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Art writers noted several elements of the painting as dominant, either visually or thematically. Moir, for example, notes the key role that the contrast between light and shadow plays in the composition: a window placed high on the left allows a ray of light to penetrate the room, illuminating, as it slides over the wall, the boy, the lush fruit basket, the shirt sleeve, the sensual bare ...
Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882 This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Background During his lifetime, Thomas Eakins sold few paintings. On his death, ownership of his unsold works passed to his widow, Susan ...
The Ashcan school was a group of New York City artists who sought to capture the feel of early-20th-century New York City through realistic portraits of everyday life. These artists preferred to depict the richly and culturally textured lower class immigrants, rather than the rich and promising Fifth Avenue socialites.
The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, by James McNeill Whistler (edited by Derrick Coetzee) The Dog , by Francisco Goya Saturn Devouring His Son , by Francisco Goya
J. R. R. Tolkien accompanied his Middle-earth fantasy writings with a wide variety of non-narrative materials, including paintings and drawings, calligraphy, and maps.In his lifetime, some of his artworks were included in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; others were used on the covers of different editions of these books, and later on the cover of The Silmarillion.
William B. T. Trego was born in Yardley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1858, the son of the artist Jonathan Kirkbridge Trego and Emily Roberts née Thomas. At the age of two William's hands and feet became nearly paralyzed, either from polio, or from a doctor administering a dose of calomel (mercurous chloride).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ia Orana Maria ( Ave Maria ) is an 1891 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin , now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is one of the first works in his Tahitian period and shows two Polynesians (centre) greeting the Madonna and Child .
Albert Jacques Franck (2 April 1899 – 28 February 1973) was a Canadian artist. He is known for his realistic paintings [1] of Toronto winter scenes, [2] dilapidated neighbourhoods [3] [4] and back lanes.