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Feb 1 2011
Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865
Academician / American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Frederic Edwin Church’s “Aurora Borealis” of 1865. Church was a leading figure of the Hudson River School and he produced this masterpiece when he was thirty-nine years old. He studied under Thomas Cole from the age of eighteen and in 1859 became a sensation in New York City with the dramatic presentations of his over-sized masterpieces. This is a wonderful example of his work and with frame measures 83.5 inches by 56.125 inches. Church died in 1900. This masterpiece is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D. C.
Jan 25 2011
The Girl I Left Behind Me by Eastman Johnson, 1875
Academician / American / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This a reproduction of Eastman Johnson’s “The Girl I Left Behind Me” of 1875. Johnson produced this masterpiece when he was 51 years old. He was born into a prominent family in Maine and moved with his family to Washington in 1840 when he was apprenticed to a lithographer. Nine years later he was studying in Dusseldorf, Germany. He continued his studies in the Netherlands and Paris before returning to America in 1855. Four years later he established his studio in New York City. He was a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870 and became famous as the American Rembrandt due to his style and having studied in the Netherlands. He died on April 5, 1906. This masterpiece is at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D. C.
Oct 29 2010
Dusk on the City by Anonymous, 2009
American / Caperton / Contemporary / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Dusk on the City” of 2009, an effort to capture the magical moment between day and night as it touches one of the most famous and iconic skylines in the world. This is a photograph of New York City taken by a friend. Used by permission.
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.
Sep 25 2010
Sad Young Man “Jeanne Homme triste dans un train” by Marcel Duchamp, 1912
Contemporary / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
Marcel Duchamp’s masterpiece, “Jeune home triste dans un train”, or Sad Young Man in a Train, 1912. Duchamp was a leading artist in both Dadaism and Surrealism. This is abstract depiction appears to fall between the two movements or perhaps embodies elements of both. It is a very early work closely related to the more famous "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2." This work is more colorful but shares the mechanical nature of the painting which reflects the influence of Cubism on the young Duchamp who was twenty-five years old. Duchamp continued to influence Western Art in fundamental ways until his death on October 2, 1968. The original of this work is in the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
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