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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Camille Doncieux and Claude Monet
My next two blogs deal not with a particular painting but with the subject of a series of paintings completed lovingly by one artist. The subject is Camille-Léonie Doncieux, who was the beloved model, mistress and wife of Claude Monet. … Continue reading
The Stoning of Stephen by Adam Elsheimer (c.1604)
Today I am staying with the religious theme and I am also looking at another painting which is housed at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. My featured painting today is entitled The Stoning of Stephen by Adam Elsheimer. … Continue reading
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Johannes Vermeer
Once again, as promised in my last blog, I am returning to a painting depicting the two biblical sisters Mary and Martha. The setting for this painting is their meeting with Christ at their home, which unlike the setting and … Continue reading
Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity by Guido Cagnacci
Today I am returning to an artist I featured back in My Daily Art Display of April 24th 2011 when I looked at two paintings of his depicting the death of Cleopatra. He is the Italian painter of the late-Baroque … Continue reading
Farm at Watendlath by Dora Carrington
It often occurs that I stumble across and interesting subject for My Daily Art Display when I am researching another artist. I came across today’s featured artist when I was delving into the life story of Mark Gertler and his … Continue reading
Étretat by Various artists
There are many subjects depicted by artists in their paintings which are the same. One only has to think of religious paintings and the likes of the pietà or the deposition or even the crucifixion itself to see how numerous … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art Blog, Art History, Étretat, Boudin, Courbet, Eugène Boudin, French painter, Impressionist art, Monet, Seascape paintings
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Bentheim Castle by Jacob van Ruisdael
Today I am moving away from the horrors depicted in the Max Beckmann’s painting which I featured yesterday and move to a beautiful work by Jacob van Ruisdael, one of the greatest pure landscape painters in the Netherlands in the … Continue reading
The Night by Max Beckmann
Today I am exploring the unusual world of Expressionism, to be more precise, German Expressionism, and will be looking at a painting entitled The Night by the German artist Max Beckmann, who was one of the most important German painters … Continue reading
Travelling Companions by Augustus Egg
Today I am once again featuring a Victorian painter. His name is August Leopold Egg and he was born in London in 1816. He was the third son of Joseph and Ann Egg. His Swiss-born father, like his family before … Continue reading
