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Victory, O Lord !

Academician / British / Millais / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 7 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Victory, O Lord!” by John Everett Millais of 1871.  It is a depiction of Moses being supported by his brother Aaron and Hur during the battle of Rephidim against the Amalekites as recorded in Exodus 17.  Millais was forty-two when he created this masterpiece and was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite School.   This work dates from the period in which the artist grew bolder in his use of color and drama and marks a significant transition in his style.  He was very influential among British artists and died in 1896.  This masterpiece is 141.3 cm wide and 194.7 cm high and is in the Manchester Art Museum in Manchester, England.

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Jonathan’s Token to David by Frederic Leighton, 1868

Academician / British / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Jonathan’s Token to David” of 1868.  This masterpiece portrays a scene from the Old Testament where Jonathan is preparing to shoot three arrows as a warning to David.  Jonathan is the son and heir of King Saul, yet the prophet Samuel has anointed David to be the next king over Israel.  Leighton choses this moment in the story of David and Jonathan to center the heroism of the prince in betraying the evil designs of his father, the king.  The original work is in the Minneapolis Institutes of the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Frederic Leighton was born in 1830 in Scarborough, England and did not study art until after attending University College School in London.  He studied on the continent, notably in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1854.  He was in Paris between the ages of twenty-five to twenty-nine and there met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet.  He returned to London where he joined the Pre-Raphaelites and began to create sculputes as well as paintings.  A great success, he was knighted when aged fifty-eight and was created Baron Leighton in 1896.  He died the next day.  As a bachelor, he left no children and his home became the Leighton House Museum.

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The Deluge by Francis Danby

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

A reproduction of Francis Danby’s work “The Deluge”. Danby is continually impressed by the helpless and insignificant place of humanity in juxtaposition to the power and awe of Nature. In this work he depicts the Biblical Flood as animals and people are about to be submerged. The sole hope is Noah’s ark in the background.

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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, 1512

Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.  Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky.  The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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God As Architect, William Blake, 1794

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

This masterpiece of William Blake was created in 1794, as an illustration of his book of poetry, Europa a Prophecy.  However, this work is more popularly known as the Ancient of Days.  This pre-Romantic etching depicts a very Newtonian God measuring out the dimensions of his creation.

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Elijah in the Wilderness by Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1878

Academician / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Elijah in the Wilderness” of 1878. This is a depiction of the exile of the prophet Elijah while being persecuted by Queen Jezebel. The prophet sleeps in this painting while an angel of the Lord comes to being him bread and water. The angel’s wings are still expanded creating the impression that he has just silently arrived. The muscled body of the exhausted prophet are in dramatic juxtaposition with the calm stance of the angel who looks down on the prophet in compassion. The original is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.

Frederic Leighton was born in 1830 in Scarborough, England and did not study art until after attending University College School in London. He studied on the continent, notably in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1854. He was in Paris between the ages of twenty-five to twenty-nine and there met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. He returned to London where he joined the Pre-Raphaelites and began to create sculptures as well as paintings. A great success, he was knighted when aged fifty-eight and was created Baron Leighton in 1896. He died the next day. As a bachelor, he left no children and his home became the Leighton House Museum.

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Elijah in the Wilderness, Frederick, Lord Leighton, 1878

Academician / British / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Elijah in the Wilderness” of 1878.  This is a depiction of the exile of the prophet Elijah while being persecuted by Queen Jezebel.  The prophet sleeps in this painting while an angel of the Lord comes to being him bread and water.  The angel’s wings are still expanded creating the impression that he has just silently arrived.  The muscled body of the exhausted prophet are in dramatic juxtaposition with the calm stance of the angel who looks down on the prophet in compassion.  The original is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.

Frederic Leighton was born in 1830 in Scarborough, Englnad and did not study art until after attending University College School in London.  He studied on the continent, notably in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1854.  He was in Paris between the ages of twenty-five to twenty-nine and there met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet.  He returned to London where he joined the Pre-Raphaelites and began to create sculputes as well as paintings.  A great success, he was knighted when aged fifty-eight and was created Baron Leighton in 1896.  He died the next day.  As a bachelor, he left no children and his home became the Leighton House Museum.

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Jacob Wrestling the Angel by Eugene Delacroix

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

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There are very few times in the Jewish tradition when a hero can make the statement and he has seen the Face of God. Jacob’s encounter with the angel in the 32nd chapter of Genesis is one such occasion.

“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

This is a reproduction of a Biblical masterpiece by Eugene Delacroix, “Jacob Wrestling the Angel”. It was painted between 1857 and 1861 and is in the church of Saint Sulpice in Paris. It is a huge work measuring over 24 feet tall and more than 16 feet wide. It is a work within a tradition as others have painted the same theme: Rembrandt in 1659 and Gustave Dore in 1855. Alexander Leloir in 1865 and Paul Gaugin in 1888 continued the tradition.

Eugene Delacroix was a leading French Romanticist of the Nineteenth Century. He began his training as a Neo-classicist in 1815 when aged seventeen. He became a sensation seven years later and in 1824 enjoyed a great success with his “Massacre at Chios”. In 1830 he produced his most famous painting, “Liberty leading the People”, which definitely sets the artist apart from Neoclassicism. The work also set Delacroix apart from other Romanticist painters in that he thought of his figures as archetypal. Therefore Liberty is personified as a female figure leading Parisians in their fight. The French government bought the painting but removed it from public view because it was deemed inflammatory. It was brought out nineteen years later by the president of the 2nd French Republic, Louis Napoleon.

Delacroix was part of a diplomatic mission to Morocco in 1832 and this experience led to his production of over a hundred paintings and provided a rich impetus for Orientalism. From 1833 to 1861 he was continually at work on large murals in the interior spaces of Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon, Palais du Luxembourg, the church of St. Denis du Saint Sacrement, the Louvre and the Chapelle des Agnes at St. Sulpice. He was a founder of the National Society of Beaux-Arts and died shortly thereafter in 1863.

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