Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Henry Pether painting

Venice with San Giorgio Maggiore in the Moonlight
by Henry Pether (1828-1865)
Oil on canvas, 30.1" x 49.8"
Pether was an English Landscape artist.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Johan Christoffer Boklund painting

Carl's Cliff. View of Edsviken
by Johan Christoffer Boklund (1817–1880)
1865, oil on canvas, 18.7" x 25"
Boklund was a Swedish artist, he was born in Kulla-Gunnarstorp in Scania.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Francis Wheatley artwork

Country Scene: Figures by a Cottage Door and Cattle in a Stream
by Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801)
1795, 9.88" x 10.75"
Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Wheatley was an English artist, he was born in London.


Friday, December 30, 2016

Nikolay Dubovskoy painting

The Forest River
by Nikolay Dubovskoy (1859-1918)
Dubovskoy was a Russian landscape painter.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Anton Raphael Mengs painting

The Adoration of the Shepherds
by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728- 1779)
1770, oil on oak wood table, 100.8" x 74.8"
Mengs was born in Aussig, Kingdom of Bohemia.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Francisco Collantes painting

Winter Landscape with the Adoration of the Shepherds
by Francisco Collantes (1599–1656)
oil on canvas, 28.4" x 41.6"
Collantes was a Baroque era painter, he was born in Madrid, Spain.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Utagawa Toyoharu artwork

A Winter Party
by Utagawa Toyoharu (1735 - 1814)
Color and gold on silk, 20.83" x 38.03"
Toyoharu was a Japanese artist of the ukiyo-e style, he was born in Toyooka.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Léon de Wailly artwork

Great Panther, quarter of the size
by Léon de Wailly (French, active 1801-1824)
1812
Ink, watercolour, and bodycolor on vellum, 14 3/16" x 20 7/8"

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Benjamin West painting

Eagle Bringing cup to Psyche
by Benjamin West (1738–1820)
circa 1802, Oil on wooden panel, 11 3/4" x 16 3/4"
West was an American artist; he was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

James Ward painting

Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale)
by James Ward (1769–1859)
circa 1812, oil on canvas, 131" x 166"
Ward was a Romantic painter; he was born in London, England.

Friday, November 18, 2016

Adolf Gustav Schweitzer painting

Fjord Landscape
by Adolf Gustav Schweitzer (1847-1914)
1888, oil on canvas, 26" x 39.8"

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Meindert Hobbema painting

Wooded landscape with a Water-mill
by Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709)
oil on panel, 24.37" x 33.62"
Hobbema was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Painting attributed to Jan Tilens

Rocky Landscape with Travelers
attributed to Jan Tilens (1589–1630)
Oil on Canvas, 41.3" × 54.1"

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Antonietta Brandeis painting

Porta della Carta
by Antonietta Brandeis (1849–1910)
1886, oil on cardboard, 13.6" × 9.4"

Monday, October 24, 2016

Literature Pick #103

The New Catacomb
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A masterful short story, first published in 1898, and included here in the 1922 short story collection, Tales of Terror and Mystery.