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May 9 2011
Justice and Vengence Pursuing Crime
French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Justice and Divine Vengence Pursuing Crime” by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon of 1808. This French Romanticist was best known for his allegories of which this is his finest masterpiece. He went to Italy in 1784 and furthered his studies so that when he returned to Paris three years later he became a favorite at the court of Napoleon. He received the Legion of Honor for “Justice and Vengence” in 1808 and was a strong influence on the later work of Gericault. He survived the Napoleonic regime but was unhinged by the suicide of his mistress in 1821. He died two years later.
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Mar 19 2011
Temples of Paestum at Evening by Jules Coignet
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Temples of Paestum at Evening” by Jules Louis Philippe Coignet. Coignet was a French landscape artist who was born in 1798 Paris. He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon when he was twenty-six and became a knight of the Legion of Honor in 1836. His advocacy of painting en plain air have many describing him as a predecessor of the Barbizon School. This view of the main temple of Poseidon in Paestum wonderfully captures the warmth of the ancient stones. Paestum is in the Italian Campania and was founded by the Greeks from Sybaris at the end of the seventh century Before the Current Era. The masterpiece is in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
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Feb 7 2011
The Island of Rhodes by Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky, 1861
Academician / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Island of Rhodes” of 1861 by Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky. This is wonderful example of Aivazovsky’s coastal combinations of seascape and landscape and is a wonderful representation of this gem of the Aegean as the sun is near the horizon. Seascapes constitute more than half of his works. This Armenian artist died in 1900 at the age of eighty-three years. He burst upon the international scene in 1842 and was elected a member of five European Academies. He received the French Legion of Honor and left more than 6000 works by the time of his death. This masterpiece is in the Aivazovsky Art Gallery in his natal city, Theodosia in the Crimea, Ukraine.
Jan 29 2011
The Old Oak by Jules Dupre, ca. 1870
Academician / French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproducition of “The Old Oak” of about 1870 by Jules Dupre. Dupre was about 49 when he painted this landscape which is an excellent example of the Barbizon School in that it shows a pronounced dramatic effect. At the age of twenty Dupre had visited England where he was deeply impressed by John Constable. In 1848 as a token of his fame and contribution, he was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor. He died in 1889. This masterpiece is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.
Jan 19 2011
Cain Flying before the Curses of Jehovah, Fernand Cormon, 1880
Academician / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the Biblical masterpiece, “Cain Flying before the Curses of Jehovah” of 1880 by Fernand Cormon. It is an imaginative depiction of the passage in Genesis which states that Cain will flee to the land of Nod in the fourth chapter of Genesis. Cormon was a Parisian who studied under Cabanel and produced this work when he was thirty-five years old. He became one of the leading French historical painters and was inducted into the Legion of Honor in this year of this production Afterwards he managed the Atelier Cormon where studied Toulouse-Latrec and Van Gogh. He died in a traffic accident at the age of seventy-nine. This masterpiece is in the Musee d’Orsay.
Nov 1 2010
The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850
Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece of Ivan Aivazovsky is the most famous of his seascapes which constitute more than half of his works. This Armenian artist died in 1900 at the age of eighty-three years. This is probably his most Romantic piece. He burst upon the international scene in 1842 and was elected a member of five European Academies. He received the French Legion of Honor and left more than 6000 works by the time of his death.
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