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Aug 25 2010
Temple of Apollo at Phigalia by Karl Brulloff, 1835
Greco-Roman / Italian / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 10 days 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) - 11 days 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 - 12 days 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 - 13 days 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.
Aug 21 2010
The Gust of Wind by Jean-Francois Millet, 1872
French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 14 days ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Jean-Francois Millet’s work, “The Gust of Wind” of about 1872. This work is set on the French La Hague peninsula. The drama of the wind is emphasized in the strokes of the artist’s brush, the over-turning tree and the figure of a man, all buffeted by what appears to be more of a gale than a gust of wind.
Aug 20 2010
Boat and Shore by Troy Caperton, 2009
American / Caperton / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 2 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Boat and Shore” of 2009, an image of a boat near the shoreline in the early dawn of a foggy morning with the moon sinking towards the horizon.
Aug 19 2010
Forge of Vulcan by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, 1630
Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance / Spanish - 2 weeks ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in 1630, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. It displays the story of Apollo’s telling Hephaistos (Vulcan to the Romans) of the illicit love affair between Ares (Mars) and Hephaistos’ wife Aphrodite (Venus). Apollo appears in the form of Phoebus, the bright shining one, and has a radiance about his head. Hephaistos shows his outrage in his glaring eyes. The dramatic moment is superbly captured by the Spanish master. He artist died in 1660 in Madrid when he was sixty-one years old. This work is now displayed in the Museo de Prado in Madrid.
Aug 18 2010
Descent from the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens, 1611
Dutch / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 2 weeks ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Peter Paul Rubens’ “Descent From the Cross” of 1611. The original is in the Antwerp Cathedral. It was commissioned by the Arquebusiers, Antwerp’s Civil Guard as Ruben’s second great altarpieces for the Cathedral which was being re-decorated after the Calvinist expulsion from the city in 1585. As is typical of this period, Rubens shows elements of Venetian design and composition and lighting influenced by Caravaggio. In this center panel of a triptych Joseph of Arimatheo, Nicodemus, St. John and two servants are depicted lowering Christ’s body while they are assisted by the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1580, the son of a Dutch diplomat. As a teenager he was allowed to follow his desire to become a painter and became an apprentice to increasingly distinguished Antwerp artists. At the age of twenty he set off to Italy with his first pupil and constant travelling companion. He became attached to the court of Mantua and fell under the influence of Titian, Tintoretto and Carracci while in Rome. He had his first public commissions and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Spain. He continued to produce paintings for the Mantuese court as well as for outside commissions. He returned to Antwerp in 1608 and immediately became incredibly successful. He married and built a house that became the pride of Antwerp. The Spanish rulers used Rubens as a diplomat between 1621 and 1630 after which he retired to Antwerp where he died in 1640.
Aug 17 2010
Map of Scotland of 1573 by Abraham Ortellius
British / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 3 weeks ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the best map of Scotland up to the middle of the sixteenth century. When this map was created by Abraham Ortellius in Antwerp, Mary Queen of Scots was in an English prison and her young son James VI was seven years old. This "Table of Scotland" was part of the atlas series produced by Ortellius, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, “Theatre of the Orb of the Earth(s)”. The original map is 18.3 inches wide and 13.6 inches high.
Aug 16 2010
Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903
British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite / Waterhouse - 3 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of "Echo and Narcissus" of 1903 by John William Waterhouse. This work reflects and captures a moment from Greek and Roman Mythology and is another story in which a young man’s rejection of love leads to his destruction. His rejection of the attetnions of the nymph Echo that she faded away until only the whisper of her voice remained. Nemesis heard the prayers of the rejected ladies and arranged for Narcissus to fall in love with his own image .
Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites. Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old. He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting. For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made productin impossible in 1915. He died two years later. This masterpiece is presently in the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.
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