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Hello everyone!

This blog is no more active because now I concentrate my work on my own paintings (which are very modest compared to the giants I've talked about here)! My publication of the day is this one, which is - I must confess - inspired by Caspar David Friedrich masterpieces. I hope you'll like it!

I'm looking forward to seeing you on my other account! Have a great day and thank you all for your support.

Silhouette.

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Illustrating the Imaginary

Émile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891), French draftsman, decorator, illustrator and painter.

Versatile and contemporary to Gustave Doré (1832-1883), this artist will illustrate various periodicals and will be recognized for his engravings of famous novels, such as Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) or From Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1828-1905).

(The pictures show, in order : illustration for Romain Kalbris by Hector Malot, 1876 ; illustration for Around the Moon, by Jules Verne, 1872 ; idem ; idem ; illustration for Drama in the Air, by Jules Verne, 1851 ; illustration for Around the Moon ; idem ; Sabbath dance, illustration for History of Magic, by Paul Christian, 1870 ; Francisco Junctinus, idem ; and finally, an illustration for Around the Moon)

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Pictures of the interior of the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul Priory, in Souvigny (Allier, France), which I had taken last summer.

Have a nice day!

Some windows on Eternity.

(Shots from my wanderings of the day)

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At the Golden Hour

Emil Jakob Schindler (1842-1892), Austrian painter.

As a landscape specialist, this artist, born into a family of cotton spinning-mill operators, will pursue an artistic career. His youth remains little documented. He will be a pupil of the German painter Albert Zimmermann (1808-1888). His daughter, Alma Mahler (1879-1964) will become a recognized painter and musician.

(The pictures shows, in order: Pax, The cemetery of Gravosa near Ragusa, 1891 ; View of Ragusa, 1890 ; Mill weir in Plankenberg, between 1889 and 1891 ; Waldfräuleins birth, 1868 ; Woodland path, unknown date ; A street in the Amsterdam Jewish Quarter, 1877 ; Motif from the Vienna Prater, 1876 ; Scene from the Gesäuse region, 1862 ; Bosnian Refugees in Spalato Cathedral, 1892 ; and finally, On the Dalmatian weeks at Ragusa, 1888)

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Hello there,

First, thank you for your support and your notes during this complicated period, It's a pleasure and an important source of strenght for me 😊.

I reblog this painting to inform you that I post again my (modest) creations on my other blog. If you are interested, take a look, it would make me very happy.

Take care of yourself (❤) and your loved ones.

Good day (or night) to all!

Rusty Remains

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A Stroll Through Time

Carl Moll (1861-1945), Austrian painter and gallery director.

He is the founder of the Austrian Art Nouveau movement, the Sezession, with Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). He was a Nazi sympathizer, and committed suicide when the Red Army arrived in April 1945.

His heterogeneous style followed the artistic evolutions of his time, at the crossroads of the 19th and 20th centuries.

(The pictures shows, in order, the evolution of Carl Moll's style: Watermill in Goisern - after Emil Jakob Schindler, Wassermühle in Goisern - nach Emil Jakob Schindler, 1884 ; A street in Ragusa, 1887 ; The Roman ruin in Schönbrunn, Die Römische Ruine in Schönbrunn, 1891 ; The Naschmarkt in Vienna, Der Naschmarkt in Wien, 1894 ; View from the Hohe Warte towards Heiligenstadt, Blick von der Hohen Warte auf Heiligenstadt, circa 1900 ; Stroll in the gardens of the Votivkirche, between 1902 and 1903 ; Girl in the flower meadow, Mädchen in der Blumenwiese, 1909 ; Döbling Wien, 1916 ; Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1923 ; and finally, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, circa 1938)

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When talent is recognized...

Sir James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923), Anglo-American painter.

Of American origin, he left in his youth to study in England thanks to his talent, where he quickly grows renowned. He became one of the most renowned portrait painters in London, and founded the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, in 1891.

(Details. The pictures show, in order: Florence en Kitty, 1900's ; Portrait of Mrs Senior, 1899 ; Jungle Tales, 1895 ; Portrait of Magnolia, 1899 ; Mother and child, 1900 ; In the springtime, 1896 ; Mary Rosamond Anstruther, 1910 ; White Lilies, portrait of Olga De Meyer, unknown date ; The Sevres Vase, idem ; and finally, Lily Elsie, 1916)

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"Edinburgh would not be Edinburgh without it"

- Cameron Lees (1835-1913)

The Saint Giles' Cathedral of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Built from the 12th century, many great and famous elements of this gothic monument will be added later, as the distinctive crown steeple, over the crossing, installed around 1490, while this spire is now one of the most known Edinburgh's landmarks.

(The pictures show, in order: a global exterior view, original photograph by Carlos Delgado ; the blue screen inside new west porch, original photograph by Enchufla Con Clave ; a view on the nave, idem ; a view on the arcades, original photograph by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo ; the Thistle Chapel, original photograph by Enchufla Con Clave ; the crown steeple, original photograph by Stephencdickson ; detail of a stained glass window representing the Christ commanding the sea to be still, original photograph by Amy Mantravadi ; an interior view, original photograph by Enchufla Con Clave ; the nave, original photograph by Michael D Beckwith ; and finally, the sculptures above the west door, original photograph by Nilfanion. The original photographs have been modified)

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Nymphéas

The Water Lilies are a series of paintings realized by the French impressionist paintor, Claude Monet (1840-1926), during the last years of his life. Representing the pond in his Giverny garden, the artist was suffering from a cataract when these works were made.

(The images show some details of various elements from the series of oil paintings named the "Nymphéas", in English, "the Water Lilies", executed between 1914 and 1926)

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"The Fool who persists in his folly will become Wise"

William Blake (1757-1827), British painter, printmaker and poet.

Recognized as a Romantic painter, preferring watercolour and lithography upon oil painting, he will provide an important work of poetry. His subjects, however very classic and religious, are transcended by his style, hallucinated and tinted of a striking modernity.

Beyond his avant-garde ideas, he was long believed mad by his contemporaries, because he was persuaded to receive messages via visions, since his earliest childhood.

(Details. The pictures show, in order : Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, between 1804 and 1820 ; Frontispiece illustration from Milton: a Poem, To Justify the Ways of God to Men, between 1804 and 1811 ; Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God, between 1805 and 1809 ; Europe a Prophecy, 1794 ; The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, 1805 ; Newton, 1795, printed in 1805 ; Pity, idem ; Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve, 1808 ; Hecate, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy, 1805 ; and finally, Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing, around 1786)

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The Temptation of Eve

Painting made in 1910 by Pierre Jean van der Ouderaa (1841-1915), Belgian painter

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At the Gates of the Ocean

The Sainte-Marie cathedral of Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France).

This Gothic monument was built between 1213 and the 14th century and posses a magnificient adjoining rectangular cloister of radiant Gothic style dating from the 14th century too. Furthermore, the cathedral presents two spires rising to 85 meters in height, and is renowned for its beautifully preserved keystones.

(The photographs show, in order: a view on the spires, original photograph by François de Dijon ; the choir, original photograph by Dominique Dalbiez ; detail of a keystone, idem ; the cloister, ditto ; a drawing of a stained glass project, by Émile Thibaud, 1847 ; a view from the cloister ambulatory, original photograph by Eduardo Miranda ; a view on a gargoyle, original photograph by Cinoworus ; a view of the stained glass windows in the choir, original photograph by Svein-Magne Tunli ; a view of the cloister arches, original photograph by Dominique Dalbiez ; and finally, a bay of stained glass windows seen from the outside, original photograph by Eduardo Miranda. The original photographs have been modified)

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Remarkable Ruins

Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), English watercolourist and etcher.

This artist allowed the recognition of watercolour as an art, while he is also the initiator of romantic watercolours.

Specialist in landscapes and architectural representations, friend of the painter J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), he died prematurely of tuberculosis, in his studio.

(Details. The pictures show, in order: Denbigh Castle, circa 1793 ; Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island, 1797 ; St. Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire, circa 1797 ; Tolleshunt-Beckingham, Essex, circa 1795 ; Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire, circa 1793 ; Durham Cathedral and Castle, circa 1800 ; Tempio d' Antonio e Faustina, between 1798 and 1799 ; Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire, 1794 ; Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1793 ; Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W., circa 1792)

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The Wanderer

Ilya Yefimovich Repin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин, 1844-1930), Russian painter.

Affiliated to Realism, part of the Wanderers art group, this artist will appropriate many styles, focusing on portraits, historical paintings and genre scenes. He will also, many times, pay tribute to the great figures of his country.

(Details. The pictures show, in order: Portrait of Sophia Mikhailovna Dragomirova, general Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov's daughter, 1889 ; Sadko, 1876 ; The Zaporozhye Cossacks Replying to the Sultan, between 1878 and 1891 ; Raising of Jairus' Daughter, 1871 ; Grand Duchess Sofia at the Novodevichy Convent, 1879 ; Portrait of Elizabeta Zvantseva, 1889 ; Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16th, 1581, 1885 ; Arrival of the tsars Peter I and Ivan V, 1900 ; Taking a rest, 1882; and, finally, Portrait of Yury Repin, 1882)

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Arcades of the Saint-Maurice cathedral in Vienne (Isère, France).

(Original photograph by Aniacra, the picture has been modified)

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The Great Slumber

Some wintry paintings by Georg Carl Adolph Hasenpflug (known as Carl Hasenpflug, 1802-1858), German romantic painter.

(The images show in order: The Monastery of Walkenried, 1850, original photograph by Jean-Louis Mazières ; View of the Ruin of the Church in Winter, 1848; The Ruin of Walkenried Monastery in Winter, 1843. The original pictures have been modified)

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The Beloved

Marie Spartali Stillman (Μαρία Ευφροσύνη Σπαρτάλη, 1844-1927), British painter of Greek descent.

Belonging to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, she enjoyed a particularly prolific career, and painted more than a hundred works over sixty years.

Her work is characteristic of Pre-Raphaelism and mainly represents female figures from the great works of medieval literature.

This artist, particularly tall in size, from a height of 1,90 meters (6 ft 3 in), also impressed by her beauty those who had the privilege of having her as a model.

(Details. The pictures show in order: Love's Messenger, 1885 ; How the Virgin Came to Brother Conrad in Offia and Laid her Son in his Arms, 1892 ; Dante's Vision of Leah and Rachel, 1887 ; Beatrice, 1895 ; The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo, 1889 ; Fiammetta Singing, 1879 ; Mariana, between 1867 and 1869 ; The Childhood of Saint Cecilia, 1883 ; How the Virgin Came to Brother Conrad in Offia and Laid her Son in his Arms, again, 1892 ; and finally, Wreath of Roses, 1880)