Franz Xaver Sandmann artwork

Charles Bridge, memorable lime-tree, 1840.
by Franz Xaver Sandmann (1805-1856)
1840, Color Drawing
Sandmann was a illustrator, lithographer, and landscape painter.
He was born in Strasbourg, Alsace.

Robert Salmon paintings

Ferryboat
by Robert Salmon (1775 - c. 1845)
1835, oil on panel, 10" × 12.5"
Salmon was a British maritime artist, born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.

 

View of Venice
by Robert Salmon
1845, oil on canvas, 25.5" × 55"

 

British Merchantman in the River Mersey off Liverpool
by Robert Salmon
1809, oil on canvas, 28" × 50.6"

Antoni Lange painting

Town by a Riverbank
Attributed to Antoni Lange (circa 1779-1844)
19th century, 29" x 41"
Austrian painter, lithographer, and set designer; he was born in Vienna.

Théodore de Gudin painting



Ships By The Coast
Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin (1802 -1880)
circa 1834, oil on canvas
French painter, born in Paris



Paintings of Vilhelm Melbye



Shipping off Gibraltar
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1880, oil on canvas, 28.5" × 46"
Melbye was born in Elsinore, Denmark 



In dangerous waters off Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1864, oil on canvas, 34.5" × 60"

 

From the coast of Cornwall
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1880, oil on canvas, 29.5" × 46.5"

 

A Spanish xebec and other commercial craft in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar at sunset
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1873, oil on canvas, 35.7" × 60"

 

Xebecs and other shipping off Gibralter at sunset
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1876, oil on canvas, 21.7" × 34.3"

 

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes painting

Classical Landscape with Figures Drinking by a Fountain
by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819)
1806, oil on canvas, 17.8" x 28.94"
French painter, born in Toulouse

Marco Zoppo painting

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
by Marco Zoppo (1433-1478)
1471, poplar wood, 103.1" x 100"
Italian Renaissance painter, born in the city of Cento

Literature Pick #98

Christmas Eve at Swamp's End
by Norman Duncan
A selection from the 1911 novel The Measure of a Man: A Tale of the Big Woods.

Paintings of Julius Caesar Ibbetson

George Biggins' Ascent in Lunardi's Balloon
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
1785, oil on canvas, 19.9" x 24"
Ibbetson was born in Leeds, England 



Langdale Pikes from Lowood
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
between 1800 and 1806, oil on canvas, 14.02" x 19.02"

 

Lake Windermere
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
between 1801 and 1805, oil on canvas, 19.76" x 25.51"

 

A Beached Collier Unloading into Carts
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
circa 1790, oil on canvas, 12.4" x 16.8"

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky paintings

The Great Pyramid at Giza
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1871, oil on canvas, 17.4" × 25.7"

Night at Gurzof
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1891, oil on canvas, 24" × 32"

Inspection of the Black Sea Fleet in 1849
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1886

Mountain Village Gunib in Daghestan. View from the East.
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1869

Maarten van Heemskerck painting

Bullfight in Ancient Coliseum in Ruins 
by Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574)
1552
Dutch painter from North Holland

Josef von Schlögl painting

Tyrolean Mountain Pasture Overlooking The Hintertux Glacier
by Josef von Schlögl (1851–1918)
1870, oil on canvas, 20.5 × 18.1" 

Remember Me by Ana Free

Here is a beautiful and emotional song by the wonderful musician, Ana Free.

Literature Pick #97

The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon
by Bishop Francis Godwin (1562–1633)
First published in 1638 with the title The Man in the Moone: or the Discovrse of a Voyage thither by Domingo Gonsales, this brilliant story is one of the earliest works of science fiction in the English language.

Ludolf Bakhuizen paintings

The Shipwreck
by Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631-1708)
Oil on Panel, 35.4" x 48"
The artist was born in Emden, East Frisia, Germany

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
1695, oil on canvas, 23" x 28.5"

Seascape with Dutch flagged three masted ship
oil on canvas, 29.5" x 35.4"

Marine