Friday, July 25, 2014
Fashion! - A little Polish Turquerie from Kazimir Wojniakowski 1772 -1812
Kazimir Wojniakowski (Polish artist, 1772 -1812) Maria Theresa Poniatowska
Kazimierz Wojniakowski was a Polish painter & a pupil of Marcello Bacciarelli. His work as a portraitist was influenced by that of the Polish painter Józef Grassi. Wojniakowski also produced religious works & scenes of contemporary historic events.
Kazimir Wojniakowski (Polish artist, 1772 -1812) Izabela Czartoryska
1790s Kazimir Wojniakowski (Polish artist, 1772 -1812) Portrait of a Lady
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Fashion! - Hugh Barron 1747-1791 paints a little blue & white Turquerie
Hugh Barron (British artist, 1747-1791) Portrait of a lady, said to be Susanna, Mrs Bacon Bedingfield of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk
Hugh Barron was the son of an apothecary in Soho, London. The young artist became a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. After leaving Reynolds' studio, he set off for Italy, by way of Lisbon, where he stopped for some time & painted portraits. In 1771-2, he was in Rome. Returning to London, he settled in Leicester Square, & exhibited some portraits at the Royal Academy in 1782-3 & 1786.
Hugh Barron (British artist, 1747-1791) Elizabeth Mrs. John Plampin Dau of Henry Hervey Ashton c 1766
Hugh Barron (British artist, 1747-1791) Portrait of a lady in blue, c 1778
Monday, July 21, 2014
Fashion! - Jean-Baptiste Le Prince 1734-1781 paints Turquerie
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French Painter, 1734-1781) Young woman in Turkish costume
Born to a family of ornamental sculptors & gilders, Le Prince began studying art with Francois Boucher (1703–70) around 1750. In 1754, the young artist traveled to Italy. By 1757, Le Prince was painting for Catherine the Great at the Imperial Palace in Saint Petersburg. He traveled extensively in Russia, Lithuania, Finland, Holland, & perhaps Siberia, returning to Paris 5 years later eager to make a name for himself. The sketches Le Prince made on his travels of exotic costumes & customs served him well, when he returned to France in 1763. He became a copper engraver, & a genre, landscape & portrait painter. He is also credited with being the first artist to introduce aquatint into his etched & engraved plates. Upon becoming a member of the Académie Royale in 1765, Le Prince exhibited 15 paintings at that year's Salon, all Russian subjects. The drawings he made in Russia provided the basis for a considerable body of work that added to the general taste of 18th century Europeans for exotica. After 1770, Le Prince's health declined, & he left Paris for the French countryside. There he painted the pastoral subjects; which he had learned from Boucher as a young man & from the 17th-century Dutch & Flemish genre & landscape painters, which he so admired.
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French Painter, 1734-1781) Lady in Turkish Dress
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French Painter, 1734-1781) The Fortune Teller
Friday, July 11, 2014
Fashion! - Swiss artist Jakob Emanuel Handmann 1718-1781 paints Turquerie
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (Swiss artist, 1718-1781) Unknown lady 1775
Jakob Emanuel Handmann was the 9th child of Johann Jakob Handmann, a baker in Waldenburg, & his wife Anna Maria Rispach. Between 1735 & 1739, he apprenticed in Schaffhausen with the painter & stucco plasterer Johann Ulrich Schnetzler. The young artist then traveled to Paris, Rome & Naples. In Paris, he worked at the studio of Jean Restout II. In 1742, Handmann worked in France with Hörling Handmann painting the heads of the sitters. Later he worked in the studios of Marco Benefial & Pierre Subleyras in Rome. There he produced commercial copies of masterpieces from the Classical Antiquity & Renaissance periods. By June 1746, he was back in Switzerland; and in 1747, he settled down in Basel, where he opened his own studio.
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (Swiss artist, 1718-1781) Philippine Fellenberg
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (Swiss artist, 1718-1781) Lady in Turkish dress 1775
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Fashion! - Frenchman Antoine de Favray 1706-1792 paints Turquerie + Knights & Ladies of Malta
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Maltese Women
Antoine de Favray was a French painter best known for His portraits of the Ottoman Empire. In 1738, he was Mentioned as a private pupil of Jean-François de Troy II, who was then director of the Académie de France in Rome. In 1739, Antoine de Favray was registered as a student at the Académie. In 1744, the artist left Rome for Malta, remaining there for much of the rest of His career Devoting himself primarily to portraiture & amp; genre painting. His portraits of women talking together in relaxed situations are Particularly important, Because most women in the Ottoman Empire Remained almost Exclusively Within Their family settings or among other women. Already he had lived a long life, When He wrote to Chevalier de Turgot in 1788, " In spite of my weak sight, a heavy hand and an exhausted imagination, I always spend my time making something or other ... Years pile upon each other, Which does not pain me, on the contrary. For this century is the century When things happen. It is near its end and so am I, luckily "
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Annette Comtesse de Vergennes in Turkish Gown
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Turkish Women
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Portrait of a family, c 1760
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) grecques Dames en costume intérieur dans un jardin
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Ladies of the Knights of Malta With Their Maid Servants
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Dames de Malte if faisant visits in 1763
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Officers of the Knights of Malta
Antoine de Favray (French painter, 1706-1792) Malta Interior (Gentlemen Only)
Friday, June 27, 2014
Simeon Solomon, English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Night 1890
Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) was born into a prominent Jewish family in England. He was the 8th & last child born to merchant Michael (Meyer) Solomon & artist Catherine (Kate) Levy. Solomon was a younger brother to painters Abraham Solomon (1824–1862) & Rebecca Solomon (1832–1886). His first exhibition was at the Royal Academy in 1858, where he continued to exhibit until 1872. In addition to literary paintings favored by the Pre-Raphaelite school, Solomon's subjects often included scenes from the Hebrew Bible & genre paintings depicting Jewish life. In 1873 his career was cut short, when he was arrested in a public urinal in London & charged with attempting to commit sodomy & was fined. He was was arrested again in 1874 in Paris, after which he was sentenced to spend 3 months in prison. In 1884 he was admitted to the workhouse, where he continued to paint; however, his talent was blighted by alcoholism. Twenty years later in 1905, he died from complications of his alcoholism.
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Dawn
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Marguerite 1866
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Mother of Moses 1860
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Love Dreaming by the Sea 1871
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Beatrice
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Autumn
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Toilette of a Roman Lady 1869
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Priestess Offering Poppies
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Bacchus
Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Allegorical Self Portrait 1873Simeon Solomon (English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1840-1905) Self Portrait 1860
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Women by French Painter Jacques-Emile Blanche 1861-1942
"he is liable to twist things he hears." He seems to twist many of his sitters into similar predicaments.
Jacques-Emile Blanche (French Painter, 1861-1942) Femme en 1887
Jacques-Emile Blanche (French Painter, 1861-1942) Donna Olga Caracciolo dei Duchi di Castelluccio, later Baroness de Meyer, 1889.
Jacques-Emile Blanche (French Painter, 1861-1942) Eugenia Huicidi Errazuriz
Jacques-Emile Blanche (French Painter, 1861-1942) Portrait of a Lady
Monday, June 23, 2014
"Women Artist" British artist Madeline Emily Green 1884-1947
Madeline Green (British painter, 1884-1947) The Young Man
Artist Madeline Green was a long-term resident of the borough of Ealing and completed many of her works in her studio at The Mall in Ealing. Ealing is London's third largest borough, which is located in the heart of west London. Madeline Green was a figurative artist whose style is lively & fluid, bringing her characters to life & infusing her work with a sense of grace & humour. Madeline Emily Green exhibited regularly at Britain's Royal Academy & the Society of Women Artists between 1912-1943.
Madeline Green (British painter, 1884-1947) Two Children in a Stable
Madeline Green (British painter, 1884-1947) Kate and Another
Madeline Green (British painter, 1884-1947) Glasgow
Madeline Green (British painter, 1884-1947) The Model c 1915
Madeline Green (British painter, 1884-1947) The Chenille Net
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Inadvertently Sharing the Harvest - 1600s Food for hungry dogs, cats, monkeys, squirrels, & a random parrot
Adriaen van Utrecht (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1652) Still Life with Dog and Monkey (and parott) 1644
Unknown Dutch artist, The Cat's Meal. 1625-50
Frans Snyders (Dutch artist, 1579-1657) Monkeys Stealing Fruit
Adriaen van Utrecht (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1652) Still Life with Dog and Cat (and squirrel)
Frans Snyders (Dutch artist, 1579-1657) Still Life with Lobster, Poultry, & Fruit (and cat!)
Giuseppe Recco (Italian, Neapolitan, 1634–1695) Cat Stealing Fish
Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch Baroque painter, 1593-94–1657) Still Life with Macaws 1622
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