Monthly Archives: October 2011

Nebuchadnezzar by William Blake

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

My Daily Art Display today looks at the life and works of one of England’s most controversial artists.  He was not just an artist, illustrator and printer, he was also a renowned poet.  The controversial nature of this person derives … Continue reading →

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The Cottage Dooryard by Adriaen van Ostade

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

After looking at the younger of the two brothers, Isack, yesterday I am switching my attention to the elder and more famous brother Adriaen van Ostade.  Adriaen was born in Haarlem in 1610, eleven years before the birth of his … Continue reading →

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Winter Scene by Isack van Ostade

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Over the next two blogs I am going to take a look at two Flemish artists who besides being highly talented were brothers.   They were the van Ostade brothers.  Today I am going to feature Isack, who was the lesser … Continue reading →

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Queen Charlotte with her Two Eldest Sons by Allan Ramsay

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Britain is very fortunate to have so many art galleries.  Although if one lives in London I suppose one has the cream of the crop but dotted throughout the land there are some excellent art establishments.  One of the richest … Continue reading →

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The Anaemic Lady by Samuel van Hoogstraten

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

As promised a while back, today I am going feature another painting by the Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten and at the same time have a look at his life story. Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten was born in Dordrecht, Holland … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

Today I am starting My Daily Art Display blog by introducing you to some new “isms” which have a connection with what is to follow.  They are Post-Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism and Divisionism and they all are connected in some way … Continue reading →

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The Pond at Montfoucault by Camille Pissarro

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

As promised yesterday my blog today carries on looking at the life of Camille Pissarro and one of his later paintings. In 1872 Pissarro returned to Pontoise, where he once again set up home.   His friendship with Cézanne was re-established … Continue reading →

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Two Women Chatting by the Sea by Camille Pissarro

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was born to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro and Rachel Pissarro (née Manzano-Pomié ) in 1830 on the island of St Thomas in the Danish West Indies, now known as the US Virgin Islands.  His father, a Sephardic … Continue reading →

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Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo by John Robert Cozens

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

About the watercolours produced by today’s featured artist, the Swiss-born painter Henri Fuseli wrote: “…they are creations of an enchanted eye drawn with an enchanted hand…” The great English landscape artist, John Constable,  wrote of him saying he was: “…the … Continue reading →

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Olympia by Édouard Manet

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

My Daily Art Display today continues with the life of Édouard Manet.  Yesterday we had reached 1864 the year when he exhibited his work entitled The Dead Christ with Angels at the Paris Salon and for which he was heavily … Continue reading →

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