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Jun 7 2011
Tobias Fishing in the Presence of the Archangel Raphael
Impressionist / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Tobias Fishing in the Presence of the Archangel Raphael” of 1752 by Francesco Guardi. Francesco Guardi was one of the last of the Venetian school of painting and was forty years old when he produced this masterpiece. His most important works date from the years following this effort and his quick brushwork was to have an influence on the French Impressionists of the following century. He died in 1793, four years before the death of the Venetian Republic. This painting is in the Church of the Angel Raphael in Venice and measures 140 cm wide and 80 cm high.
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Jan 23 2011
Woman with Parasol (Madame Monet and her son), Claude Monet, 1875
French / Impressionist / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This a reproduction of Claude Monet’s “Woman with Parasol” of 1875. Oscar Claude Monet was born in 1840 Paris and founded the Impressionist movement in fine art. At the age of seventeen he began painting "en plein air", an outdoor method of painting in which gestural and suggestive use of oils is made. After two years of military service in Algeria, Monet returned to Paris and painting and initiated the Impressionist style with collaborators, Renoir, Bazille and Sisley. He married Camille Doncieux in 1870 and painter her in several works until her death in 1879. This "Woman with Parasol" is one of those. This masterpiece is on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.
Jan 20 2011
Der Einspanner, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, 1880
French / Impressionist / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This a reproduction of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s 1880 masterpiece “Der Einspanner” or “The One-horse Carriage” of 1880. This is one of Toulouse-Lautrec’s earliest paintings. He was brought back to his birthplace of Albi from Paris when he was eleven to treat a growing list of congenital conditions. At 13 and 14 respectively his legs were broken and they did not heal correctly or grow further. Restricted from many activities by his unusual lack of height, Toulouse-Lautrec dedicated himself to his art and become one of the most recognizable artists of the late Nineteenth Century. He died on September 9, 1901. This masterpiece measures 27 x 35 centimeters and is in the Musee Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, France.
Jan 14 2011
Le Jeune Routy a Celeyran, Henri de Toulouse-Latrec, 1882
French / Impressionist / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This a reproduction of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s 1882 masterpiece, “Le Jeune Routy a Celeyran” or “The Young Routy at Celeyran” in English. This is one of Toulouse-Lautrec’s earliest paintings and portrays a young workman at the artist’s mother’s estate at Celeyran. He was brought back to his birthplace of Albi from Paris when he was eleven to treat a growing list of congenital conditions. At 13 and 14 respectively his legs were broken and they did not heal correctly or grow further. Restricted from many activities by his unusual lack of height, Toulouse-Lautrec dedicated himself to his art and become one of the most recognizable artists of the late Nineteenth Century. He die don September 9, 1901. This masterpiece is currently at the Musee Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, France.
Dec 29 2010
Perseus and the head of Medusa by Franz von Stuck, 1908
German / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist / Von Stuck - 1 year ago - troycapc
Franz von Stuck was the foremost of the Symbolist artists in Munich of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He co-founded the Munich Secession which formed a long-lasting rebellion on the part of young artists from the Academic styles of the older generation. He gained great acclaim and in 1905 was raised to the Bavarian aristocracy by King Otto. He died in 1928 mourned as the “last prince of art of Munich’s great days”.
When Perseus had killed the Medusa and put her head in a sack, he mounted on the winged sandals he had from Hermes. He flew near Joppa where he spied the Princess Andromeda chained to a rock. She was being offered as a sacrifice to Poseidon to keep the Krakyn from destroying the kingdom. Her fiancé Phineas was too cowardly to attempt to save Andromeda, but Perseus offered to King Cepheus to kill the monster. Perseus killed the monster but at the wedding feast for him and Andromeda the partisans of Phineas invaded the palace to take Andromeda away and kill Perseus. Perseus and his followers defeated them and, using the head of Medusa, they turned Phineas and two hundred of his followers to stone.
Dec 28 2010
Sisyphus by Franz von Stuck, 1920
German / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist / Von Stuck - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of "Sisyphus” by Franz von Stuck. This Art Nouveau German masterpiece was created by Franz von Stuck in 1920. It depicts the Greek mythological figure Sisyphus who, in the realm of Hades, the place of the dead, was sentenced to forever push a stone up a mountain. As he approached the top, the stone would roll down and the task would begin again. For eternity! Franz von Stuck was the foremost of the Symbolist artists in Munich of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He co-founded the Munich Secession which formed a long-lasting rebellion on the part of young artists from the Academic styles of the older generation. He gained great acclaim and in 1905 was raised to the Bavarian aristocracy by King Otto. He died in 1928 mourned as the “last prince of art of Munich’s great days”.
Nov 10 2010
Houses of Parliament, 1904, Claude Monet
French / Impressionist / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Trouee de soleil dans le brouillard, Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog”. This is one of ten paintings created or begun by Claude Monet in his stay at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London in 1900. These were created in a succession of series of paintings including Haystacks, Rouen Cathedral and Water Lilies. The series appears to have been completed by 1905, twenty-one years before the artist’s death at Giveryny, France on December 5, 1926 at the age of eighty-six years. The original of this particular painting is in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris.
Nov 6 2010
Badende Jungen, Max Liebermann, 1898
German / Impressionist / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Max Liebermann’s Impressionist masterpiece, Badende Jungen, or Boys Bathing of 1898. The artist was leading German impressionist and led the Berlin Secession from 1899 to 1911. He lived to see the advent of the Nazi for which he felt deep contempt. He died in 1935 at the age of eighty-seven years. This beautiful work is housed in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
Oct 13 2010
Summer Scene by Frederic Bazille, 1869
French / Impressionist / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Frederic Bazille’s 1869 masterpiece, “Bathers”. While studying at the studio of Charles Gleyre from 1862 to 1863, the artist met Monet, Renoir, and Alfred Sisley, all of whom would become founding members of the revolutionary Impressionist movement of the late nineteenth century. As Bazille was comparatively wealthy, his studio became a meeting place for the artists. This work depicts a group of young men dressed in swimsuits enjoying a leisurely day in an idyllic setting. The artist transposed figures from drawings done in his studio into an outdoor setting along the banks of a river near Meric.
Jul 5 2010
Venice Twilight, Claude Monet, 1908
Impressionist / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Venice Twilight” by Claude Monet of 1908. This impressionistic masterpiece seeks to capture the magical feeling of the Queen of Adriatic. The original is at the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo.
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