:09.160-08:00The Tsar, 16th century by Sergey Ivanov<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKBjRmcv4H68dK2ZT3HlCzqe2_woxrXCh5IYYG9YYP9lK4AunhUFnyuse4MY1_zIf8_Yy_YZaibNLyrtEHx3fgCwntJ82Zwux_V3MKiNEY-Tjgt4AAq8w2WsvMVQb338rG1qYNZ64Sf4RMKSEt8D94L7i_92nVgpSqdXh_k9cAVRDH5w-CZnZ1M2d58Q=s899" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="744" height="691" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKBjRmcv4H68dK2ZT3HlCzqe2_woxrXCh5IYYG9YYP9lK4AunhUFnyuse4MY1_zIf8_Yy_YZaibNLyrtEHx3fgCwntJ82Zwux_V3MKiNEY-Tjgt4AAq8w2WsvMVQb338rG1qYNZ64Sf4RMKSEt8D94L7i_92nVgpSqdXh_k9cAVRDH5w-CZnZ1M2d58Q=w573-h691" width="573" /></a></div><br />In medieval Russia the title tsar referred to the supreme male monarch, or king, particularly the Byzantine emperor, who was considered the head of the Orthodox Christian world. <br /><br />The first recorded the word Tsar was in 1545-1455 from Russian Tsar. Nicholas II (1868-1918) was the last czar of Russia. Nicholas II was from a long line of Romanov rulers. He was overthrown in 1917 — but the word till being used for the head of a big government program.<br /><b>The Tsar, 16th century by Sergey Ivanov</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094461389056605686.post-23173684249703102232021-12-01T20:41:00.002-08:002021-12-01T20:41:08.615-08:00Home Again (1856) by James Collinson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunehQYHGsYygymad3VEEu0HHKr8kwAwZ6p8ExTWrLi2UeJtPusmzzCC-bx6tKGt62MyOFEPo_EsCI1zNmCrv5bZs9ZUeq8Tcl7mbyv-1RYgyhnMqax_wisAn8gpoDqY-b_d-4mfSiQDTa/s1536/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1536" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunehQYHGsYygymad3VEEu0HHKr8kwAwZ6p8ExTWrLi2UeJtPusmzzCC-bx6tKGt62MyOFEPo_EsCI1zNmCrv5bZs9ZUeq8Tcl7mbyv-1RYgyhnMqax_wisAn8gpoDqY-b_d-4mfSiQDTa/w569-h407/1.jpg" width="569" /></a></div><i>Home Again</i> was painted by James Collinson in the final year of the Crimean War (1854-1856). <br /><br />A weary soldier wearing the uniform of the Coldstream Guards is returning home to his rural cottage. When it was first exhibited a quotation beside the painting explained that the soldier had been discharged because of an accident leading to blindness. <br /><br />James Collinson (1825-1881) an English Victorian painter was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who left the group and gave up painting. He was born at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and was the son of a bookseller. He entered the Royal Academy School, and was also a fellow-student with Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.<br /><b>Home Again (1856) by James Collinson</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com