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Dec 23 2010
Achilles et Priam, 1876, Jules Bastien LePage
French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Jules Bastien LePage’s “Achilles et Priam”, 1876. The artist was born in 1848 and was a student of Alexandre Cabanel. He gained wide recognition for his work and died in 1884. This reproduction of his Achilles et Priam is a quite stunning work representing one of the most poignant scenes in the Iliad.
Jun 18 2010
Thetis Brings Armor to Achilles, Benjamin West, 1804
Academician / American / British / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This American Neo-Classical painting is by Benjamin West. It portrays Thetis attempting to console her son Achilles bereft by the death of his beloved Patroclus. She is delivering his new armor as his old armor had been stolen by the slayer of his love, Hector of Troy.
Benjamin West was born in 1738 Pennsylvania and was self-taught. He began painting at the age of eight and was patronized by Dr. William Smith from the time he was eighteen. He also began learning from the English painter John Wollaston at the same time. Four years later he was sent to Italy to study Titian and Raphael and in 1763 he was commissioned by George III to paint members of the royal family. West founded the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768 with Joshua Reynolds and he died in London in 1820.
Jun 16 2010
Triumphant Achilles, The Achilleion, 1890
Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
“Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy”. This is a reproduction of a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the Achilleion on the island of Corfu built by Empress Elizabeth of Austria in 1890. Elizabeth was devastated by the suicide of her only child Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889 and was a lover of all things Greek. She spoke the language and was proud of her descent from medieval Byzantine emperors. After her death Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany bought the palace in 1907 and it became a hub of European diplomacy before the First World War. After World War II, the Achilleion became the property of the Greek state under the management of the Hellenic Tourist Organization.
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