Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painting

Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
1861, oil on canvas, 44.2" x 54"
French artist, born in Paris

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Literature Pick #96

Joseph: A Story
by Katherine Rickford
A magnificent short story from Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Edmund von Wörndle painting

Romantic Landscape in the Evening Light
by Edmund von Wörndle (1827-1906)
1859, oil on canvas, 25" x 37.6"
Austrian Romantic landscape painter, born in Vienna.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Aelbert Cuyp painting

River Scene
by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
mid-17th century, oil on panel, 15.9" x 21.7"
Dutch landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, born in Dordrecht.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Lucas van Uden paintings

Alpine Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on oak panel, 16.5" x 28"
Van Uden (1595-1672) was a Flemish artist, born in Antwerp.
River Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on copper, 10.6" x 15.7"
Winter Landscape with Hunters
by Lucas van Uden
oil on canvas, 16.1" x 26"

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Literature Pick #95

The Story of Ming-Y
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)
From the 1887 short story collection Some Chinese Ghosts, this is a beautiful and haunting tale, based on a story from the 13th century book, Kin-Kou-Ki-Koan.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Ceramano painting

A Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau
by Charles-Ferdinand Sermain (1831-1909), better known as 
Ceramano
circa 1879, 78.7" x 65.1"
Belgian painter of the Barbizon school. He was born in Tielt in the province of West Flanders.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Gillis Neyts painting

An Italianate Landscape with Travelers on a Path by a Ruin
by Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)
1680, oil on canvas, 22.5" x 32.8"
Flemish landscape artist

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Paintings of Jacob van Strij

Milking Time
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1815, Oil on Panel, 28.7" x 38"
Van Strij was a Dutch painter, born in the city of Dordt in the Dutch Republic.
Landscape with Peasants and their Cattle, and Anglers on the Water
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1810, Oil on Panel, 27.2" x 35.8"

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

John Robert Cozens painting

Cetara on the Gulf of Salerno
by John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
1790, watercolor over graphite, 14.5" × 20.7"
Cozens was born in London, England.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Rococo art

Departure for Boat Ride
by an unknown French artist
18th century, Oil on Canvas, 15.0" x 21.7"

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Arnold Lyongrün painting

Spring in the high Black Forest
by Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935)
1910, oil painting

Lyongrün was a German painter and Art Nouveau designer; he was born in Domnau, East Prussia.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Literature Pick #94

The Adventures of Alphonso and Marina: An Interesting Spanish Tale
by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)
A wonderful tale of romance and adventure; serialized in the April 19, April 26, and May 3, 1797 issues of The New-York Weekly Magazine.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern painting

Helgoland in Moonlight
by Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern
1851, oil on canvas, 32.8" × 46.7"
Morgenstern was a German landscape painter, born in Hamburg.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Albert Bierstadt painting

The Emerald Pool
by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
1870, oil on canvas, 76.5" × 119"

 Scene depicting the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
Bierstadt was an American painter of the Hudson River School.