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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht), is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Night Watch
 (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

Friday, November 3, 2017

Annunciation (1475–1480)‍—‌Uffizi
is thought to be Leonardo's earliest complete work

Leonardo first gained notoriety for his work on the Baptism of Christ painted in conjunction with Verrocchio. Two other paintings appear to date from his time at Verrocchio's workshop, both of which are Annunciations, One is small, (23 in) long and 14 (5.5 in) high. It is a "predella" to go at the base of a larger composition, a painting by Lorenzo di Credi from which it has become separated. The other is a much larger work, (85 in) long. In both Annunciations, Leonardo used a formal arrangement, like two well-known pictures by Fra Angelico of the same subject, of the Virgin Mary sitting or kneeling to the right of the picture, approached from the left by an angel in profile, with a rich flowing garment, raised wings and bearing a lily. Although previously attributed to Ghirlandaio, the larger work is now generally attributed to Leonardo.

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa or "la Gioconda", Louvre, Paris, France

Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa or "la Gioconda", Louvre, Paris, France
In the present era it is arguably the most famous painting


Saturday, October 28, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci - Salvator Mundi



Leonardo da Vinci - Salvator Mundi 
(Latin for “Savior of the World”)
The incredible story of how the last known work
of Leonardo da Vinci was almost lost forever

When Dianne Dwyer Modestini began chipping away at a painted-over
and murkily varnished image of Jesus Christ more than a decade ago, little did she know
she was restoring the last Leonardo da Vinci work known to the world.
This New York auction house Christie’s, announced that Salvator Mundi (Latin for “Savior of the World”) will be offered for an estimated $100 million next month. The painting is owned by Russian  investor Dmitry Rybolovlev, whose estimated net worth is $7.4 billion and has been mired in many controversies—in the art world and beyond.


Thursday, September 28, 2017

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Young Girl Defending Herself from Cupid

William - Adolphe Bouguereau - Young Girl Defending Herself from Cupid

William-Adolphe Bouguereau November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde. By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, the whereabouts of many are still unknown.
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Simon Vouet's allegory La Richesse was painted about 1640, possibly for one of the royal chateaux of France

Simon Vouet's allegory La Richesse
was painted about 1640,
possibly for one of the royal chateaux of France (Louvre)

Simon Vouet French painter and draftsman, who today is perhaps best
remembered for helping to introduce the Italian Baroque style of painting to France
Despite his success in Rome, Vouet suddenly returned to France in 1627, following pressing recommendations from the Duc de Béthunes and a summons from the King. A French contemporary, lacking the term "Baroque", said, "In his time the art of painting began to be practiced here in a nobler and more beautiful way than ever before," and the allegory of "Riches" demonstrates a new heroic sense of volumes, a breadth and confidence without decorative mannerisms.

Vouet's new style was distinctly Italian, importing the Italian Baroque style into France. He adapted this style to the grand decorative scheme of the era of Louis XIII and Richelieu and was made premier peintre du Roi. Louis XIII commissioned portraits, tapestry cartoons and paintings from him for the Palais du Louvre, the Palais du Luxembourg and the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. In 1632, he worked for Cardinal Richelieu at the Palais-Royal and the Château de Malmaison. In 1631 he also decorated the château of the président de Fourcy, at Chessy, the hôtel Bullion, the château of Marshal d'Effiat at Chilly, the hôtel of the Duc d’Aumont, the Séguier chapel, and the gallery of the Château de Wideville.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Luca Giordano Baroque Painter - The Annunciation

The Annunciation - Artist Luca Giordano
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 Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 12 January 1705) was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching.  Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.

Born in Naples, Giordano was the son of the painter Antonio Giordano. In around 1650 he was apprenticed to Ribera, on the recommendation of the viceroy of Naples, and his early work was heavily influenced by his teacher. Like Ribera, he painted many half-length figures of philosophers, either imaginary portraits of specific figures, or generic types. He acquired the nickname Luca fa presto, which translates into "Luca paints quickly." His speed, in design as well as handiwork, and his versatility, which enabled him to imitate other painters deceptively, earned for him two other epithets, "The Thunderbolt" (Fulmine) and "The Proteus" of painting.
Following a period studying in Rome, Parma and Venice, Giordano developed an elaborate Baroque style fusing Venetian and Roman Influences. His mature work combines the ornamental pomp of Paul Veronese with the lively complex schemes, the "grand manner", of Pietro da Cortona.  He is also noted for his lively and showy use of color.


Sunday, September 10, 2017

John William Goddard - "Where The Heart Is Young." and "Dolce far Niente" 

John William Goddard - "Where the Heart Is Young."
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John William Goddard - "Dolce far Niente" 
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John William Godward was an English painter from the end of the Neo-Classicist and therefore, a follower in theory of Frederic Leighton. He is more closely allied stylistically, however, to Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, with whom he shared a penchant for the rendering of Classical architecture, in particular, static landscape features constructed from marble.

The vast majority of Godward's extant images feature women in Classical dress, posed against these landscape features, although there are some semi-nude and fully nude figures included in his oeuvre (a notable example being In The Tepidarium (1913), a title shared with a controversial Alma-Tadema painting of the same subject that resides in the Lady Lever Art Gallery). The titles reflect Godward's source of inspiration: Classical civilisation, most notably that of Ancient Rome (again a subject binding Godward closely to Alma-Tadema artistically), although Ancient Greece sometimes features, thus providing artistic ties, albeit of a more limited extent, with Leighton.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

The Birth Of Venus Is Probably Botticelli's Most Famous Painting

The Birth of Venus - Artist Sandro Botticelli
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Primavera - Artist Sandro Botticelli
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Sandro Botticelli (1445 – May 17, 1510), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.   
The Birth of Venus is probably Botticelli's most famous painting. The picture hung in the country villa of the Medici along with "Primavera", indicating that the work was commissioned by the Medici family. Venus rises from the sea, looking like a classical statue and floating on a seashell, in what is surely one of the most recognisable images in art history.
 On Venus' right is Zephyrus, God of Winds, he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae, Goddess of the Seasons, waits to receive Venus and spreads out a flower covered robe in readiness for the Love Goddess' arrival.

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The Royal Collection - The art collection of the British Royal Family

Anthony van Dyck - Oil Painting
Charles 1 (1600 -49) with M de St Antonia
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The Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family and the largest private art collection in the world.Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by Queen Elizabeth II and overseen by the Royal Collection Trust a branch of the Royal Household. The Queen owns some objects in the collection in right of the Crown and some as a private individual. It is made up of over one million objects, including 7,000 paintings, 30,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 500,000 prints, as well as photographs, tapestries, furniture, ceramics, cars, textiles, lace, carriages, jewelry, clocks, instruments, plants, manuscripts, books, sculptures, and the Crown Jewels.

The Hudson River School - Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 1868,

Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 1868,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
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Frederic Edwin Church - El Rio De Luz
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The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. The paintings for which the movement is named depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains; eventually works by the second generation of artists associated with the school expanded to include other locales in New England, the Maritimes, the American West, and South America.



Wednesday, August 23, 2017

PaintingsToGo®, Kozy Shack Founder Vincent Gruppuso Portrait

Kozy Shack Founder Vincent Gruppuso
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott - Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott
Thomas Gainsborough
(British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)
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In 1774 Gainsborough moved from Bath to London, and by 1777 he was well established, exhibiting portraits of members of the royal family at the Royal Academy. This full-length of the statuesque Mrs. Elliott—a Scottish lady of great beauty but easy virtue—was apparently commissioned by her lover, the first marquis of Cholmondeley, and was exhibited at the R.A. in 1778. Its elegance, delicate coloring, and fluid handling reflect the influence of Van Dyck.