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Feb 14 2011
The Stone Bridge by Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1638
Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Stone Bridge” by Rembardnt van Rijn. This is the only typically Dutch landscape executed by Rembrandt and it highlights dramatic contrasts between the sun shining on trees and a cottage in the center of the work with darkening areas in both the left foreground and the right town in the distance. This is an early work of Rembrandt having been created when he was about thirty-two years old. This masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Feb 11 2011
Forest Path near Spandau, 1835 by Carl Blechen
Academician / German / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Forest Path near Spandau” of 1835 by Carl Blechen. This German Romantic painter was born in Cottbus and began studying at the Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1822 when he was twenty-four. He repudiated Romanticism in favor of Realism as his career matured. He became a professor at the Berlin Academy in 1835 and his paintings began to show a concentration on mysterious dark natural scenery reminiscent of his earlier work. In this work a young woman carries a bund le of hay in the midst of a natural cathedral. The artist died in 1840. This masperpiece is in the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Jan 30 2011
Cranes Take Off by Jozef Chelmonski, 1870
Impressionist / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Cranes Take Off” of 1870 by Jozef Marian Chelmonski. After being taught drawing by his father, Jozef Chelmonski entered the Warsaw Drawing Class in 1867 when he was eighteen. He moved to Munich when he was twenty-two where he studied further with Polish painters there. In 1872 he toured Polish lands under Russian administration and painted mostly landscapes. He went to Paris three years later and became very popular. He returned to live out his days in Poland in 1887 and he died there in 1914. This masterpiece is in the National Museum in Krakow, Poland.
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