Saturday, June 11, 2016

Prints of Tintern Abbey by Frederick Calvert

The Grand West Entrance of Tintern Abbey
by Frederick Calvert
A view of the ruins of the interior of Tintern Abbey showing the remains of the vaunted roof, the ornate windows and sightseers.
1815, color print on aquatint

South Window of Tintern Abbey
A view of the interior of he ruins of Tintern Abbey, showing several sightseers wandering around.
1815, color print on aquatint

North View of Tintern Abbey
A view of the ruins of Tintern Abbey from the opposite bank of the River Wye, showing boats on the river and fishermen in the foreground.
1815, color print on aquatint

South East View of Tintern Abbey
A view of the overgrown ruins of Tintern Abbey. A woman and child can be seen in the foreground, and mountains and the river Wye can be seen behind the abbey.

1815, color print on aquatint


Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Literature Pick #100

The Last of the Legions
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
First published in the December 1910 issue of The London Magazine, and here republished in the 1925 short story collection The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Katsushika Hokusai artwork

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province
by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
First publication: circa 1830. This edition: circa 1930.
Woodblock color print

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Edward John Poynter painting

Funchal, Morning Sun
by Edward John Poynter (1836–1919)
1877, watercolor

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Nikolay Dubovskoy painting

Calm Before the Storm
by Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy (1859-1918)
1890, oil on canvas, 30.1" × 50.4"
Russian landscape painter, he was born in Novocherkassk, Russia

Monday, May 9, 2016

Jean Jacques François Taurel painting

Artists Approaching Paestum from the Sea
by Jean Jacques François Taurel (1757-1832)
1793, oil on canvas

Friday, May 6, 2016

Giovanni Battista Lusieri painting

The Monument to Philopappos, Athens
by Giovanni Battista Lusieri
1805, oil on canvas, 32.48" x 24.49"
Lusieri was an Italian landscape artist, he was born in Rome.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Govert Dircksz Camphuysen painting

Castle Tre Kronor in Stockholm
by Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1624-1672)
1661
Dutch painter, born in Dokkum, Friesland.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Salomon van Ruysdael painting

Estuary by Fortified City
by Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602-1670)
1648
Ruysdael was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter; he was born in Naarden, Holland.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

James Pollard painting

Hatchetts - The White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly.
by James Pollard (1792–1867)
oil on canvas, 17.9" × 26"
Pollard was a British painter, he was born in Islington.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Luigi Deleidi painting

Piazza Vecchia
by Luigi Deleidi (1784-1853)
Deleidi was an Italian landscape artist, he was born in the city of Bergamo.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Literature Pick #99

On the French Shore of Cape Breton
by Harry James Smith
An account of life in the small Nova Scotian village of Arichat, first published in 1908, and here included the the book Cape Breton Tales.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Théodore Géricault painting

Two Horses
 by Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)
circa 1808-1809, oil on canvas, 0.4" x 0.63"
A Romantic painter who was born in Rouen, France.

Friday, March 25, 2016

Peter Gertner painting

Crucifixion
by Peter Gertner
1537, oil on panel, 27.1" × 38.1"
Gertner was a German painter.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Thomas Fearnley paintings

Duck Hunter
by Thomas Fearnley (1802-1842)
Oil on paper mounted on panel, 12.6" × 16.5"

Fearnley was a Norwegian romantic painter. He was born in Frederikshald, Østfold county, Norway
 
Tjugum Church, Balestrand
by Thomas Fearnley (1802-1842)
1839, oil on canvas, 10.4" × 13"
 
From Romsdal
by Thomas Fearnley (1802-1842)
1836, oil on cardboard, 11" × 15.2 "
 
The Labro Falls at Kongsberg
by Thomas Fearnley (1802-1842)
1837, oil on canvas, 59.1" × 88.2"