Thursday, July 31, 2014

Hugo Ullik painting

Landscape with the Křivoklát Castle (Křivoklát)
by Hugo Ullik (1838-1881)
1876, oil on canvas, 21.7" x 29.5"
The artist, born in Prague, painted the castle in the Bohemian town of Křivoklát.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Literature Pick #80

The Jupiter Weapon
by Charles L. Fontenay (1917-2007)
A wonderful science fiction short story from the March 1959 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

Friday, July 18, 2014

August Schaeffer von Wienwald painting

Cliff
by 
August Schaeffer von Wienwald
 (1833-1912)
1876, oil on canvas, 31.3" x 24.8"
Austrian painter

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Carl Svante Hallbeck artwork

Njommelsaska in Lapland
by Carl Svante Hallbeck (1826–1897), Swedish illustrator and painter
1856, Chromolithograph,  7.76" x 10.79"
A depiction of the waterfall Njommelsaska (now known as Harsprånget) with the aurora borealis.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Paintings of Markus Pernhart

Julian Alps
by Markus Pernhart
Grossglockner
by Markus Pernhart
13.4" × 16.5"
Traunsee mit Traunkirchen und Traunstein
by Markus Pernhart
1851
Grossglockner from the Hohenwartscharte
by Markus Pernhart
oil on canvas, 12.6" x 15.7"
Fisherman's Cottage on Lake Wörthersee
by Markus Pernhart
oil on canvas, 12.6" x 15.7"