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.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Anton Mirou painting

Wooded River Landscape
by 
Anton Mirou
Early 17th century, oil on panel, 
19.3" x 23.6"

Mirou was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter.