Wednesday, June 14, 2017

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.

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

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.

Saturday, May 27, 2017

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.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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"

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Elijah Walton painting

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

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

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.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

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.

Monday, April 17, 2017

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.

Friday, April 14, 2017

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.


Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

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.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

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"

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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"