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Abraham Lincoln

American / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Abraham Lincoln” of 1869 by George Peter Alexander Healy.  Healy was an American artist from Boston, Massachusetts who studied in Paris and in Rome.  He began to produce portraits when eighteen years old in 1831.  Three years later he left for Europe where he stayed for sixteen years.  In Chicago in 1855, he returned to Europe for a second stay of twenty-one years.  He created more portraits of the famous that any other American artist and returned to Chicago for a last time in 1892.  He died there on June 24 two years later.  This masterpiece measures 141.3 cm wide and 187.3 cm high.  It is in the White House Collection in Washington, D. C.

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Thomas Jefferson

Academician / American / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Portrait of Thomas Jefferson” of 1800 by Rembrandt Peale.  Please was thirty-two when he painted the soon-to-be third president of the United States.  He was native of Pennsylvania and was taught painting by his father.  He was introduced to George Washington in 1787 and he made his debut seven years later with a portrait of the first president.  He studied and worked in Europe on several occasions and was influenced by the Neoclassicism of David and others.  He continued a successful career primarily as a protraitist and died at the advanced age of 82 on October 3, 1860.  The original of this masterpiece is in the White House, Washington, D. C.

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A Stop, Evening Bivouac, Karl Bodmer

American / German / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “A Stop, Evening Bivouac” by Karl Bodmer of 1833.  This watercolor was completed after the artist’s party camped for the night on the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota.  They camped on the night of November 3, 1833.  Bodmer was a Swiss artist who was twenty-four when he produced the watercolor and was on an expedition with the German explorer Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied.  After the expedition Bodmer returned to Europe where he died on October 30, 1893.
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The Course of Empire, Desolation, Thomas Cole

American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of the fifth of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”.  This fifth painting, “Desolation” depicts a landscape in which the capital of empire lies desolated in the aftermath of its violent destruction.  As daylight fades, the landscape is shown in the process of returning to wilderness.  Ruins lie broken in the vegatation as a pale moon rises over the sea.  The boulder-topped mountain is still visible from the earlier paintings and the moonrise provides a juxtaposition to the rising sun of the first painting.  The original canvas is 63.5 inches wide and 39.5 inches high and is in the New York Historical Society.

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The Course of Empire, Destruction, Thomas Cole

American / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of the fourth of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”.  This fourth painting, “Destruction” depicts a landscape in which capital of empire is being destroyed.  Raiders have apparently entered the city from an invasion fleet.  They are ravaging the inhabitants of the city and have destroyed the major river bridge.  There is a headless statue in the foreground and, of course, the boulder-topped mountain is still visible from the earlier paintings.  The sea raiders may have been inspired by the Vandal sack of Rome in 455.  The original canvas is 63.5 inches wide and 39.5 inches high and is in the New York Historical Society.

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The Course of Empire, Consummation, Thomas Cole

American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of the third of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”.  This third painting, “The Consummation of Empire” depicts a landscape in which the pinnacle of imperial achievement has been gained.  The structures are obviously inspired by imperial Rome, yet the iconic boulder-topped mountain is still visible from the earlier paintings. The setting is an imaginary geography identifiable in each painting by a small mountain topped with an iconic boulder.  The original canvas is 76 inches wide and 51 inches high and is in the New York Historical Society.

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The Course of Empire, The Arcadian or Pastoral State, Thomas Cole

American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of the second of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”.  This second painting, “The Arcadian or Pastoral State” depicts a landscape in which pastoralism predominates with a structure reminiscent of Stonehenge in the center of the painting.  Cole was reflecting the popular American belief that pastoralism, the agriculturally based state, was preferable to the imperial states of Europe and Asia.  The setting is an imaginary geography identifiable in each painting by a small mountain topped with an iconic boulder.  The original canvas is 160 cm wide and 100 cm high and is in the New York Historical Society.

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The Course of Empire, The Savage State, Thomas Cole

American / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of the first of Thomas Cole’s five part series, “The Course of Empire”.  This first painting, “The Savage State” depicts a landscape devoid of the structures of civilization.  Cole was reflecting the popular American belief that pastoralism, the agriculturally based state, was preferable to the imperial states of Europe and Asia.  The setting is an imaginary geography identifiable in each painting by a small mountain topped with an iconic boulder.  In this first scene there is a barbaric encampment at the extreme right of the viewer.  The original canvas is 160 cm wide and 100 cm high and is in the New York Historical Society.

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