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.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Matthias Stom painting

The Adoration of the Magi
by M
atthias Stom
17th century Dutch Golden Age painter.

Literature Pick #88

A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas
by Louis Becke
A Christmas tale from the 1899 short story collection Rídan The Devil And Other Stories.

Friday, December 19, 2014

John Martin painting

The Eve of the Deluge
by John Martin (
1789-1854)

1854, Oil on Canvas, 56.3" x 85.8"
Martin was a Romantic artist, born in Haydon BridgeNorthumberland, England.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Paris Bordone painting

The Annunciation
by Paris Bordone

Circa il on Canvas, 39" x 52.8"
Italian Renaissance painter, born in Treviso

Monday, December 8, 2014

Kings and Queens by Marié Digby

A hauntingly beautiful song by the inestimably talented musician Marié Digby. The music video itself is a wondrous work of art too.

Literature Pick #87

McIlvaine's Star
by August Derleth (1909-1971)
An absolutely brilliant science fiction short story from the July 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Johann Christian Reinhart painting

View of Tivoli
by Johann Christian Reinhart (1761-1847)

1813, Oil on Canvas, 29.9" × 22.6"
German artist, born in 
Hof, Bavaria