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Woman Carrying Faggots
Mihály Munkácsy was born 170 years ago on 20 February 1844. Munkácsy was an Hungarian painter who lived in Paris and earned international acclaim with his genre pictures and large scale Biblical paintings. Mihály began his life as an orphan but … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged Art, Budapest, Hungarian art, Hungarian artists, Mihály Munkácsy, Ungarische Nationalgalerie
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The Burgeon of Burton’s Burden
The Painting: “The Meeting on the Turret Stairs,” watercolour on paper, (1864) is held by the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin. The artwork is based on the tragic tale of Hellelil and Hildebrand, who dared to fall in love … Continue reading
Plenty of Sax appeal here
Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward was born to a working-class Irish Catholic family on 15th February, 1883, in Birmingham, U.K. More commonly known as the British novelist, “Sax Rohmer“, he created the evil ‘Dr. Fu Manchu‘, who featured in a variety of … Continue reading
I heard the mermaid singing…
John William Waterhouse died 97 years ago on 10th February 1917. He was an important English “Modern Pre-Raphaelite artist“. displaying similar style and techniques used by both the Pre-Raphaelistic and Impressionist Movements. His fondness was for painting women of either … Continue reading
View at your Léger
The French painter, sculptor and film-maker Fernand Léger was born in Argentan, Normandy, France, 133 years ago on February 4th, 1881. Regarded as the forerunner of the Pop Art movement, Léger had been developing his own form of Cubism, which he … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Cubism, #PopArt, Art, Fernand Léger, Nelson Rockefeller
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I took my harp to the party, but I didn’t know the outcome
Daniel R.A. Maclise was born 108 years ago in Cork, Ireland, on 25th January 1806. He went to the Cork School of Art and after graduation spent most of his life as a painter and illustrator working in England, after … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #EroticArt, Art, Daniel Maclise, harp
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A Riverside Picnic needs a crate of champagne
This is a detail from the painting “A Riverside Picnic,” by Harold Piffard and has been used as a front cover of D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rainbow” (Wordsworth Classics edition). They claim the image is courtesy of the Fine Art Photographic … Continue reading
Does anyone fantasy Gandalf?
The brothers Hildebrandt were a formidable force in science fiction and fantasy art drawing. Twins, Greg and Tim were born on January 23rd, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. They began painting professionally in 1959 and since then, have produced illustrations for … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, Gallery Art, Paintings
Tagged Art, greg hildebrandt, Hildebrandt brothers, tim hildebrandt
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The Gown of Cobweb Lace
Australian “Fairy Artist“, Peg Maltby was born Agnes “aka Peg” Newberry Orchard on January 17, 1899. She married George Bradley Maltby on September17, 1917 and the pair migrated to Australia from the UK in 1924. Whilst living in the Melbourne … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations, Watercolours
Tagged #Artist, #Children'sBooks, #IllustrativeArt, Art, Illustrations, Peg Maltby
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Fair winds and following seas
Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss symbolist painter who was born on 16th October 1827 . His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade. His mother, Ursula Lippe, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold boclklin, Art, calm seas, meerestille
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l’ll wed with my true love under her mantle so green
First image: “Woman and Child in a Garden” (1884) oil on canvas is part of the National Gallery of Scotland , collection in Edinburgh and second image: Lucie Leon at the Piano Berthe Morisot was born 173 years ago, on January … Continue reading
A slice of Lavery with a cherry on top
Image is from detail of “Under the Cherry Tree” by Sir John Lavery, at the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Sir John Lavery, a Belfast-born portrait painter was born on 20th March 1856. He attended the Haldane Academy (Glasgow) and the Académie … Continue reading
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Tagged #Belfast, Art, John Lavery, Ulster Museum, Under the Cherry Tree
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Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi by Mattia Preti is part of the Walker Art Gallery collection in Liverpool. Preti was born 400 years ago on 24th February, 1613, in the Calabrian town of Taverna. An Italian Baroque artist, he painted … Continue reading
Posted in Paintings
Tagged #WalkerGalleryLiverpool, Adoration of the Magi, Art, Mattia Preti
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Helleu! have you seen the “starry, starry night?”
Paul César Helleu was born in Vannes, Brittany, France on 17 December 1859. According to Wikipedia, he was a French oil painter, pastel artist, dry-point etcher and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the … Continue reading