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Feb 4 2011
Winter in the Country, the Old Grist Mill by George Henry Durrie, 1862
American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of George Henry Durrie’s “Winter in the Country, the Old Grist Mill” of 1862. George Henry Durrie was an American artist born in 1820 Connecticut. He studied under the portraitist Nathaniel Jocelyn with his brother John. He became an itinerant painter doing mostly portraits but in the 1850′s began to specialize in landscapes of New England. His reputation grew in the late Fifties and his work began to be displayed at prestigious institutions. In 1861 Currier and Ives began publishing his prints which led to great fame. He died in New Haven the year after this masterpiece’s creation on October 15, 1863. This is a fine example of his work and is in a private collection.
Nov 12 2010
Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis, 1795, Henry Fuseli
Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Henry Fuseli’s “Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis” that was painted between 1794 and 1796. It depicts a scene from the Odyssey in which Odysseus sailed between the monsters Scylla and Charybdis traditionally associated with the strait between Italy and Sicily. Henry Fuseli was born in Zurich as Johann Heinrich Füssli in 1741 and arrived in England in 1765 where he began a career as a painter. He favored the supernatural subjects and eventually taught in the Royal Academy. He died in 1825 in London.
Oct 15 2010
Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent by Henry Fuseli, 1795
British / German / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This Swiss Neo-classical by Johann Heinrich Fuseli depicts a scene of the Norse god Thor fighting the dragon, or serpent, of Middlegard. This thundering God wielded a war-hammer in his various adventures protecting mankind from Dwarves and Dragons. Talismans crafted to represent Thor’s hammer were a popular means of showing devotion to the old gods in the face of Christian missionaries. This work by Fuseli was created in 1795 when the Swiss artist was fifty-four years old. He died in 1825.
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