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" 

Richard Ansdell painting

Isle of Skye
by Richard Ansdell (1815-1885)
1856, Oil on Canvas, 72" × 42.5"
English artist, born in Liverpool

Guariento di Arpo painting

Angel
by Guariento di Arpo
1354, Tempera on Panel
14th century artist, born in Piove di Sacco in Padua, Italy

Vittore Carpaccio painting

St. George and the Dragon
by Vittore Carpaccio
1516, Oil on Canvas, 70.9" x 89"
Italian painter of the Venetian school

Auguste-Xavier Leprince painting

A Shepherd and a Rider on a Country Lane
by Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826)
circa 1823, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 12.8" x 15.6"
A landscape painter who was born in Paris, France

Literature Pick #79

The Space Rover
by Edwin K. Sloat (1895-1986)
From the February 1932 issue of the pulp fiction magazine Astounding Stories comes this riveting action-packed science fiction short story.

Literature Pick #78

The Caliph Stork
by Wilhelm Hauff
A marvelous short story, originally published in Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826 (translation: Fairy tale almanac for the year 1826), here it's translated by Edward L. Stowell and included in the compilation book Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace.

Grecian Williams painting

Goodrich Castle
by Hugh William "'Grecian" Williams (1773-1829)
1801; pencil, watercolor and gum arabic; 17.9" × 22.2"
Scottish landscape painter

Giuseppe Angeli painting

Lesson in Astronomy
by Giuseppe Angeli
Between 1757 and 1759, Oil on Canvas, 39.4" x 17.7"
A Baroque painter from Venice

Leonardo Coccorante painting

Harbor with Roman Ruins
by Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750)
1740-1750, Oil on Canvas
Artist was born in Naples, Italy

Literature Pick #77

The Light-house Keeper of Aspinwall
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
A masterful short story from the famed Polish author, here translated by Jeremiah
Curtin and included in the compilation book Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian.

Diego Velázquez painting

A White Horse
by Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
Between 1634 and 1635, Oil on Canvas, 122" x 96.5"
A Baroque painter who was born in Seville, Spain.

Literature Pick #76

The Floating Island of Madness
by Jason Kirby
A classic and exciting work of pulp science fiction from the January 1933 issue of Astounding Stories.

Abraham Bosse painting

The Five Senses: Hearing
by Abraham Bosse (1604–1676)
circa 1635, Oil on Canvas, 40.9" x 53.9"
The artist was born in Tours, France

Paolo Veronese painting

Crucifixion
by Paolo Veronese (1528–1588)
between 1580 and 1582, Oil on Canvas, 113" x 176"
Italian Renaissance painter