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Jan 31 2011
Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868
Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s “Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends” of 1868. Phidias is the figure in the middle with Alcibiades and his lover Socrates to the sculptor’s right and Pericles and his companion Aspasia facing Phidias. Alma-Tadema was born and trained in the Netherlands and Belgium, notably at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. He moved to England in 1870 and there became very famous for his incredibly realistic depictions of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. He died in 1912. This masterpiece is in the Birmingham Museun and Art Gallery, England.
Nov 14 2010
Man with Dog by Francis Bacon, 1953
British / Francis Bacon / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Man with Dog” of 1953 by Francis Bacon. This is one of BAcon’s bold and austere paintings which typifies the artist’s mature career after 1944. He painted this work in London after his return from his trip to South Africa and Egypt in which Bacon was deeply impressed by the supremacy of Ancient Egyptian art. Bacon gradually became better known and his fortunes improved as well. He died of a heart attack while visiting Spain on April 28, 1992.
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