Frederic Edwin Church painting

Rainy Season in the Tropics
by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
1866, oil on canvas, 56.25" x 84.25"
Church was a Hudson River School painter; he was born in Hartford, Connecticut.

Gustaf Rydberg painting

Landscape at Torsebro, near Kristianstad
by Gustaf Rydberg (1835–1933)
1884, oil on canvas, 16.1" x 24.4"
Rydberg was a Swedish landscape painter, he was born in Malmö.

Louis Douzette painting

Lion Bridge in the Tiergarten
by Louis Douzette (1834-1924)
1897, oil on canvas, 23.4" x 15.9"
Douzette was a German painter, he was born in Tribsees.

Albert Bredow painting

Romantic Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters by a Castle
by Albert Bredow (1828–1899)
oil on canvas, 30.7" × 52.7"

Joseph Binder painting

The Magi on the Way to Bethlehem
by Joseph Binder (1805–1863)
1846, Oil on Canvas, 17.52" x 25.59"
Binder was an Austrian painter, he was born in Vienna.

Jan van Orley painting

Adoration of the Shepherds
by Jan van Orley (1665-1735)
Oil on Canvas
Van Orley was a Flemish artist, he was born in Brussels.

Literature Pick #116

The Spy
by Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)
From the 1910 short story collection, Once Upon A Time.

Tavík František Šimon painting

View of Karlštejn Castle near Prague
by Tavík František Šimon (1877-1942)
1903, oil on canvas, 37.5" × 43.5"
Šimon was born in Železnice, Bohemia

Lawrence Alma-Tadema painting

Silver Favourites
by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)
1903, oil on canvas, 27.2" × 16.6"
Alma-Tadema was an Dutch Academic artist; he was born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands.

Friedrich Gauermann painting

An Alpine farm on the Untersberg in Salzburg with Many Animals
by Friedrich Gauermann (1807–1862)
1835, oil on canvas, 29.13" x 36.02"
Gauermann was an Austrian painter, he was born in Miesenbach.

Literature Pick #115

The Wind in the Rose-Bush
by Mary Wilkins (1852-1930)
A short story from the 1903 book, The Wind in the Rose-bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural.

Leopold Munsch painting

Procession at the forest chapel in the Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden
by Leopold Munsch (1826-1888)
Oil on Canvas, 25.2" x 31.5"
Munsch was an Austrian painter, he was born in Vienna.

Literature Pick #114

The Four-Fifteen Express
by Amelia B. Edwards (1831-1892)
A fantastic short story, first published in the Dec. 22, 1866 issue of Every Saturday (Vol. II No. 51).

David Roberts painting

Sphinx of Giza, partly under sand, with two pyramids in the background.
by David Roberts (1796-1864)
1838
Roberts was an Orientalist painter, he was born in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Philip James de Loutherbourg painting

The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen
by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)
1788, oil on canvas, 52.9" x 77.9"