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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