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Sep 3 2010
Sappho by Charles August Mengin of 1877
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 day ago - troycapc
A reproduction of a work by Charles August Mengin, “Sappho”. This Academic masterpiece of 1877 is a wonderful depiction of the greatest poetess of the Classical Age. Charles August Mengin learned from Gecker and Cabanel and began exhibiting at the Paris Salon the year before producing this, his most famous work. He died on April 3, 1933 at the age of eighty years. In this work, Sappho’s sensual and exotic nature is beautifully rendered. The original is in the Manchester Art Gallery in Manchester, England.
Aug 31 2010
Isle of the Dead by Arnold Brocklin, 1880
Academician / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 4 days 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) - 5 days 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 28 2010
The Swimming Hole of 1885 by Thomas Eakins
Academician / American / Eakins / Paintings (Reproductions) - 7 days 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.
Jul 29 2010
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld by Jean Corot of 1861
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Jean Corot’s “Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld”, 1861. This nineteenth century Romantic artist probably most closely adhered to French Classicism in his work. He was a kind and generous man who died in 1875 at the age of seventy-nine years. In this work, Corot is depicting the Greek legend of Orpheus leading his beloved Erydice from Hades. This captured moment is just prior to the moment when Orpheus turns back to gaze on Eurydice. This broke his pledge to the Lord of the Underworld and his beloved faded from sight, never to be seen by moral eyes.
Jul 27 2010
Elijah in the Wilderness by Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1878
Academician / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 6 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Elijah in the Wilderness” of 1878. This is a depiction of the exile of the prophet Elijah while being persecuted by Queen Jezebel. The prophet sleeps in this painting while an angel of the Lord comes to being him bread and water. The angel’s wings are still expanded creating the impression that he has just silently arrived. The muscled body of the exhausted prophet are in dramatic juxtaposition with the calm stance of the angel who looks down on the prophet in compassion. The original is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.
Frederic Leighton was born in 1830 in Scarborough, England and did not study art until after attending University College School in London. He studied on the continent, notably in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1854. He was in Paris between the ages of twenty-five to twenty-nine and there met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. He returned to London where he joined the Pre-Raphaelites and began to create sculptures as well as paintings. A great success, he was knighted when aged fifty-eight and was created Baron Leighton in 1896. He died the next day. As a bachelor, he left no children and his home became the Leighton House Museum.
Jul 19 2010
Death of Epaminondas by Isaak Walraven of 1766
Academician / Dutch / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 7 weeks ago - troycapc
A wonderful depiction of “The Death of Epaminondas” by Isaak Walraven executed before 1766. Epaminondas was the leader of the Theban Alliance who ended the domination of Sparta over Classical Greece. He was known throughout the Classical Age as the epitome of the good philosophical leader and lover of men. He died in 362 BCE after defeating the Athenians.
Jul 15 2010
Entry of Alexander into Babylon by Charles le Brun of 1664
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 7 weeks ago - troycapc
This work by Charles LeBrun was created in about 1664 and is housed in the Louvre in Paris. It depicts the ultimate pinnacle in the career of the Macedonian conqueror. Having subdued what were considered the important areas of Europe and Africa, Alexander felt as if he had conquered all the world with his entry into the capital of Asia. Yet the elation was short-lived and Alexander moved on to further conquests to the East, never satisfied.
Charles Le Brun was a Parisian who began training as an artist at the age of eleven in 1630. Within four years he was commissioned by Cardinal Richlieu. He entered the company of Nicolas Poussin in Rome in 1642 and returned in Paris in 1646. He became attached to Cardinal Mazarin and Colbert and with them engaged in a coup d’etat taking over the French Academy. He was commissioned by Louis XIV to execute a series of paintings depicting Alexander the Great and this work is one of those. He continued to enjoy royal favor until his death in his mansion in 1690.
Jul 13 2010
Death of St. Sebastian by Fabre of 1789
Academician / French / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 8 weeks ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Francois-Xavier Fabre’s "Death of Saint Sebastian". The legend of Sebastian became very popular throughout the Middle Ages, particularly after the 13th century due to Sebastian’s being the patron of victims of the plague which was ravishing almost all of europe from the fourteenth century. Fabre was one of the most talented students of David and he died in 1832. This masterwork is housed in the Mussee Fabre in Montpellier, France.
Jul 7 2010
La Lutte, Emile Friant, 1889
Academician / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 8 weeks ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Emile Friant’s “La Lutte, or The Wrestle” of 1889. Emile Friant was fond of depicting everyday French peasants in their routine pastimes. He died in 1932 at the age of sixty-nine years. This particular painting captures a scene of youths wrestling by a stream in the French countryside. The painting is in the Musee Fabre in Montpellier, France.
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