Monday, February 13, 2017

John Brett painting

Val d'Aosta
by John Brett (1831-1902)
1858, oil on canvas, 34.5" x 26.8"
Brett was a Pre-Raphaelite artist; he was born near the town of Reigate in Surrey, England.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Johann Heinrich Bleuler painting

The Staubbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Canton of Bern
by Johann Heinrich Bleuler (1758-1823)
1820, gouache, 20.5" x 27.6"
Bleuler was a Swiss painter and engraver, he was born in Zollikon.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Homer Watson painting

Near the Close of a Stormy Day
by Homer Watson (1855-1936)
1884, oil on canvas, 38" x 56.1"
Watson was born in Doon, Ontario, Canada.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Henry Pether painting

Venice with San Giorgio Maggiore in the Moonlight
by Henry Pether (1828-1865)
Oil on canvas, 30.1" x 49.8"
Pether was an English Landscape artist.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Johan Christoffer Boklund painting

Carl's Cliff. View of Edsviken
by Johan Christoffer Boklund (1817–1880)
1865, oil on canvas, 18.7" x 25"
Boklund was a Swedish artist, he was born in Kulla-Gunnarstorp in Scania.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Francis Wheatley artwork

Country Scene: Figures by a Cottage Door and Cattle in a Stream
by Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801)
1795, 9.88" x 10.75"
Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Wheatley was an English artist, he was born in London.


Friday, December 30, 2016

Nikolay Dubovskoy painting

The Forest River
by Nikolay Dubovskoy (1859-1918)
Dubovskoy was a Russian landscape painter.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Anton Raphael Mengs painting

The Adoration of the Shepherds
by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728- 1779)
1770, oil on oak wood table, 100.8" x 74.8"
Mengs was born in Aussig, Kingdom of Bohemia.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Francisco Collantes painting

Winter Landscape with the Adoration of the Shepherds
by Francisco Collantes (1599–1656)
oil on canvas, 28.4" x 41.6"
Collantes was a Baroque era painter, he was born in Madrid, Spain.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Utagawa Toyoharu artwork

A Winter Party
by Utagawa Toyoharu (1735 - 1814)
Color and gold on silk, 20.83" x 38.03"
Toyoharu was a Japanese artist of the ukiyo-e style, he was born in Toyooka.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Léon de Wailly artwork

Great Panther, quarter of the size
by Léon de Wailly (French, active 1801-1824)
1812
Ink, watercolour, and bodycolor on vellum, 14 3/16" x 20 7/8"

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Benjamin West painting

Eagle Bringing cup to Psyche
by Benjamin West (1738–1820)
circa 1802, Oil on wooden panel, 11 3/4" x 16 3/4"
West was an American artist; he was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

James Ward painting

Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale)
by James Ward (1769–1859)
circa 1812, oil on canvas, 131" x 166"
Ward was a Romantic painter; he was born in London, England.

Friday, November 18, 2016

Adolf Gustav Schweitzer painting

Fjord Landscape
by Adolf Gustav Schweitzer (1847-1914)
1888, oil on canvas, 26" x 39.8"

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Meindert Hobbema painting

Wooded landscape with a Water-mill
by Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709)
oil on panel, 24.37" x 33.62"
Hobbema was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.