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Aug 31 2010
Isle of the Dead by Arnold Brocklin, 1880
Academician / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Arnold Brocklin’s masterpiece “Isle of the Dead” of 1880. It resides in the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland. Brocklin was a Swiss Symbolist artist who died in 1901 at the age of 74 years. He was a leading light of his age and this image is typical of his treatment of mythological scenes. This particular work was inspired by the English cemetery in Florence, Italy.
Aug 30 2010
Psyche et L’Amour by William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1889
Academician / Bouguereau / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This French Impressionist painting by William Adolphe Bouguereau is a beautiful and realistic image of Eros and Psyche in rapt attention during their ascent into the Heavens. The work was created in 1889. The artist died in 1905 at the age of eighty years.
Aug 29 2010
Portrait of the God from Olympia, 456 BCE
Caperton / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Statuary - 1 year ago - troycapc
Sminthian Apollo, the eternal son, Lord of Delphi and God of Manly Beauty and the Arts. Apollo was the voice of the gods and a favored son of the All-Father Zeus. This portrait is taken from the statue of Lord Apollo which was in the pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia in Greece that was built between 472 and 456 BCE.
Aug 28 2010
The Swimming Hole of 1885 by Thomas Eakins
Academician / American / Eakins / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
Thomas Eakins’s masterpiece, “The Swimming Hole, 1885. This is the artist’s most accomplished portrayal of the male nude and depicts himself and five friends on a creek near Philadelphia. The piece was controversial in those Victorian times and the painting was returned by the commissioner and remained in the artist’s possession until his death in 1916. The original is in the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Aug 27 2010
Stonehenge by John Constable of 1836
British / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece by John Constable was created in 1836. It depicts a scene of Stonehenge as it appeared in the first third of the nineteenth century. John Constable was one of the greatest of the early British Romantic artists. During much of his life his work was more popular in France than in England and he was never financially successful. He finally obtained recognition in 1828 when he was elected to the Royal Academy. This masterpiece is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Constable died the year after he painted "Stonehenge".
Aug 26 2010
Map of Texas, California and Oregon 1846
American / Maps and charts - 1 year ago - troycapc
Wonderful map by Samuel Augustus Mitchell of 1846. Published in Philadelphia. This was one of the many maps attributed to Mitchell whose School Atlas published from 1845 to 1857 had a great influence on American cartography. The map was drawn in the last days before the eruption of war between Mexico and the United States and shows the three regions of utmost concern to the citizens of the United States. The Republic of Texas had been founded ten years before by American ex-patriots and there were many Americans also in California and the Oregon Country. The Mexicans were in form control of California and the British were active in Oregon. Many in the United States desired that all three territories be incorporated into the United States.
Aug 25 2010
Temple of Apollo at Phigalia by Karl Brulloff, 1835
Greco-Roman / Italian / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Karl Brulloff’s masterpiece watercolor, “Temple of Apollo at Phigalia”. This Russian painter was born of Italian parents and lived in Rome from 1821 to 1835. In 1833 his reputation was made and he created this watercolor on the way back to his native Russia. Due to failing health, he returned to Italy in 1849 and died three years later in Rome at the age of fifty-three years. The original watercolor is in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
Aug 24 2010
Winter Fenceline by Troy Caperton, 2009
American / Caperton / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Winter Fence-line” of 2009 by Troy Caperton. This is an impression of a lovely scene from wintertime in the country. The clouds start to break up giving a promise to an end of snowy days, of the approach of a new Spring coming to the farm.
Aug 23 2010
1843 Republic of Texas by John Arrowsmith, London
American / British / Maps and charts - 1 year ago - troycapc
Map of the Republic completed for the General Land Office of the Republic by John Arrowsmith, Soho Square, London, in 1843. John Arrowsmith was one of the foremost cartographers in London from 1839 to his death in 1873. The map was completed during the second term of Sam Houston as president of the republic during a period in which the infant republic was negotiating for recognition from the United Kingdom. This was due to on-going difficulties in having Texas annexed by the United States as Houston had favored.
Aug 22 2010
Gnarled Tree by Anonymous, 1972
American / Caperton / Contemporary / Inspirational prints / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
Reproduction of "Gnarled Tree", a pen and ink work of 1972 by an anonymous artist. This is a powerful work that investigates the multitudinous ways in which Nature engrains her creations with fascinating flows and forms. The work has been digitally reproduced by Troy Caperton.
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