Monday, December 24, 2018

Albert Bredow painting

Romantic Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters by a Castle
by Albert Bredow (1828–1899)
oil on canvas, 30.7" × 52.7"

Friday, December 21, 2018

Joseph Binder painting

The Magi on the Way to Bethlehem
by Joseph Binder (1805–1863)
1846, Oil on Canvas, 17.52" x 25.59"
Binder was an Austrian painter, he was born in Vienna.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Jan van Orley painting

Adoration of the Shepherds
by Jan van Orley (1665-1735)
Oil on Canvas
Van Orley was a Flemish artist, he was born in Brussels.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Literature Pick #116

The Spy
by Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)
From the 1910 short story collection, Once Upon A Time.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Tavík František Šimon painting

View of Karlštejn Castle near Prague
by Tavík František Šimon (1877-1942)
1903, oil on canvas, 37.5" × 43.5"
Šimon was born in Železnice, Bohemia

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Lawrence Alma-Tadema painting

Silver Favourites
by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)
1903, oil on canvas, 27.2" × 16.6"
Alma-Tadema was an Dutch Academic artist; he was born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Friedrich Gauermann painting

An Alpine farm on the Untersberg in Salzburg with Many Animals
by Friedrich Gauermann (1807–1862)
1835, oil on canvas, 29.13" x 36.02"
Gauermann was an Austrian painter, he was born in Miesenbach.

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Literature Pick #115

The Wind in the Rose-Bush
by Mary Wilkins (1852-1930)
A short story from the 1903 book, The Wind in the Rose-bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Leopold Munsch painting

Procession at the forest chapel in the Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden
by Leopold Munsch (1826-1888)
Oil on Canvas, 25.2" x 31.5"
Munsch was an Austrian painter, he was born in Vienna.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Literature Pick #114

The Four-Fifteen Express
by Amelia B. Edwards (1831-1892)
A fantastic short story, first published in the Dec. 22, 1866 issue of Every Saturday (Vol. II No. 51).

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

David Roberts painting

Sphinx of Giza, partly under sand, with two pyramids in the background.
by David Roberts (1796-1864)
1838
Roberts was an Orientalist painter, he was born in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Philip James de Loutherbourg painting

The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen
by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)
1788, oil on canvas, 52.9" x 77.9"

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Henryk Siemiradzki painting

Conversation by the Spring
by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902)
Oil on canvas laid on board, 21.26" x 39.37"
Siemiradzki was a Polish academic painter.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Literature Pick #113

The Light-house
by Alfred Noyes (1880-1958)
A short story from the 1918 book, Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others.

Monday, July 16, 2018

Edward Mitchell Bannister painting

Untitled (landscape, boat moored near stream, man walking in foreground)
by Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901)
1879, oil on canvas, 14" x 20"
Bannister was a Tonalist painter, he was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.

Monday, July 9, 2018

Literature Pick #112

The End of Time
by Wallace West (1900-1980)
A fantastic science fiction short story from the March 1933 issue of Astounding Stories.


Saturday, July 7, 2018

George Henry Durrie painting

Cider Pressing
by George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
1855, oil on canvas, 22.25" x 30.25"
Durrie was an American painter, he was born in Hartford, Connecticut.

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Paul Wilhelm Keller-Reutlingen painting

Farmstead Under Clouds in Late Summer Light
by Paul Wilhelm Keller-Reutlingen (1854–1920)
oil on canvas, 29.13" x 41.73"
Keller-Reutlingen was a German painter, he was born in Reutlingen.

Friday, June 29, 2018

Carl Schultze painting

The Königssee in the Berchtesgadener Land
by Carl Schultze (born 1856)
oil on canvas, 29.5" x 38.2"
Schultze was a German painter, he was born in Düsseldorf.

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Literature Pick #111

The White Island—A Story of the Dardanelles
by Edward Eyre Hunt (1885-1953)
From the 1918 book of short stories about World War I, Tales from a Famished Land.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Aleksander Gierymski painting

The Gate in the Old Town in Warsaw
by Aleksander Gierymski (1850–1901)
1883, oil on canvas, 25.1" × 19.2"
Gierymski was a Polish painter, he was born in Warsaw.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Literature Pick #110

A Michigan Man
by Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935)
First published in 1891 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine: volume XLVII.

Monday, May 21, 2018

Moritz von Schwind painting

The Rose, or the Performer's Tour
by Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871)
1846-1847, Oil on Canvas, 85" x 52.7"
Schwind was an Austrian painter, he was born in Vienna.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Anders Christian Lunde painting

Italian Mountain Landscape. Scene by the vicinity of Subiaco.
by Anders Christian Lunde (1809–1886)
Oil on Paper Mounted on Canvas, 12.9" × 21.6"
Lunde was a Danish landscape painter, he was born in Copenhagen.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Bruno Liljefors painting

Common Swifts
by Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939)
1886, oil on canvas, 16.1" × 22"
Liljefors was born in Uppsala, Sweden

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Jean-Baptiste Pater painting

The Fair at Bezons
by Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695-1736)
circa 1733, oil on canvas, 42" x 56"
Pater was a rococo painter; he was born in Valenciennes, France.

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Andrea Mantegna painting

The Resurrection
by Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506)
1457-1459, oil on canvas, 27.99" x 37.01"

Italian Renaissance artist; he was born in Isola di Carturo, Republic of Venice.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Frederic William Burton painting

Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs
by Frederic William Burton (1816-1900)
1864, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, 37.60" x 23.94"
Burton was born in Wicklow, Ireland


Sunday, March 4, 2018

Caspar van Wittel painting

Piazza Navona, Rome
by Caspar van Wittel (1653-1736)
1699, oil on canvas, 37.99" x 85.04"
Van Wittel was a Dutch artist, he was born in Amersfoort.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Isaac Sailmaker painting

The Island of Barbados
by Isaac Sailmaker (circa 1633–1721)
circa 1694, oil on canvas, 44.49" x 90.98"
Sailmaker was a Dutch artist

Friday, January 26, 2018

Josef Rebell painting

The Arch of Foggia
by Josef Rebell (1787-1828)
Rebell was an Austrian landscape painter, he was born in Vienna.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Carl Jutz painting

A Watchful Eye
by Carl Jutz (1838–1916)
oil on wood, 5.12" x 6.5"
Jutz was born in Offenburg, Germany

Friday, January 5, 2018

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre painting

Great Tijuca Waterfall
by Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
1833, oil on canvas, 25.6" × 32"
Porto-Alegre was a Romantic artist, he was born in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.