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Jun 1 2011
Election of Stanislaw II
German / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Election of Stanislaw II August at Wola in 1746″ by Bernardo Bellotto of 1776. This Venetian artist was fifty-two when he created this spanning panoramic vista of the field at Wola during the election of the king of Poland. He had worked in Rome and for Charles Emmaunel III of Savoy and in 1747 at the age of about twenty-five he moved to Dresden at the invitation of August III, king of Poland. The Austrian empress Maria Theresa invited him to work in Vienna in 1758 which he did and then moved on to work in Munich and again in Dresden. In 1764 he became court painter to Stanislaw II of Poland in Warsaw where he remained and died in 1780. This work is in the National Museum in Poznan, Poland.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
May 21 2011
Adoption of the 1791 Polish Constitution
Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of ” Adoption of the 1791 Polish Constitution ” of 1891 by Jan Matejko. The adoption of a constitution for the kingdom of Poland in 1791 was a momentous event in Polish history for it marked the heroic attempt of the Polish people to throw off the tyranny of German and Russian influence in the affairs of their kingdom. Their efforts were ill-fated at the end of the 18th century, but bloomed to success in the early twentieth century, though the travails of Poland was still not over when independence was regained in 1918. The original painting is in the National Museum of Poland in Warsaw.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
Feb 18 2011
Demon by Mikhail Vrubel, 1890
Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Demon” by Mikhail Vrubel of 1890. This wonderful Symbolist creation shows a masterful depiction of the simultaneous despair and pride traditional in the psyche of demons. Vrubel had always attempted to portray Christ figures and never satisfied himself. Perhaps in reaction to these failures to his own standards, Vrubel concentrated on works of showing demons. The original size of this beautiful work is 213.8 cm by 116.5 cm. Vrubel was thirty-four years old when he painted this and went blind four years before his death in 1910. This masterpiece is in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Feb 17 2011
Wet Meadow by Fedor Vasilyev, 1872
Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Wet Meadow” by Fedor Vasilyev of 1872. This wonderful landscape shows a masterful contrast between the silent meadow with its tiny lake and the swirling clouds of a sky in powerful transition. Vasilyev was born in Gatchina, south of St. Petersburg, and was a self-taught painter. He contracted tuberculosis in 1871 and moved to Yalta in the Crimea in an attempt to recover his health. He died there in 1873. This masterpiece is in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Feb 16 2011
New Rome, The Castle of Sant’ Angelo, Silvestr Shchedrin, 1823
Academician / Greco-Roman / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “New Rome, The Castle of S. Angelo” by Silvestr Shchedrin, 1823. This wonderful landscape of early nineteenth century Rome was painted by the Russian painter Sylvestr Feodosiyevich Shchedrin. The artist was born in 1791 Saint Petersburg and graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in his native city at the age of twenty. He went to Italy in 1818 and there created many landscapes among the most popular was this masterpiece. He created more landscapes including bizarre night visions which may have been influenced by his declining health. He died at Sorrento in 1830. This masterpiece is in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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.
Feb 6 2011
The Shepherd’s Concert by Wojciech Gerson, 1862
Academician / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Stanislas Lepine’s “The Shepherd’s Concert” of 1862. This is an intimate rendition of country life in Poland. This masterpiece was in the Kroneberg Collection but was lost in World War II. It was found in a sale on January 21, 2004 and restored to the Polish nation. The artist was born in 1831 Warsaw. He graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, returned to Warsaw and left for Paris in 1850 for further studies. He established a school in Warsaw in 1858 and was made a professor of the St. Petersburg Academy in 1878. He died in Warsaw at the age of seventy, never seeing the resurrection of his native land into an independent country. This is a fine example of his work and it is in the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland.
Jan 11 2011
Lions, 1885, Paul Friedrich Meyerheim
Academician / German / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Paul Friedrich Meyerheim’s Lions of 1885. The German artist was born in 1842 Berlin and studied under his father Friedrich Eduard He entered the Berlin Academy in 1857 and, leaving three years later, he traveled to the Low Countries and Paris. His most prominent works were depictions of lions, human portraits and humorous scenes. He returned to the Berlin Academy in 1887 where he taught for many years. He died on September 14, 1915 in Berlin. This painting is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Nov 30 2010
Composition VII by Wassily Kandinsky, 1913
French / German / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Wassily Kandinsky’s “Composition VII” of 1913. Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and was raised in Odessa. He began painting at the age of 30 and is credited as the first artist to paint a modern abstract work of art. After 22 years in Munich, Kandinsky returned to Russia in 1918 but found his art was not in favor. He returned to Germany, but the rise of the Nazis in 1933 led him to remove to France. He died there in 1944. This 1913 composition is one of Kandinsky’s most famous and is a wonderful study in form and color. The original painting is in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Nov 25 2010
Autumn in Bavaria by Wassily Kandinsky, 1908
German / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Wassily Kandinsky’s “Autumn in Bavaria” of 1908. Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and was raised in Odessa. He began painting at the age of 30 and is credited as the first artist to paint a modern abstract work of art. After 22 years in Munich, Kandinsky returned to Russia in 1918 but found his art was not in favor. He returned to Germany, but the rise of the Nazis in 1933 led him to remove to France. He died there in 1944. This 1908 composition is one of Kandinsky’s less abstract pieces and in gorgeous in its use of form and color. The original painting is in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
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