Claude-Joseph Vernet painting

Imaginary Landscape, Italian Harbor Scene
by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789)
38.5" × 48.5"
Artist born in Avignon, France

Pieter Stevens painting

Mountain Valley with Inn and Castle 
by Pieter Stevens (1567 - 1624) Flemish landscape artist
1593
oil on oak
18.1" x 26.4"



 

Literature Pick #42

This is Klon Calling
by Walter J. Sheldon
A humorous science fiction short story from the August-September 1953 issue of Fantastic Universe.

Étienne Allegrain painting

Landscape with the Finding of Moses
by Étienne Allegrain (1644-1736)
French Artist
oil on canvas
34.6" x 45.3"

Paintings of Gillis d'Hondecoeter

Cattle Resting in a Dune Landscape

Landscape

Mountainous Landscape

Paradise

Favorite Actress Showcase #9: Kate Hudson

The super cute and gorgeous Kate Hudson catapulted to fame with a memorable performance in the brilliant movie Almost Famous in 2000. She's gone on to appear in numerous hit movies since including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; Raising Helen; The Skeleton Key; Bride Wars; You, Me and Dupre; and Fool's Gold.

Literature Pick #41

The Whispering Spheres
by Russell Robert Winterbotham
A fantastical science fiction tale from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Pastoral Landscape

Pastoral Landscape
by Alvan Fisher (1792-1863)
1854
oil on canvas
24.1" × 20.1"
American artist from Massachusetts
 

Literature Pick #40

The Lost World
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The masterful work of science fiction featuring the first appearance of Professor Challenger as he seeks a lost land where dinosaurs still live.

Alexandre Calame painting

Lake Lucerne (Symphonie en bleu)
By Alexandre Calame (1810-1864)
From Switzerland
1855 
70.5" x 96.1"

The Three Magi

The Three Magi
by Jacopo Bassano (1510–1592)
From Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Circa 1562
Oil on Canvas
36.2" x 46.5"

Nativity by Taddeo Gaddi

Nativity
by Taddeo Gaddi (1290–1366)
Medieval Painter from Florence
Circa 1325
Tempera on Panel
14.2" x 14.6"
 

Literature Pick #39

The Secret of Kralitz
by Henry Kuttner
From the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales, this is a macabre story set in the Cthulhu Mythos world created by H. P. Lovecraft.

Foothills of the Alps by Wolf Huber

Foothills of the Alps
by Wolf Huber (1485-1553)
1532
Watercolor
8.3" × 14.6"

Huber was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg (in modern-day Austria) and later moved to Passau in Lower Bavaria. He was an artist of the Danube School and his work shows the influence of Albrecht Dürer - he was also an architect, although none of his architectural work survives. In 1517 he became court painter to the Duke of Bavaria.

Literature Pick #38

Lost in the Future
by John Victor Peterson
A excellent science fiction short story about the perils of space travel from the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.