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Edward McCartan | Dream Lady, 1922, Lincoln Park
Eugene Field"Dream Lady", also known as the Eugene Field Memorial, is a bronze sculpture by Edward Francis McCartan (August 16, 1879 - September 20, 1947).It is located in Lincoln Park, Chicago.Eugene...
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Edward McCartan | Figurative/Art Déco style sculptor
Edward Francis McCartan (August 16, 1879 - September 20, 1947) was an American sculptor, best known for his decorative bronzes done in an elegant style popular in the 1920s.Born in Albany, New York, he...
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Lorenzo Bartolini ~ Dircé, 1834 | Musée du Louvre, Parigi
Dircé. Marble, done in 1824-1834 for the duke of Devonshire.Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique (1780-1867)Portrait of Lorenzo Bartolini, Musée du LouvreDircé (/ˈdɜrsiː/; Ancient Greek: Δίρκη, pronounced...
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Ferdinando Vichi ~ Masquerade, c.1900 | La Belle Époque
Italian Sculptor Ferdinando Vichi (1875-1945) was one of the talented band of Tuscan sculptors associated with the Bazzanti gallery in Florence. His work in marble and alabaster demonstrates his high...
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Benvenuto Cellini | Baroque/Mannerist style sculptor
Benvenuto Cellini, (born Nov. 1, 1500, Florence-died Feb. 13, 1571, Florence), Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, one of the most important Mannerist artists and, because of the lively...
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Ron Monsma | Figurative/Baroque style painter
"Whether I am painting a still life or figure (or landscape) light plays an important role. I work in the Baroque tradition where light reveals and distills form and all its nuances. This is stage...
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Giovanni Battista Lombardi | Ruth, 1864
Commissioned in 1859 by contessa Marietta Mazuchelli Longo, Lombardi's Ruth was the first of the artist's Old Testament subjects; a series which also included his Rebecca, Deborah, Susanna and...
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Antoine Bouvard | A Venetian Scene
Antoine Bouvard Senior, also known as Marc Aldine (1870–1956) painted Venetian scenes and exhibited his works in Paris and Venice. He was born at St. Jean-de-Bournay in L'Isere in 1870. He trained as...
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Friedrich Nerly | Seascape painter
Friedrich Nerly or Federico Nehrlich (October 26, 1842 - 1919) was an Italian painter who specialized in Seascapes. Nerly was of Prussian nationality. He completed his first studies with his father, a...
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Ignacio Zuloaga - Madame Souty Reclining on a Sofa, 1921
Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta (1870-1945), Spanish genre and portrait painter noted for his theatrical paintings of figures from Spanish culture and folklore.For biographical notes -in english and...
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Pio Fedi | Love story of Dionora and Ippolito
Pio Fedi - Dionora de Bardi and Ippolito BuondelmontiIn the present sculpture, Pio Fedi (1816-1892) presents us with an image of the courtship of Dianora. Ippolito's gently persuasive gesture conveys...
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Ferdinando Vichi | Group of Putti Musicians
Like many other late nineteenth-century sculptors, Ferdinando Vichi (1875-1945) often took inspiration from Romantic and Tender subjects. His compositions are varied in subject matter, ranging from...
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Ferdinando Vichi | Romantic sculptor of La Belle Époque
Ferdinando Vichi was born in Florence in 1875 and died there in 1941. He was well-known and much appreciated sculptor who produced numerous works of art, including busts and tomb-stones.Ferdinando...
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Édouard Cortès | Paris painting
"I was born from and for painting…" Èdouard CortèsÉdouard Leon Cortès (1882-1969) is an French painter, known for his Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings. Édouard Leon Cortès...
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Leonardo da Vinci ~ Come la scienza dell'astrologia nasce dall'occhio, perché...
Trattato della Pittura- Parte prima /13Nessuna parte è nell'astrologia che non sia ufficio delle linee visuali e della prospettiva, figliuola della pittura; perché il pittore è quello che per necessità...
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Leonardo da Vinci ~ Come la pittura avanza tutte le opere umane..
Trattato della Pittura - Parte prima /15L'occhio, che si dice finestra dell'anima, è la principale via donde il comune senso può piú copiosamente e magnificamente considerare le infinite opere di...
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John Atkinson Grimshaw | Moonlight painter
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was an British Victorian artist who became famous for his sombre views of the dockyards and his nocturnal scenes of urban lanes with leafless trees silhouetted...
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Olha (Olga) Akasi, 1970 ~ Figure/Symbolist painter
Ольга Акаси was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Lives and works in Kiev. "Ukrainian artist, the unique in the Ukraine, who works in the technology of old masters, without being neither the restorer, nor the...
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William Shakespeare ~ I Sonetti, 1609
Richard (Riccardo) Aurili (1834-1914) IBelle creature, a voi chiediamo figliperché in quel fiore la bellezza duri:quando saran gualciti i vostri gigli,ne fioriranno ancora eredi puri.Tu no, non curi....
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Leonardo da Vinci ~ Dell'occhio...
Trattato della Pittura - Parte prima /20L'occhio, dal quale la bellezza dell'universo è specchiata dai contemplanti, e di tanta eccellenza, che chi consente alla sua perdita, si priva della...
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