Monday, August 25, 2014

Berlin Painter, Red-Figure Volute Krater

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Red-Figure Krater showing Achilles fighting Hector, attributed to the Berlin Painter, c490 BCE  detail of Achilles and Hector T...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Aubrey Williams, Hymn to the Sun IV

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Aubrey Williams, Hymn to the Sun IV , 1984 Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) was a Guyanese artist known for large, bright oil paintings like ...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Claude Monet, Houses of Parliament, Sunset

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Monet, Houses of Parliament, Sunset , 1902 Today I decided to post about one of the paintings I discussed in my MA thesis.  Mone...
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Friday, August 22, 2014

Jan Brueghel the Younger, Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld

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Jan Brueghel the Younger, Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld , 1630s To be honest, what I especially love about this painting is the...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Eugène Delacroix, Lion and Snake

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Delacroix, Lion and Snake , 1846 Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) was one of the most important and influential artists of the 19th century....
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Jozef Israëls, Alone in the World

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Jozef Israëls, Alone in the World , 1881 Jozef Israëls (1824-1911) was a Dutch painter, one of the most respected of his time.  Most of ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Jules Olitski, With Love and Disregard: Rapture

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Jules Olitski, With Love and Disregard: Rapture , 2002 Jules Olitski (1922-2007) was a Ukranian-American painter who came to prominence ...