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May 19 2011
The Return of Marcus Sextus
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Return of Marcus Sextus” of 1799 by Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guerin. This masterpiece was a success at the Salon of 1799 being an allegory of the return of the the émigrés following the extremes of the Terror during the French Revolution. Marcus Sextus is a fictional character returning home from having fled the proscriptions of the Roman dictator Sulla. He returns to find his wife has died and his daughter is beside herself with grief. The artist was twenty-five years old when he created this masterpiece and he was able to study in Italy after the sensation caused by this painting. He continued popular through the Napoleonic Period and in the Restoration as well. He became director of the French Academy in Rome in 1822 and was created Baron Guerin in 1828. In an effort to regain his broken health, Guerin returned to Rome in 1833 where he died on July 6. This masterpiece measures 243 cm wide and 217 cm high. It is in the Musee de Louvre, Paris.
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Oct 19 2010
Jonathan’s Token to David by Frederic Leighton, 1868
Academician / British / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Jonathan’s Token to David” of 1868. This masterpiece portrays a scene from the Old Testament where Jonathan is preparing to shoot three arrows as a warning to David. Jonathan is the son and heir of King Saul, yet the prophet Samuel has anointed David to be the next king over Israel. Leighton choses this moment in the story of David and Jonathan to center the heroism of the prince in betraying the evil designs of his father, the king. The original work is in the Minneapolis Institutes of the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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 sculputes 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.
Sep 20 2010
Lucifer by Franz von Stuck, 1890
Academician / German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Franz von Stuck’s masterpiece, “Lucifer” of about 1890. The artist won his first acclaim with this painting at the Munich Glass Palace. He went on to become widely recognized for his paintings, sculptures and furniture. He taught at the Munich Academy and is buried in Munich.
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