Showing posts with label Couple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Couple. Show all posts

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The First Born

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Frederick W. Elwell
(English, 1870-1958)
The First Born, ????
Oil on canvas

Friday, December 3, 2010

On Board a Sailing Ship

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Caspar David Friedrich
(German, 1774-1940)
On Board a Sailing Ship, ????
Oil on canvas

Friday, November 26, 2010

The Golden Hours

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Lord Frederick Leighton
(English, 1830-1896)
The Golden Hours, 1864
Oil on canvas

They look like the same couple that is in The Painter's Honeymoon!

Monday, November 22, 2010

The Confession

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John Collier
(English, 1850-1924)
The Confession, 1902
Oil on canvas

Similar to Collier's other Problem Picture, Trouble. You can read more on the Problem Picture here, and see Frank Dicksee's painting of the same title.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Wedded

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Lord Frederick Leighton
(English, 1830-1882)
Wedded, 1864
Oil on canvas

Monday, October 25, 2010

Off (After a Failed Marriage Proposal)

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Edmund Blair Leighton
(English, 1853-1922)
Off (After a Failed Marriage Proposal), 1899
Oil on canvas

Saturday, October 23, 2010

La Loge

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Pierre Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)
La Loge, 1872
Oil on canvas

Monday, September 27, 2010

A Summer Shower

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Edith Hayllar
(English, 1860-1948)
A Summer Shower, 1883
Oil on card

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Ball at the Moulin de Galette

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Pierre Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)
The Ball at the Moulin de Galette, 1876
Oil on canvas

I don't know about you, but this painting makes me smile.  It's so sunny and friendly and happy and I love that striped dress!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Home Again

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John Atkinson Grimshaw
(English, 1836-1893)
Home Again, ????
Oil on board

I love how dark and scary this painting seems until you read the title. :)

Sunday, September 5, 2010

My Next Door Neighbor

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Edmund Blair Leighton
(English, 1853-1922)
My Next Door Neighbor, 1894
Oil on canvas

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Sleeping Beauty

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Henry Meynell Rheam
(English, 1859-1920)
Sleeping Beauty, ????
Oil on canvas

Friday, August 27, 2010

Signing the Register

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Edmund Blair Leighton
(English, 1853-1922)
Signing the Register, 1853
Oil on canvas

Love the sunlight. And the little girl holding the bouquet looks so wistful. :)

Monday, August 16, 2010

At the Beach

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Alexander Rossi
(English, 1840-1916)
At the Beach, ????
Oil on canvas

Sunday, August 15, 2010

The Serenade

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Eugene de Blaas
(Austrian, 1843-1931)
The Serenade, 1910
Oil on canvas

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Courtship

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Edmund Blair Leighton
(English, 1853-1922)
Courtship, ????
Oil on canvas

I like that this couple looks less well-to-do than Leighton's usual ones. :)

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Adieu

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Edmund Blair Leighton
(English, 1853-1922)
Adieu, 1901
Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Song of Love

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Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833-1898)
Le Chant d'Amor (Song of Love), 1868-77
Oil on canvas

From Russel Ash's book Sir Edward Burne-Jones:
Here an ancient Breton song that was probably known to Georgiana [Burne-Jone's wife] provides the subject and the title for the painting: Hélas! je sais un chant d'amor/Triste ou gai, Tour á tour (Alas, I know a love song/Sad or merry, each in turn). The work depicts an organist with a figure representing Love working the bellows. The figure of Love is sightless ('love is blind'), while Burne-Jones's abiding interest in the language of flowers is manifest un the painting, where tulips (symbolizing 'ardent love') and wallflowers ('bitterness') jointly represent the contradictory emotions expressed in the song.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The Pale Complexion of True Love

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Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
(English, 1871-1945)
The Pale Complexion of True Love, 1899
Watercolor and bodycolor

The title is taken from Shakespeare's As You Like It, Act III, when Corin speaks of Silvius' unrequired love for Phebe as
a pageant truly play'd,
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain
  (Info from Pre Raphaelite Art blog.)

Friday, June 18, 2010

The Reluctant Pianist

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William A. Breakspeare
(English, 1855-1914)
The Reluctant Pianist, ????
Oil on canvas

I don't know what's going on, but it's a gorgeous painting! Any ideas?