Friday, June 12, 2015

Maritime painting

Embarkation of a Boat at the Harbor Wall
by a monogrammist CT
1848, oil on canvas, 16.5" x 22.4"


Thursday, June 4, 2015

Jacob van Ruisdael painting

A Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape
by Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1629-1682)
Oil on canvas laid down on panel, 26" x 20.5"
Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, from Haarlem

Friday, May 29, 2015

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
circa 1558, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 28.9" × 44.1"
Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker from Brabant.


Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Carl Buntzen painting

Seascape with Sailing Ships off a Coast
by Carl Buntzen (1835-1901)
1875, Oil on Canvas, 11" x 15"


Monday, May 11, 2015

Paintings by Louis Gauffier

Late 18th century paintings of the Arno Valley and the Vallombrosa Abbey, by the French artist Louis Gauffier (1762-1801).




Sunday, May 3, 2015

Albrecht Dürer painting

Saint Jerome
A depiction of St. Jerome in the wilderness.
by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Circa 1495, Oil on Pearwood, 9.1" x 6.9"

German artist of the Northern Renaissance, he was born in Nuremberg.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Literature Pick #91

The Return
by Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951)
Originally published in The Eye-Witness, Vol. 1 No. 1 on June 22, 1911, and then included in Pan's Garden, A Volume of Nature Stories from 1912. Here it is part of the 1920 short story collection The Best Psychic Stories.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Walter Osborne painting

Feeding the Chickens
by Walter Frederick Osborne (1859-1903)
1885, Oil on Canvas, 35.8" x 28.1"
The artist was born in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Additional Paintings of Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

Mary Visits Her Cousin Elizabeth
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

The Flight to Egypt
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

The Preaching of Maternus in Tongeren
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

Body of Maternus Drifts in a Boat
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier painting

Saint Peter sending Maternus, Eucherius and Valerius to Tongres
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier
1722

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Piero della Francesca painting

The Resurrection
by Piero della Francesca (1420-1492)
between 1463 and 1465, Mural in fresco and tempera, 88.6" x 78.7"
Early Renaissance painter and mathematician; born in Borgo Santo Sepolcro in Tuscany.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Matthias Grünewald paintings

Annunciation and Resurrection
by Matthias Grünewald
From the Isenheim Altarpiece
Circa 1515, Oil on Panel, 105.9" x 55.5" each
German Renaissance painter

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Alfred Wahlberg painting

Herdsmaiden's Moment of Rest
by Alfred Wahlberg (1834-1906)
1875-1878, Oil on Canvas, 48.4" × 70.9"
Swedish landscape painter from Stockholm

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

William Mulready painting

An Old Gable
by William Mulready (1786-1863)
1830, Oil on Panel, 16.73" x 13.11"
The artist was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland