Friday, October 9, 2015

Lucas van Uden paintings

Alpine Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on oak panel, 16.5" x 28"
Van Uden (1595-1672) was a Flemish artist, born in Antwerp.
River Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on copper, 10.6" x 15.7"
Winter Landscape with Hunters
by Lucas van Uden
oil on canvas, 16.1" x 26"

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Literature Pick #95

The Story of Ming-Y
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)
From the 1887 short story collection Some Chinese Ghosts, this is a beautiful and haunting tale, based on a story from the 13th century book, Kin-Kou-Ki-Koan.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Ceramano painting

A Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau
by Charles-Ferdinand Sermain (1831-1909), better known as 
Ceramano
circa 1879, 78.7" x 65.1"
Belgian painter of the Barbizon school. He was born in Tielt in the province of West Flanders.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Gillis Neyts painting

An Italianate Landscape with Travelers on a Path by a Ruin
by Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)
1680, oil on canvas, 22.5" x 32.8"
Flemish landscape artist

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Paintings of Jacob van Strij

Milking Time
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1815, Oil on Panel, 28.7" x 38"
Van Strij was a Dutch painter, born in the city of Dordt in the Dutch Republic.
Landscape with Peasants and their Cattle, and Anglers on the Water
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1810, Oil on Panel, 27.2" x 35.8"

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

John Robert Cozens painting

Cetara on the Gulf of Salerno
by John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
1790, watercolor over graphite, 14.5" × 20.7"
Cozens was born in London, England.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Rococo art

Departure for Boat Ride
by an unknown French artist
18th century, Oil on Canvas, 15.0" x 21.7"

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. 

Friday, July 31, 2015

Georg Heinrich Crola painting

Great Landscape at the River Inn
by Georg Heinrich Crola (1804 - 1879)
circa 1830-1838, oil on canvas, 33.9" x 50"
Crola was a German landscape painter who was born in Dresden.

Monday, July 27, 2015

Viviano Codazzi painting

St. Peter's, Rome
St. Peter's Basilica and the obelisk, at the Vatican in Rome, as depicted by Viviano Codazzi circa 1630. The design includes Carlo Maderno's ill-fated bell towers, and a procession exiting.
circa 1630, oil on canvas, 66.1" x 86.6"
Viviano Codazzi (c. 1606–1670) was a Baroque era Italian painter, born in Valsassina near Bergamo.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Jan Baptist Martin Wans painting

An Imaginary Landscape Near Rome
by Jan Baptist Martin Wans
17th century, oil on canvas, 49.6" × 67.3"
Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp.