Monthly Archives: July 2011

A Stormy Landscape by Meindert Hobbema

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Meindert Hobbema was thought to have been born in 1638 in Amsterdam but there are varied opinions on this fact.  The name “Hobbema” was his own invention as his father’s name was Lubbert Meyndert.  He was the great landscape painter … Continue reading →

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A Storm with a Shipwreck by Claude-Joseph Vernet

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

I spent the last couple of days in London and whilst there visited a couple of art displays.  Unfortunately, with previous commitments tying up my time on one day I had a limited exposure to the beautiful world of art.  … Continue reading →

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Fur Traders descending the Missouri by George Caleb Bingham

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

For My Daily Art Display today I cross the Atlantic and return to the nineteenth century in order to discover the art of George Caleb Bingham.  Bingham was born in 1811 in Augusta County Virginia.  He was the second of … Continue reading →

Posted in American artists, American lumanist painters, Art, Art Blog, Art display, Art History, luminism, Missouri river | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

The Broken Pitcher by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

This is my second painting featuring the artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the first being on June 28th.  However today’s painting is very different in comparison to my first offering. Greuze was born in Tournus, a Burgundian town on the banks of the River … Continue reading →

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The Rhinoceros by Pietro Longhi

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

My Daily Art Display painting of the day is one which when once seen will never be forgotten.  Not necessarily for the breathtaking art but for the unusual subject of the painting.  My featured painting to today is The Rhinoceros … Continue reading →

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Hard Times by Sir Hubert von Herkomer

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

My featured artist today is the German painter Hubert von Herkomer.  He was born in 1849 in Waal, a small town in southern Bavaria.  He was an only child.  His father Lorenz was a talented wood carver and his mother … Continue reading →

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Crossing at the Schreckenstein by Ludwig Richter

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

About five or six years ago I was fortunate enough to be having a short break in Europe  and one of my journeys was from Dresden to Prague, partly by boat on the river Elbe and partly by train.  The … Continue reading →

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Madame Récamier by Jacques-Louis David, Francois Gérard and Magritte

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

My Daily Art Display today is about one woman and three paintings.  The woman in question was Jeanne-Francois Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier and she was a celebrated French beauty and some would say she was the most beautiful and graceful … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Art Blog, Art display, Art History, Francois Gérard, Magritte, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Surrealism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

A Flood by John Everett Millais

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

I begin My Daily Art Display today with an extract from The Illustrated London News newspaper telling of the disastrous flooding which occurred in Sheffield on Saturday March 19th 1864 The Illustrated London News Saturday, March 19, 1864 “… In … Continue reading →

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Manfred on the Jungfrau by Ford Madox Brown

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

My Daily Art Display today once again has a connection with a number of blogs I have done earlier.  On July 14th I showcased The Funeral of Shelley by Fournier and one of the mourners at this event was the … Continue reading →

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