Lee Man Fong - Bali Life [1974]
Lee Man Fong (1913 - 1988) has distinguished himself amongst his peers as an individual who strived to adapt his cultural values into his paintings. As a self-taught artist he was keen to absorb all...
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View ArticleGodfried Schalcken - Portrait of William III, Prince of Orange [c.1692-97]
[Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Oil on panel]
View ArticleGiovanni Lanfranco - Roman Naumaquia [c.1635]
Giovanni Lanfranco (Parma, January 26, 1582 - Rome, November 30, 1647) was an Italian painter. Lanfranco translated Correggio’s 16th-century style into a Roman Baroque idiom. His painting in the dome...
View ArticleGodfried Schalcken - Useless Moral Lesson [c.1680-85]
Godfried Schalcken (Made, 1643 - The Hague, November 16, 1706) was a Dutch genre and portrait painter. He was noted for his mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight, and painted in the...
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View ArticlePhilippe-Jacques van Bree - The First Pose, the Artist’s Studio in Rome [1833]
Philippe-Jacques van Bree was born in Antwerp in 1786. He studied at Antwerp, in Paris (where he became a scholar of Girodet), and at Rome; and also visited Germany and England. He was made conservator...
View ArticleFerdinand Max Bredt - Serenade in the Harem
Ferdinand Max Bredt (1868 - 1921) was a German painter with Oriential/Arabian influence. Bredt predominantly uses female subjects that he places in exotic locations, interiors, and courtyard. He was...
View ArticleJan de Bray - Caring for Orphans [1663]
The Haarlem artist, Jan de Bray (1626 - 1697) may have been taught by his father, the painter and architect Salomon de Bray. Jan de Bray is mainly known for his stately portraits. He was also a master...
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View ArticleFairfield Porter - South Main Street, Spring [c.1960]
Anne Elizabeth Channing Porter, aside from her role as Fairfield Porter’s wife and model, was a serious and well-regarded poet for most of her life. Her anthology of poems, published in the 1990s when...
View ArticleLouis Ritman - Looking Out, Giverny
In Looking-Out, Giverny, Ritman approaches his motif as an act of calm and quiet contemplation, an attitude much favoured by his compatriots. Here, a lovely young woman gazes out at a lush garden in...
View ArticleClaude Monet - Rouen Cathedral, West Facade [1894]
Monet worked on a number of canvases simultaneously, moving from one to the next as the light and weather changed. From the late 1860s Monet had attempted to transcribe his sensory impression of the...
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View ArticleMax Liebermann - The Ropewalk in Edam [1904]
Liebermann (German, 1847 - 1935) painted The Ropewalk in Edam during a visit to the small Dutch town, situated near the Zuider Zee about thirteen miles northeast of Amsterdam. The painting illustrates...
View ArticleGodfried Schalcken - Each to His Own [c.1670-75]
A boy eats an egg, spilling the yolk over himself while pointing to another boy who is spooning porridge. An old man with beard and glasses and a child look on. At the right corner of the painting...
View ArticleJean-Léon Gérôme - Study for a Moorish Bath, Turkish Woman Bathing
[Sold for Euro 114,750 at Sotheby’s, Paris - Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cm]
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Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few days, but I fell downstairs and fractured my left leg on Saturday night. Back home today after an operation, but the leg cannot bear weight for at least 6...
View ArticleNyoman Masiadi - Freeway (Bebas Hambatan) [2014]
Known for his multilayered humour and double entendres, Masriadi (born 1973) exemplifies the most important theme and primary concern throughout his career with Freeway. Drawing inspirations from his...
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