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Mar 17 2011
Ovid Banished from Rome, J. M. William Turner
British / Greco-Roman / Impressionist / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Turner - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Ovid Banished from Rome” of 1838 by J. M. William Turner. The infamous Roman author of erotic poetry had often irritated Augustus who was intent on restoring the "old morals" to the Roman Empire. In the scandal over his own daughter’s infidelities, Publius Ovidius Naso was exiled from Rome to the barbaric lands on the shore of the Black Sea where he died after ten years. This masterpiece was produced when the artist was sixty-three years old and well advanced into the eccentricity which marked his life after the death of his father. He had repeated bouts of depression and died twelve years after completing this painting. The original painting is 49.2 inches wide and 37.24 inches wide and resides in a private collection.
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Feb 23 2011
Going to the Ball, William Turner, 1846
British / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Turner - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Going to the Ball (San Martino)” by Joseph Mallord William Turner of 1846. This master artist was one of the foremost English Romantic painters of all time. He was controversial in his own day but he raised the art of landscape to rival that genre of historical painting. He not only created wonderful oils, but he also was a master of watercolors and printing. He created this wonderful work at the age of seventy-one. He had receive formal training at the Royal Academy of Art from the age of fourteen and within eight years he was receiving enough patronage to insure his career in art. He died in 1851 in London. This masterpiece depicts a party in Venice on its way to a ball via gondola. The painting is in a private collection.
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