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Jun 24 2011
Departure to the Hunt
Dutch / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Departure to the Hunt” of 1652 by Paulus Potter. The artist was twenty-seven years old when he created this masterpiece. He was a Dutch painter born in Enkhuizen who trained with his father in Amsterdam. At twenty-four he moved to the Hague where he married and was introduced to the Dutch elite. He became quite popular for his landscapes and paintings in natural settings. These were lauded in the 19th century as precursors of Romanticism. He died of tuberculosis before January 17, 1654 when he was buried. This masterpiece is in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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Jun 2 2011
Perros y útiles de caza
Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Dogs and Supplies of the Hunt”, or “Dogs on a Leash” of 1775 by Francisco Goya. The painting was a study for a tapestry commissioned by Charles de Bourgon, the Prince of Asturias and heir to the Spanish kingdom. It was designed for a cornice in the Escorial. Goya was twenty-nine when he completed this work having begun his apprenticeship as a painter when he was fourteen. He moved to Madrid to study under Mengs but clashed with his teacher. His submissions to the Royal Academy of Fine Art in 1763 and 1766 were denied. He moved to Rome where he gained some success and returned to Zaragoza where he was commissioned to complete several church frescoes. This work is 174 cm wide and 112 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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Oct 6 2010
The Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer, 1893
American / Paintings (Reproductions) / Winslow Homer - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Winslow Homer’s masterpiece “The Fox Hunt” of 1893. It shows a flock of crows circling upon a fox who has been slowed down by deep snows. This work is among the “Darwinian” paintings in which the artist attempts to portray the struggle implied within the concept of the survival of the fittest. It was immediately purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. At 68.5 inches wide it is Homer’s largest painting and this was his first work to enter a major museum collection. It began the process by which the artist finally reached financial stability within seven years, at the age of sixty-four. This painting is still in the possession of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
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