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Jan 19 2011
Cain Flying before the Curses of Jehovah, Fernand Cormon, 1880
Academician / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the Biblical masterpiece, “Cain Flying before the Curses of Jehovah” of 1880 by Fernand Cormon. It is an imaginative depiction of the passage in Genesis which states that Cain will flee to the land of Nod in the fourth chapter of Genesis. Cormon was a Parisian who studied under Cabanel and produced this work when he was thirty-five years old. He became one of the leading French historical painters and was inducted into the Legion of Honor in this year of this production Afterwards he managed the Atelier Cormon where studied Toulouse-Latrec and Van Gogh. He died in a traffic accident at the age of seventy-nine. This masterpiece is in the Musee d’Orsay.
Nov 3 2010
Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion, John Martin, 1813
British / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This English Romantic masterpiece was the first exhibited work of John Martin. It was displayed when he was twenty-three years old. Martin went on the enjoy immense popularity and produced many works featuring Biblical scenes. Early producers of motion picture epics were heavily influenced by Martin’s work. He died in 1854 at the age of sixty-four years. The scene is inspired by the character of Sadak in James Ridley’s Tales of the Genii of 1764. Sadak seeks the Waters of Oblivion as part of an evil quest designed by his sultan.
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