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Category Archives: OilPainting
Campi – You’ve left me s-peach-less!
[Above: The Fruit Seller] Vincenzo Campi (c. 1536–1591) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance era from Cremona. His style merges Lombard with Mannerist styles, however, unlike his siblings, he is known for a series of canvases, mostly painted after … Continue reading
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Chloe and The Grasshopper – Two of a Kind
Above Right: “The Grasshopper” (La Cigale) 1872 oil on canvas 186.7 x 123.8cm. This is considered one of Jules Lefebvre’s classic female nudes. It was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1872 and was accompanied at the Salon’s exhibition … Continue reading
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Tagged #Melbourne, Chloe, Jules Lefebvre, La Cigale), nude paintings, The Grasshopper, Young & Jackson's Hotel
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Thangue You for the Violets
[Above]: “Violets For Perfume” (c.1913) oil on canvas, 109 x 95 cm Diploma work accepted 1913. (Royal Academy collection). English realist rural landscape painter Henry Herbert La Thangue was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 19 January 1859. La Thangue attended … Continue reading
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Schenk’s Sheepish Anguish
Danish-born artist, August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck was born on April 23, 1828 in Glückstadt, Denmark. He became well known for his landscapes and paintings of animals. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and afterwards in Paris, specializing in painting … Continue reading
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Tagged #NationalGalleryofVictoria, Anguish, August Schenk
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You Should Walch Out for This Artist’s Works
Charles Walch – The Blue Window, 1939 (oil on canvas 65cm x 59cm) French artist, painter, engraver and sculptor, Charles Walch was born on 4th August 1896 in Thann (Alsace) and died on 12 December 1948 in Paris. Walch suffered … Continue reading
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Knock, Knock, Who’s There?
Above: Henri Martin: Gabrielle at the Garden Door, 1910 (201cm x 105.4cm) London. Renowned French impressionist painter Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin was born in Toulouse on August 5, 1860 to a French cabinet-maker. Martin successfully persuaded his father to permit him … Continue reading
The Fate of the Owl My Dear is Ever So Clear to Hear, Due to the Verse and Cheer My Love, From the One and Only Edward Lear
The Owl & The Pussycat (1990) wood engraving 4 x 5.5 cm The Owl and the Pussy-Cat [Verse I] by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and … Continue reading
How Many Kinds of Sweet Flowers Grow In an English Country Garden?
‘In a Chelsea Garden’ (1913) oil on canvas (87.5 cm x 61 cm) Dora Meeson (1869–1955) was an Australian artist and an elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London, England. While living in London, she married … Continue reading
This Proves That Hele’s the Real Deal
‘The Pink Dressing Gown’ (1962) oil on board 90cm x 59.5cm Australian artist Sir Ivor Henry Thomas Hele, (Ivor Hele) was born on 13 June 1912. At the age of 15 he studied drawing and painting in Paris and Munich. … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian War Artists, Australian War Memorial, Ivor Hele, oil paintings, watercolours
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Dreams are Ten a Penny for Thomas McKenney
Thomas McKenney served as the United States Superintendent of Indian Trade in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. and later as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). He initiated the government’s commissioning of portraits. Like many others at the time, … Continue reading
The Artist of The Court Ball at Hofburg is no ‘Gause-ing’ Game
German-Austrian painter Wilhelm Gause was born on 27th March, 1853. He studied at the Düsseldorf Academy and in 1888 exhibited his work in Vienna. Gause died on 13th June, 1916. Gause’s most famous work is “Court Ball at the Hofburg.” Created … Continue reading
Behold the Art of Emil Nolde
Above: Emil Nolde – Puppan und Papagai (Dolls & Parrot) c. 1919 oil on canvas 46.5×59.5cm Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammiungen, Munich Straatsgalier Moderne Kunst German-Danish painter and print-maker Emil Nolde was born Emil Hansen on 7 August 1867 near the village of … Continue reading
Hail Fair Guinevere
Above: Guinevere by John Collier (1900) Bradford Museums and Galleries, Bradford, U.K. Leading English artist John Maler Collier was born on 27 January 1850. He was a painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style; and was one of the most prominent portrait … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthurian legend, Guinevere, John Collier, King Arthur, Pre-Raphaelites
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Something Tells Me I’m Into Something Good
Swiss-born artist and one of Australia’s Official War Artists for WW2, Sali Herman, was born on 12 February 1898. He arrived in Melbourne in 1937 and enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941. In 1945, he was appointed an Official … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian art, Sali Herman
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Poseidon’s Adventures are de Gheyn For
Poseidon and Amphitrite (1610) , Wallraf Museum, Cologne (Köln). – Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea who married the nereid Amphitrite and fathered the merman Triton. Jacob de Gheyn II (aka Jacques de Gheyn II) (c. 1565 – … Continue reading
