A Little Bit of Culture :)

Dear fellow members, as it gradually became desirous of me,I have decided to pose the following;
May I, without hint of conceit exuding from my inner being, humbly offer a sprinkling of culture
by way of artistic skill, a selection of paintings by various artists.

If but one member finds this subject sparks favourable attention to heart and soul, then it
would please me, nae, it would place untold joy and honour upon this little heart of mine,
thus encouraging me to post many more of the said paintings for you and yours enjoyment.

So, I shall leave you to peruse the following small offering as an example.

If perchance, you have continued reading thus far, then I thank you from the bottom of my heart,
and of course, from my wife's bottom also.

What a load of tosh, anyone enjoy art/paintings? :lol:

St Eligius In His Workshop
by Christus Petrus.
Recorded dates vary slightly
1410-1475 / 1410 - 1473

Brief bio below images.





St Eligius In His Workshop
by Christus Petrus.
Recorded dates vary Slightly
1410-1475 (1410 - 1473)


St Eligius, in Limousin, notably in the making of reliquaries has become one of the most popular saints of the Christian West.
Ancient tradition credits him with extraordinary talent as a goldsmith.

St Eligius in His Workshop is, to this day the best-known and most loved painting of Petrus Christus. It shows two young fiancés who have brought the patron saint of goldsmiths a quantity of precious metal to be melted down and fashioned into rings as token of their love.
Christus offers an extremely detailed representation of the goldsmith's shop. Not only are there all the instruments of the trade, but also many liturgical objects, carefully arranged on shelves. There is also a convex circular mirror on the right-hand side of St Eligius's table, in an obvious allusion to the Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyk. In it we can see the reflection of a square, with a couple of passers-by.

Although the presence of the saint gives the work a religious dimension, this remains essentially a genre painting: that is, a representation of secular and commercial activities, a scene from everyday life.

No comments!!!! Well as they say...no news is good news.
So I guess in that case, there are no negative objections regarding the thread
So here's a couple more.

I'm not an artist, can't even paint a straight line however, I do enjoy looking at,
and studying them for the intriguing insight they offer of days gone by.

Hope they are of interest.

Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

Brief Bio.
Adrian was born in Haarlem, Netherlands.
He was a painter and printmaker of the Baroque period known for his genre pictures of
Dutch peasant life. He also painted religious subjects, portraits, and landscapes.
He was a very prolific artist successfully creating small scale works in oil, usually on
wooden panels. He also worked in watercolour, did lively pen drawings, and
produced around 50 etchings. His works won him much popularity during his lifetime.
In 1662 he was made president of the Haarlem painters' guild.
Later in life his paintings tended to be more of outdoor settings, such as peasants by a
cottage door or figures making merry outside an inn.

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* The frames I've used are not in keeping with the period of the paintings.

Andy12345 said:

My 12 year old took me to my second art gallery in 42 years I've been here, it was the watts gallery or something like that, my first was the Tate modern last year and can honestly say that in my opinion, ***?

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*** ??? *** ?? Andy12345 .....

Oh wait a minute, I remember now, I know what it means, and there's a story behind it.

The "Watts Gallery" was bought by a rich American businessman in the 60's however, he ran into financial difficulties, and in 2011 he forwarded a proposal to join forces with the "Tate Modern," whose sponsors, by sheer coincidence, had to reduce their financial covenant with them...(The Tate)

The Tate now found themselves in the unenviable situation of facing a severe financial downturn.
Actually, the Tate could have sued their sponsors for breaking their covenant, but decided it best to accept Watt's proposal of a forming a Federation. ie the "Watts-Tate-Federation". "***" for short.

To everyone's relief, a very close and harmonious working relationship has been fully established and the future for both galleries now look very promising indeed.

I'm sorry you did not enjoy your visit to the "***" with your 12 year old.

All the best for now and I thank you for your reply.

weewillie.

Andy12345 said:

lol thanks for trying, i am unable to absorb culture i suppose


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Aaah, you're a good sport Andy12345 :thumbup:


I wasn't quite sure how you would take that silly story.

Hi ewelina, :wave: thank you for posting the paintings.

The top one is going to take time to understand.
I can't quite work out what the artist is attempting
to portray.
I've spotted something similar before and I was equally
confused with that one also.

However, I particularly like the lady in green and personally
I feel it's quite attractive and easy on the eye.
Do you know if it's by an American artist?

Thank you again,
and (whisper) you should post in sample of
your own works.
No point in hiding your light under a bushel. :thumbup:

I absolutely adore this painting, the quality the artist offers, I feel, is astonishing, it could almost be a photograph.
This painting is the one that started my interest in portraits as it gives a clear glimpse into past century's dress code and their surroundings in their homes etc.
I also enjoy reading historical biographies so it's a great help in visualizing the characters dress codes of years gone by.


Princess Albert de Broglie 1814
by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1780 –1867

Brief bio.

by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1780 –1867

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy. A man profoundly respectful of the past, he assumed the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis Eugène Delacroix.

He was regarded as an effective teacher and was loved by his students, the most popular being Théodore Chassériau, who studied with him from 1830 as an eleven-year-old, until Ingres closed his studio in 1834 to return to Rome.

Ingres considered Chassériau his truest disciple and even predicting that he would be "the Napoleon of painting.
By the time Chassériau visited Ingres in Rome in 1840 however, the younger artist's growing allegiance to the romantic style of Delacroix was apparent, leading Ingres to disown his favourite student. He never spoke favourably of him again.

In the last ten years of his life Ingres produced some of his most important works including "Turkish Bath" which included naked females. He also painted "Olympia", which included nudes alongside gentlemen....it shocked society of that period.

He died of pneumonia at the grand old age of 86.

Apologies for my delay in replying dear folks.

Yorksman said:

I love Flemish Primitives and have been to Bruges many times. In
fact I have yet to find any art from the low countries which I don't like. A
current favourite of mine is Droochsloot from the Netherlands. I got interested in
is work when I saw an original in Burton Agnes Hall.

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I enjoyed looking at your images Yorksman, and your comments are an interesting
read. That's another side of art I enjoy, looking at different tastes in art and the comments
that follow.

ewelina said:

If you like very detailed, photography-like portraits you will
probably love Meredith Frampton

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ewelina, yes I do appreciate the painting by Meredith Frampton you posted in.
Artists are so fortunate to produce works of art like that, I envy them, not only
for their gift of painting, but also for their skill in producing a painting that could
almost be a photograph...
fantastic.

hanadr said:

Who saw the programme on TV last night about the art of the low
countries?
It featured "The Arnolfini Marriage"
Me I love the late dutch flower paintings. there are some beauties in the Ashmolean
museum on Oxford. I personally love galleries and museums
Hana

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Dash, I missed that program Hana, I'll perhaps see it next time round.
I lived in Oxford for a while when I was a young man, but can't honestly recall visiting
the Ashmolean. It's a beautiful city to live in, as you will know.

Yorksman said:

hanadr said:

Who saw the programme on TV last night about the

art of the low countries?
It featured "The Arnolfini Marriage"

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All the cities in the Hanseatic League, from Bruges to Novgorod were exceptionally
wealthy and money poured into the arts, primarily for reasons of power and status.
The art of the Hansa has a certain look and feel, like this Holbein;
The Hanseatic style is most noticable in the house gables which are similar in all
Hansa cities. The building material, brick, known as baked stone, was expensive and
so wealthy merchants competed with each other to build ever more expensive looking
frontages. Most of the rest of the buildings were wooden framed with wattle and
daub infills:

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Another piece of good interesting material Yorksman.

I appreciate you all taking the time to post your items.

As I mentioned I find it interesting reading, and learning , our different tastes in art.

weewillie :wave:

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527 - 1593






Brief bio.
Giuseppe was born in Milan and was extremely famous during his lifetime. Sadly though, he was soon forgotten after his death.
Why people ever lost interest in his art is a mystery, possibly he was misunderstood by the generations that followed.

Apart from his paintings of swollen faces with the big spots and scrofulas which comes out of accumulated vegetables, flowers, strows and animals,
very few originals have survived.
He probably painted quite a few more traditional ones, but many of these seem to have disappeared also.

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Short Bio.
Francies was born in Howard, Pennsylvania.
Tragedy struck her young life at the age of six when her mother died. Her mother's death effected her for the rest of her life. She was later sent to Pennsylvania to live with her aunt and uncle.

Her artistic talent came to the fore during her high school years. After graduating from Williamsport High School in 1914, she moved to Philadelphia. She first developed her artistic flair at the Philadelphia Museum of Industrial Arts where she would graduate with honours.

She first developed her artistic flair at the Philadelphia Museum of Industrial Arts where she would graduate with honours. Continuing to excel, she took her talent from a general knowledge to a more refined application by completing course work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Fleisher Art Memorial, again matriculating with honours. With the assistance of an art scholarship she moved to New York where she first found work illustrating children’s fashion for department stores.

She then moved to New York where she found work illustrating children’s fashion for department stores.
In 1936 her first Saturday Evening Post cover appeared which was entitled “No Money for Her Soda”.

When studying her work it's obvious she preferred painting the idealized portion of a child’s existence. Many of her “children” have the same open, broad face and reflective eyes as the artist herself.

Francis patiently interprets the subtle nuance of a child’s daily life, and managed to capture the many moods of childhood from the joys of summer, the playfulness of puppies, the wonder of nature, the magic of Christmas.

In all, she contributed eighteen covers to The Saturday Evening Post beginning in the mid-thirties and ending in the early forties. It was her work for The Saturday Evening Post that elevated her stature to one of the top female illustrators of her time.

Yorksman, I like your sculptures, and it's good to have info regarding
them included also.

I've some sculptures myself from way back.
I'll dig them out and post in a couple. The only thing
is, from memory, I don't think I've detailed info for
them, apart from the sculptor's names and dates.

btw, sculptures fit well in this thread, and there's
more besides than could be included in this thread.

Thank you for posting them.
weewillie