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The Empire of Light II (1950), oil on canvas, 79 x 99 cm. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Although Magritte had already completed a few versions by 1953, a retrospective at the 1954 Venice Biennale included a 1954 version (now in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection) that attracted several collectors with expectations of buying the painting.
Antonio Maria Esquivel (1806-1857) ballerina; José María Avrial (1807-1891) painter; Joaquim Espalter (1809-1880) painter; Rosa Maria Gilart Jiménez (1810–1880) embroiderer; Lluís Rigalt (1814-1894) painter; Francisco de Paula Van Halen (1814–1887) painter; Federico de Madrazo (1815–1894) painter; Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve (1815 ...
Antonio Díaz (karateka), full name Antonio José Díaz Fernández (born 1980), Venezuelan kata martial artist; Antonio José Álvarez de Abreu, Spanish noble and lawyer; Antonio José Amar y Borbón, Spanish military officer and colonial official; Antonio José Benavides, Venezuelan general; Antonio José Carranza, Venezuelan painter
The Bewitched Man (also known as The Devil's Lamp) is a painting completed c. 1798 by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. [1] It is an oil painting on canvas and depicts a scene from a play by Antonio de Zamora called The man bewitched by force (Spanish: El hechizado por fuerza). The painting shows the protagonist, Don Claudio, who believes he ...
On April 24, Sergeant Francisco Díaz was chosen to lead a raid against the enemy. He had 70 volunteers, 20 from the Disciplined Militias and 50 from men being sent to prison. At daybreak they set out in pirogues (a small, flat-bottomed boat), supported by two gunboats, passing down the San Antonio Channel and landed close to the enemy trenches ...
Carlos Nakatani (Mexico City 1934 – Mexico City February 2, 2004) was a painter, sculptor, cinematographer and writer, the son of a Japanese immigrant to Mexico, noted for his introduction of a snack simply called “Japanese peanuts” in Mexico City, and older brother of singer Yoshio. [1]
His painting style was heavily influenced by the romanticism of the natural world, focusing on depicting Mexico's volcanic and montainous terrain. In addition to his work as a painter, Dr. Atl was a strong advocate for the cultural and political identity of Mexico , emphasizing the importance of indigenous roots and the country's natural beauty.
Some of the work of Goya can be seen as prefiguring costumbrismo, especially as practiced in Madrid.Here, the Fight with Cudgels, one of Goya's Black Paintings.. Antecedents to costumbrismo can be found as early as the 17th century (for example in the work of playwright Juan de Zabaleta) and the current becomes clearer in the 18th century (Diego de Torres Villarroel, José Clavijo y Fajardo ...