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Friday, July 25, 2014

CANALETTO 1697-1768

Westminster Abbey with a Procession of Knights of the Bath  (1749)

No.105

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

EERO JARNEFELT 1863-1937

Burning the Brushwood  (1893)

No.97
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

VINCENT VAN GOGH 1853-90



The Blooming Plum Tree  (after Hiroshige 1887)

No.93

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN 1606-69

Storm on the Sea of Galilee  (1633)

No.92
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JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS 1829-96

Leisure Hours  (1864)


No.91
The subjects of the painting are Anne and Marion Pender. The two goldfish are trapped in the fish bowl and the two sisters are trapped in ornate dresses in their house.

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR 1841-1919

The Theatre Box  (1874)


No.90
Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of Impressionism. He was the father of the actor Pierre Renoir, the film maker Jean Renoir and the ceramic artist Claude Renoir. He was the grandfather of film maker Claude Renoir, the son of Pierre.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE 1849-1916

Going to see Grandma


No.89
This American painter became known as an exponent of the Impressionist style ans also as a teacher. He founded the Chase School which later became Parsons The new School for Design.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

GERARDINA JACOBA van de SANDE BAKHUYZEN 1826-1895

Still Life


No.88
This artist from the Northern Netherlands is known for her still lifes, flowers and fruit. Her brother Julius was also a painter.

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Monday, July 7, 2014

GUY ROSE

Notre Dame de Grace, Honfleur

No.87
Guy Orlando Rose 1867-1925 was an American painter who is recognised as one of California's top Impressionists of the late 19th-early 20th century.

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

GUSTAV KLIMT 1862-1918

Portrait of Hermine Gallia  (1904)

No.86

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

ABRAM ARKHIPOV

The Washerwomen  (1901)


No.85
Arkhipov 1862-1930 was a Russian realist painter who was a member of the art collective The Wanderers as well as the Union of Russian Artists.

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Friday, July 4, 2014

VINCENT VAN GOGH

Starry Night over the Rhone  (1888)


No.84
The night sky and the effects of light provided the subject for some of Van Gogh's more famous paintings, including The Cafe Terrace at Night and The Starry Night.

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

ANNIBALE CARRACCI

Landscape with the Penitent Magdalene


No.83
Carracci 1560-1609 was an Italian Baroque painter who worked in Bologna and Rome.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

HENDRICK VAN DER BURGH

Merry Company at a Table

No.82
There are many variations in the spelling of this artist's surname. Born in Delft in 1627 he was a painter, printmaker and draughtsman. He died sometime after 1664.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

FRANCISCO GOYA

Two of Goya's best known paintings - The Naked Maja c.1800 and The Clothed Maja c.1803


Nos.80/81

The paintings were never publicly exhibited during the artist's lifetime. In 1813 the Inquisition confiscated both as "obscene" and held them until 1836 when they were released to the Academy of Fine Arts, San Fernando.

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