Ascanio Luciani painting

Portico with Loggia by the Sea, with Boats and Figures
by Ascanio Luciani (1621–1706)
mid-1640’s, oil on canvas, (37.8" × 48.4")
Luciani was a Baroque era painter, he was born in Naples.

Literature Pick #109

Christmas Eve On Lonesome

by John Fox, Jr. (1862–1919)

A splendid short story from the 1904 book Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories.

Jacob de Backer painting

The Nativity
by Jacob de Backer (c. 1555 – c. 1585)
Second half of 16th century, oil on panel, 42.5" x 35.8"
De Backer was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman.

Literature Pick #108

The Devil's Asteroid
by Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986)
An action-packed science fiction short story from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg painting

The Marble Steps leading up to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome
by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853)
circa 1816
Eckersberg was a Danish painter, he was born in the Duchy of Schleswig.

Georges Clairin painting

On the Balcony
by Georges Clairin (1843–1919)
circa 1910, oil on canvas, 43.6" × 37.4"
Clairin was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator.

Literature Pick #107

The Medici Boots
by Pearl Norton Swet
A horror short story from the August-September 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Paul Sandby painting

Bridgenorth, Shropshire
by Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
circa 1801, 38.62" x 47.24"
Sandby was an English landscape painter, he was born in Nottingham.

Literature Pick #106

Clarimonde
by Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)
A fantastic horror tale, first published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836, and here translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

Emanuel Leutze painting

Columbus before the Queen
by Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868)
1843, oil on canvas, 38" × 50"
Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany

Carlos Schwabe painting

Evening Bells
by Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926)
1891
Schwabe was a Symbolist painter and printmaker.

Jan Weenix painting

Park with Country House
by Jan Weenix
Oil on canvas, 121.3" x 86.6"
Weenix was a Dutch painter

Carl Rudolf Huber painting

Before the Ride
by Carl Rudolf Huber (1839–1896)
1866, oil on canvas, 24.8" × 35.2"
Huber was born in Walpersbach, Austria

Gustav Schönleber painting

Lot in the Old Town of Esslingen with the Two Towers of the Stadtkirche in the Background
by Gustav Schönleber (1851–1917)
1880, oil on canvas, 48.8" x 38.2"
Schönleber was a German landscape artist, he was born in Bietigheim.

Franz Xaver von Pausinger painting

Deer in a Sunny Glade
by Franz Xaver von Pausinger
1880, oil on canvas, 27.8" x 29.7"
Pausinger was an Austrian artist.

Paul Merwart painting

Improvisation - Pianist
by Paul Merwart (1855–1902)
1889

Constantin Hansen painting

The Temple of Ceres at Paestum
by Constantin Hansen (1804–1880)
1841, oil on canvas, 22.8" × 24"
Hansen was a Danish Golden Age painter.

Christian Friedrich Mali painting

Resting Sheep Herd in Front of the House at Bergsee
by Christian Friedrich Mali (1832-1906)
1885, oil on canvas, 32.3" × 28.5"

Jacob Jordaens painting

The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa
by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678)
circa 1640, oil on canvas
Jordaens was a Flemish Baroque painter, he was born in Antwerp.

Marcin Zaleski painting

Feast of Jordan
by Marcin Zaleski (1796–1877)
1836
Zaleski was a Polish artist, he was born in Kraków.

Isaac Levitan painting

Above the Eternal Tranquility
by Isaac Levitan (1860–1900)
1894
Levitan was born in Kibarty, Augustów Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (in present-day Lithuania). 

Viktor Vasnetsov painting

The Flying Carpet
by Viktor Vasnetsov (1848-1926)
1880, oil on canvas, 65" × 116.9"
Vasnetsov was born in the Vyatka Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Abbott Handerson Thayer painting

Angel
by Abbott Handerson Thayer  (1849–1921)
1887, oil on canvas, 36.25" × 28.125"
Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts

Alois Kirnig painting

Castle Toblino near Trident in Northern Italy
by Alois Kirnig (1840-1911)
1882, oil on canvas, 27.4" x 39.4"
Kirnig was born in Prague

Peter de Wint painting

Village by a River
by Peter de Wint (1784-1849)
circa 1824, watercolour over pencil, 11.25" x 16"
De Wint was born in Stone, Staffordshire, England.

Fritz Beinke painting

The Old Coal Gate in Dusseldorf
by Fritz Beinke (1842–1907)
1902, oil on canvas, 13.4" x 17.7"
Beinke was a German painter, he was born in Düsseldorf.

Jean-Baptiste Oudry painting

The Lion and the Fly
by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755)
1732, oil on canvas, 74.4" x 99.6"
Oudry was a French Rococo artist, he was born in Paris.

Philips Augustijn Immenraet painting

Landscape with High Trees near a Ravine
Attributed to Philips Augustijn Immenraet (1627–1671)
Oil on Canvas, 66.5" x 94.7"

Elijah Walton painting

Alpine Climbers
by Elijah Walton (1832–1880)
1869, oil on canvas, 38.6" × 51.5"
Walton was born in Birmingham, England.

Ferdinand Lepié painting

Venice with a View of the Piazza San Marco
by Ferdinand Lepié (1824-1883)
1869, oil on canvas, 29.9" x 41.7"
Lepié was born in Prague.

Erik Bodom painting

The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland
by Erik Bodom (1829–1879)
1878, oil on canvas, 42.7" × 62"
Bodom was born in Vestby in Akershus, Norway.

Literature Pick #105

The Sire De Malétroit's Door
by Robert Louis Stevenson
First published in 1878, and then included in the short story collection New Arabian Nights in 1882.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painting

Christ Carrying the Cross
by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)
circa 1738, oil on canvas, 20.5" x 24.8"
Tiepolo was an Italian painter and printmaker, he was born in Venice.

Louis-François Cassas painting

Stroll in the Palace Garden
by Louis-François Cassas (1756 - 1827)
1822, watercolor on paper, 22" × 32.7"
Cassas was a French landscape painter, sculptor, architect, archeologist, and antiquary.
He was born in Azay-le-Ferron, France.

Joseph Wright of Derby painting

A View of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples
by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797)
circa 1788-90, oil on canvas, 2.13" x 3.05"
Wright was an English landscape and portrait painter.

Jules Tavernier painting

Mountain Landscape
by Jules Tavernier (1844–1889)
Oil on canvas, 50.8" × 91.4"
Tavernier was a French artist, he was born in Paris.

Gottfried Pulian painting

Landscape near Cochem on the Moselle
by Gottfried Pulian (1809–1875)
1858, oil on canvas, 11.6" x 18.1"
Pulian was a German landscape and architectural painter, he was born in the town of Meissen in the Kingdom of Saxony.

Carlos de Haes paintings

The Pathway
by Carlos de Haes (1826–1898)
1871, oil on canvas, 36.9" × 23.8"
Haes was a landscape artist in the realism style, he was born in Brussels.

Near Friesland (Holland)
by Carlos de Haes (1826–1898)
1878 - 1884, oil on canvas, 42.9" × 78.3"

Egyptian Landscape
by Carlos de Haes (1826–1898)
1883, oil on canvas, 51.2" x 74.8"

The Mancorbo Canal in the Picos de Europa
by Carlos de Haes (1826–1898)
1876, oil on canvas, 66.1" × 48.4"

Albert Rieger paintings

Sailboats in Front of Venice
by Albert Rieger (1834-1905)
1869, oil on canvas, 23.2" x 34.4"

Evening on the Nile
oil on canvas, 31.5" x 47.2"

Mill on the Mountain Stream
oil on canvas, 29.1" x 39.4"

Mountain Stream
oil on canvas, 23" x 37.4"

Ettore De Maria Bergler painting

Taormina
by Ettore De Maria Bergler (1850-1938)
1907, oil on canvas, 57.28" x 91.14"
Bergler was an Italian painter, he was born in Naples.

Rudolf Koller painting

The Gotthardpost
by Rudolf Koller (1828–1905)
1874, oil on canvas, 54.7" × 46.3"
Koller was a Swiss painter, he was born in Zürich.

Childe Hassam painting

Columbian Exposition, Chicago
by Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
1892, gouache on paper, 10.6" x 14"
Hassam was an American Impressionist painter, he was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

Emil Theodor Richter painting

Salzburg with the Untersberg in the Distance
by Emil Theodor Richter (1801–1878)
1858, oil on canvas, 32.7" x 47.2"

Literature Pick #104

The Terror from the Depths

by Sewell Peaslee Wright

From the November 1931 issue of Astounding Stories comes this fantastic science fiction short story, an action-packed tale starring Commander John Hanson, a character who appeared in ten stories from 1930 to 1933.

John Brett painting

Val d'Aosta
by John Brett (1831-1902)
1858, oil on canvas, 34.5" x 26.8"
Brett was a Pre-Raphaelite artist; he was born near the town of Reigate in Surrey, England.

Johann Heinrich Bleuler painting

The Staubbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Canton of Bern
by Johann Heinrich Bleuler (1758-1823)
1820, gouache, 20.5" x 27.6"
Bleuler was a Swiss painter and engraver, he was born in Zollikon.

Homer Watson painting

Near the Close of a Stormy Day
by Homer Watson (1855-1936)
1884, oil on canvas, 38" x 56.1"
Watson was born in Doon, Ontario, Canada.