Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Anton Doll painting

On the Way Home from Sunday Mass
by Anton Doll (1826–1887)
Oil on Canvas, 28.1" x 32.7"
German landscape painter from Munich

Monday, March 2, 2015

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller painting

Traunsee with Orth Castle
by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865)
Circa 1830
Austrian painter of the Biedermeier period.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Literature Pick #90

Let There Be Light
by Horace Brown Fyfe
A short story from the November 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Henry Thomas Schafer painting

Ulm, Germany
by Henry Thomas Schafer (1854-1915)
1875, oil on canvas, 12.6" x 9.4"

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Arch at the Portico of Octavia in Rome

Arch at the Portico of Octavia in Rome
by an unknown German artist
1860, oil on canvas, 32.5" x 22"

Monday, February 9, 2015

Favorite Actress Showcase #10: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt is a most beautiful and beloved actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s with roles in Party of Five and I Know What You Did Last Summer, she later starred in the Garfield movies and Ghost Whisperer. She has recently joined the cast of Criminal Minds.

 

Carl Hummel painting

Villa Carlotta on Lake Como
by Carl Hummel (1821-1907)

1874, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 30.3" x 41.1"
German landscape artist

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Dominik Schuhfried painting

Castle Ruins on the Cliff
by Dominik Schuhfried
1866, oil on canvas, 20.9" x 16.7"

Friday, February 6, 2015

Charles Hoguet painting

The Market in Rouen, 1858
by Charles Hoguet (1821-1870)
German painter, from the French Huguenot colony in Berlin.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Carl Spitzweg painting

The Letter Messenger in Rosenthal
by Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885)
Circa 
1858-65, Oil on Canvas, 28.9" x 19.1"
Spitzweg was a romantic artist who was born in 
Unterpfaffenhofen in Bavaria, Germany.


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Vilhelm Kyhn painting

Winter Evening in a Forest
by Vilhelm Kyhn (1819-1903)

1853, Oil on Canvas, 51.4" × 77.4"
Danish landscape painter

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Literature Pick #89

The Cornish Fishermen's Watch-Night
By The Religious Tract Society
The story of a faithful man's struggle against wickedness.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Wilhelm Steinfeld painting

Vast Landscape in the Salzkammergut
by Wilhelm Steinfeld (1816–1854)

1841, Oil on Canvas, 30.1" x 23.8"

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Painting Attributed to George Lambert

Landscape with Ruins
Attributed to George Lambert (1700-1765)
Oil on Canvas, 48.5" × 34.6"


Sunday, January 4, 2015

Nicolas Henri Joseph de Fassin painting

Twilight
by Nicolas Henri Joseph de Fassin (1728-1811)
1798
Landscape painter born in the city of 
Liège, Belgium.