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Mar 11 2011
View of Saint Peter’s in Caen by William Fowler, II
British / French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “View of Saint Peter’s Church” of 1841 by William Fowler the Younger. This English Victorian artist produced this masterpiece when sixteen years old. The precocious young artist was named after his father who was also an artist. He died in 1867. The church of St. Peter’s in Caen was built between 1250 and 1545. The Eastern Apse was built by Hector Sohier between 1518 and 1545. It is a Gothic masterpiece though the last additions show the transition to Renaissance.
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Feb 5 2011
Le Pont de la Tournelle by Stanislas Lepine, 1862
French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Stanislas Lepine’s “Le Pont de la Tournelle” of 1862. This is a lovely landscape of the Tournelle Bridge in Paris as it appeared in 1862. The artist was twenty-eight when he painted this having been a student of Corot for three years. His favorite subject was the river Seine which he repeated represented. He participated in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and he won the first prize at the Exhibition of 1889. He died in Paris in 1892. This is a fine example of his work and it is in The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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