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May 18 2011
Abraham Lincoln
American / Paintings (Reproductions) - 9 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Abraham Lincoln” of 1869 by George Peter Alexander Healy. Healy was an American artist from Boston, Massachusetts who studied in Paris and in Rome. He began to produce portraits when eighteen years old in 1831. Three years later he left for Europe where he stayed for sixteen years. In Chicago in 1855, he returned to Europe for a second stay of twenty-one years. He created more portraits of the famous that any other American artist and returned to Chicago for a last time in 1892. He died there on June 24 two years later. This masterpiece measures 141.3 cm wide and 187.3 cm high. It is in the White House Collection in Washington, D. C.
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Mar 26 2011
The Course of Empire, Desolation, Thomas Cole
American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the fifth of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”. This fifth painting, “Desolation” depicts a landscape in which the capital of empire lies desolated in the aftermath of its violent destruction. As daylight fades, the landscape is shown in the process of returning to wilderness. Ruins lie broken in the vegatation as a pale moon rises over the sea. The boulder-topped mountain is still visible from the earlier paintings and the moonrise provides a juxtaposition to the rising sun of the first painting. The original canvas is 63.5 inches wide and 39.5 inches high and is in the New York Historical Society.
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Mar 25 2011
The Course of Empire, Destruction, Thomas Cole
American / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the fourth of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”. This fourth painting, “Destruction” depicts a landscape in which capital of empire is being destroyed. Raiders have apparently entered the city from an invasion fleet. They are ravaging the inhabitants of the city and have destroyed the major river bridge. There is a headless statue in the foreground and, of course, the boulder-topped mountain is still visible from the earlier paintings. The sea raiders may have been inspired by the Vandal sack of Rome in 455. The original canvas is 63.5 inches wide and 39.5 inches high and is in the New York Historical Society.
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Mar 24 2011
The Course of Empire, Consummation, Thomas Cole
American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the third of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”. This third painting, “The Consummation of Empire” depicts a landscape in which the pinnacle of imperial achievement has been gained. The structures are obviously inspired by imperial Rome, yet the iconic boulder-topped mountain is still visible from the earlier paintings. The setting is an imaginary geography identifiable in each painting by a small mountain topped with an iconic boulder. The original canvas is 76 inches wide and 51 inches high and is in the New York Historical Society.
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Mar 23 2011
The Course of Empire, The Arcadian or Pastoral State, Thomas Cole
American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the second of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”. This second painting, “The Arcadian or Pastoral State” depicts a landscape in which pastoralism predominates with a structure reminiscent of Stonehenge in the center of the painting. Cole was reflecting the popular American belief that pastoralism, the agriculturally based state, was preferable to the imperial states of Europe and Asia. The setting is an imaginary geography identifiable in each painting by a small mountain topped with an iconic boulder. The original canvas is 160 cm wide and 100 cm high and is in the New York Historical Society.
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Mar 22 2011
The Course of Empire, The Savage State, Thomas Cole
American / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the first of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”. This first painting, “The Savage State” depicts a landscape devoid of the structures of civilization. Cole was reflecting the popular American belief that pastoralism, the agriculturally based state, was preferable to the imperial states of Europe and Asia. The setting is an imaginary geography identifiable in each painting by a small mountain topped with an iconic boulder. In this first scene there is a barbaric encampment at the extreme right of the viewer. The original canvas is 160 cm wide and 100 cm high and is in the New York Historical Society.
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Feb 25 2011
The Beeches, Asher Durand, 1845
Academician / American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Beeches” of 1845 by Asher Brown Durant. This American artist of the Hudson River School was born in 1796. By the time he was twenty-seven he had a reputation as one of the nation’s finest engravers. Encouraged by a patron, he began to paint in 1830 and within seven years he was focusing on landscapes with his friend Thomas Cole. They and others embarked in the creation of the Hudson River School which believed that Nature is the ineffable manifestation of God. Durand died at the age of ninety. The original painting is 60 3/8 x 48 1/8 inches and is currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Feb 21 2011
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze, 1851
American / German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze of 1851. This wonderful dramatic historical scene was first painted in 1849 and housed in the Bremen Kunsthalle. It was damaged by fire in 1850 and destroyed in a bombing raid in 1942. This version was painted in 1850 and put on display in New York in October, 1851. It was bought by Marshall O. Roberts and has been re-created and reproduced many times. The original of this version is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Emanuel Leutze was a Germany artist who was thirty-three when he first painted this scene. Brought to America as a child, he early began to paint portraits and supported himself with them after his father died when he was fourteen. He obtained sufficient orders when he was twenty-four to study in Dusseldorf and established his reputation in Europe in the following years. He settled in Dusseldorf where he lived for fourteen years. He returned to America in 1859 and gained a wide reputation as a creation of works of patriotic emotionalism. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1868.
Dec 17 2010
Poem to Prometheus by Troy Caperton, 2010
American / Caperton / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Troy Caperton’s work, “Poem to Prometheus”, a devotional work that combines an image of the eagle sent to torment Prometheus for his having given Fire to mankind in defiance of the deathless gods.
I will sing of the sacrifice of Prometheus,
Holy Forethought who suffered for aeons
For bringing to feeble Man the gift of Fire
Which warms us all on every frozen night.
Nov 29 2010
Madame X by John Singer Sargent, 1884
Academician / American / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of a work by John Singer Sargent, “Madame X”. This masterpiece of 1884 was a scandal in Paris. Her identity as Madame Gautreau was soon made known and her reputation was shattered. The artist soon left France never to return. The masterpiece is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.
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