Sunday, April 19, 2015

Additional Paintings of Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

Mary Visits Her Cousin Elizabeth
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

The Flight to Egypt
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

The Preaching of Maternus in Tongeren
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

Body of Maternus Drifts in a Boat
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier painting

Saint Peter sending Maternus, Eucherius and Valerius to Tongres
by Jean-Baptiste Juppin & Emond Plumier
1722

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Piero della Francesca painting

The Resurrection
by Piero della Francesca (1420-1492)
between 1463 and 1465, Mural in fresco and tempera, 88.6" x 78.7"
Early Renaissance painter and mathematician; born in Borgo Santo Sepolcro in Tuscany.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Matthias Grünewald paintings

Annunciation and Resurrection
by Matthias Grünewald
From the Isenheim Altarpiece
Circa 1515, Oil on Panel, 105.9" x 55.5" each
German Renaissance painter

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Alfred Wahlberg painting

Herdsmaiden's Moment of Rest
by Alfred Wahlberg (1834-1906)
1875-1878, Oil on Canvas, 48.4" × 70.9"
Swedish landscape painter from Stockholm

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

William Mulready painting

An Old Gable
by William Mulready (1786-1863)
1830, Oil on Panel, 16.73" x 13.11"
The artist was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

Friday, March 13, 2015

James Arthur O'Connor paintings

A Wooded River Landscape with Fishermen
James Arthur O'Connor (1792 - 1841)
Circa 1830, Oil on Canvas, 16.93" x 20.94"

A Wooded River Landscape with Mother and Child
James Arthur O'Connor (born in Dublin, Ireland)
1830, Oil on Canvas, 16.93" x 20.94"

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Anton Doll painting

On the Way Home from Sunday Mass
by Anton Doll (1826–1887)
Oil on Canvas, 28.1" x 32.7"
German landscape painter from Munich

Monday, March 2, 2015

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller painting

Traunsee with Orth Castle
by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865)
Circa 1830
Austrian painter of the Biedermeier period.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Literature Pick #90

Let There Be Light
by Horace Brown Fyfe
A short story from the November 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Henry Thomas Schafer painting

Ulm, Germany
by Henry Thomas Schafer (1854-1915)
1875, oil on canvas, 12.6" x 9.4"

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Arch at the Portico of Octavia in Rome

Arch at the Portico of Octavia in Rome
by an unknown German artist
1860, oil on canvas, 32.5" x 22"

Monday, February 9, 2015

Favorite Actress Showcase #10: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt is a most beautiful and beloved actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s with roles in Party of Five and I Know What You Did Last Summer, she later starred in the Garfield movies and Ghost Whisperer. She has recently joined the cast of Criminal Minds.

 

Carl Hummel painting

Villa Carlotta on Lake Como
by Carl Hummel (1821-1907)

1874, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 30.3" x 41.1"
German landscape artist

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Dominik Schuhfried painting

Castle Ruins on the Cliff
by Dominik Schuhfried
1866, oil on canvas, 20.9" x 16.7"