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Mar 29 2011
Fanciful Landscape, Thomas Doughty, 1834
American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Fanciful Landscape” of 1834 by Thomas Doughty. This masterpiece was created when the artist was forty-one years old, twenty-two years before his death. Doughty was an artist of the Hudson River School founded by Thomas Cole and was able to work exclusively as a landscapist. He was self taught and was a native of Philadelphia. This masterpiece is 101.5 cm wide and 76.3 cm high and is at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Feb 5 2011
Le Pont de la Tournelle by Stanislas Lepine, 1862
French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Stanislas Lepine’s “Le Pont de la Tournelle” of 1862. This is a lovely landscape of the Tournelle Bridge in Paris as it appeared in 1862. The artist was twenty-eight when he painted this having been a student of Corot for three years. His favorite subject was the river Seine which he repeated represented. He participated in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and he won the first prize at the Exhibition of 1889. He died in Paris in 1892. This is a fine example of his work and it is in The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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.
Oct 23 2010
Morning in the Tropics, 1877, by Frederic Edgar Church
American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of the masterpiece by Frederic Edgar Church, “Morning in the Tropics” of 1877. This work of Church was the result of his expeditions to South America in 1853 and 1857. He was inspired by Baron Alexander von Humbolt who had explored the region at the end of the previous century. In this painting Church makes use of Luminism which, in American 19th century painting, refers to the use of the depiction of bright light and the minimalization of the effects of brushstrokes. This work is currently at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Frederic Church was the leading artist of the second generation of the Hudson River School. By the time of this work, he was the most famous contemporary American artist at the age of thirty-four years. He had been a student of Benjamin Cole. As tastes changed after 1865, Church’s popularity with the public began to fade but he continued to paint and was very comfortable due to the significant private wealth of his family. He died in New York City in 1900.
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