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Post by Woland on Apr 18, 2020 14:26:17 GMT -5
Ivan Aivazovsky was born in Crimea in 1817 to parents of Armenian descent. During his studies in St. Petersburg he established strong networks with the upper classes, allowing him to attend military drills, travel across Europe (he lived in Italy for a little while) and meet with Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and J.M.W Turner. In 1844 he was appointed official artist of the Russian Navy, allowing him to become one of the greatest seascape artists of his time: During his 60 year career he produced 6,000 paintings. This painting was made in 1869 during his trip to the Caucasus Mountains.
Very little is known about Urban Larsson, a 16th century swedish painter. This painting of Stockholm in 1535 is often attributed to him
Francois Leon Prieur-Bardin was born in France in 1870, he settled in Constantinople in 1890, documenting the final decades of the Ottoman Empire. This Orientalist painting dates from 1898, showcasing Istanbul from the Eastern "Asia" side looking towards the Western "Europe" side.
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Post by Woland on Apr 18, 2020 17:42:12 GMT -5
Richard Wilson was a founding member of the Royal Academy. Born in Wales in the 18th century, he delved into portraits in London then switched to landscapes in Italy. He received lots of commissions from wealthy landowners after his painting "The Destruction of the children of Niobe", all of them wanting a classical vision of their estates. This painting is of Cader Idris in Snowdonia, a popular hiking spot in Wales.
Lluis Rigalt was born in Barcelona to a family of artists in 1814, the same year the French were driven out of. During the troublesome 1830s with the Carlist wars Lluis moved to drawing city buildings This watercolour landscape is from 1875, 19 years before his death in Barcelona.
Karoly Marko the Elder was one of the earliest Hungarian landscape artists. Attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1822, made several trips to Italy before finally settling there in 1848. 5 years later he made a brief trip home to Hungary to paint this landscape called "Puszta", the Pannonian steppe in Eastern Hungary. After this trip he remained in Florence until his death in 1860, two of his sons would become painters.
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Post by Woland on Apr 19, 2020 7:27:35 GMT -5
Emeric Essex Vidal was born in 1791 in England, his ancestors were french Huguenots. His naval career allowed him to watercolour his way through the Americas: Canada, Brazil, West Indies, the newly-emerging Argentina and Uruguay. He was also on St.Helens when Napoleon passed away. This watercolour is of Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.
Jeong Seon was a notable 17th century Korean landscape artist who wished to avoid Chinese influence and simply depict the natural beauty of Korea. He drew the Diamond Mountains dozens of times, this version is the largest and considered the best. The Diamond Mountains are situated in North Korea right on the border with South.
Yegor Meyer was a Russian painter and explorer, most notably in 1841 he travelled to the Altai mountains in Siberia as part of a scientific expedition. He eventually spent 6 years in Siberia, working on illustrations, joining more expeditions and even helping to establish the Russia-Sino border. In 1863 he moved back to St. Petersburg for health reasons, dying 4 years later at the age of just 43. This drawing was made from the Saldjar pass in the Altai mountains.
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Post by Woland on Apr 19, 2020 17:07:22 GMT -5
Arkhip Kuindzhi was born in south-east Ukraine to Greek parents in 1842. In his late teens he worked in a photography studio, later became famous for his moody landscape paintings. This one depicts Valaam Island in Karelia (northwest Russia) in 1873.
From the late 1600s the Omani Sultanate became a regional power in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, the city of Muscat was a crucial nexus for maritime trade. The Portuguese, Ottomans, Persians and the British have all fought over it. This illustrated map of Muscat dates from 1729, that gap between Portuguese and Persian rule.
Jose Maria Velasco was a famous Mexican polymath in the 19th century. Before adopting the paintbrush he studied zoology, botany, geology and mathematics. His most prized landscapes involved the valleys of Mexico. This one was painted in 1875 from the hill of Saint Isabel.
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Post by Woland on Apr 20, 2020 6:33:31 GMT -5
Mikhail Klodt grew up in a noble family of Russian-German artists in the 1830s. He abandoned his overseas scholarship because he felt French and Italian schools of painting were inferior to Russian. Later in life he lost his sight and his money, dying in 1902 in St. Petersburg. This work is called "Oak Grove
Raden Saleh was an Indonesian artist who spent 20 years studying in Netherlands (Indonesia was still the Dutch East Indies at that time), he also spent 5 years at the Duke of Saxe-Coburg's court. Upon his return to the Dutch East Indies he alternated between landscapes and portraits of the Javanese aristocracy. This painting is called Javanese mail station in 1876, 4 years before his death.
Guo Xi was an 11th century landscape artist during the Northern Song dynasty. This work is called "Early Spring" from 1072.
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Post by Woland on Apr 20, 2020 13:21:59 GMT -5
George Barret Sr. was an 18th century Irish artist who moved to England in 1768, travelling all over Britain to paint landscapes in oils. This painting was made in 1760 in county Wicklow, a few miles south of Dublin.
Utagawa Kunisada was a 19th century Japanese woodblock artist, initially not considered in the same echelon as his contemporaries Hiroshige and Hokusai, his stock has risen over the past couple decades. This woodblock is the two giant rocks at Futamigaura in 1830 on Kyushu island.
James Hakewill was an English architect who drew his way through Jamaica in 1820 inbetween the abolition of the slave trade and slavery. This aquatint features Montego Bay in Jamaica.
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Post by Woland on Apr 21, 2020 6:33:27 GMT -5
Johann Michael Sattler was an Austrian painter best known for his enormous panoramas: this one is a 360 degree panorama of Salzburg as seen from the castle.
Alexander Nasmyth was a Scottish painter, switched to landscapes after his wealthy patrons and potential portrait subjects objected to his political views. His interest in architecture also shines through in his work, while he also served as tutor for a John James Ruskin (father of John). This view of Edinburgh dates to 1822.
Vladimir Orlovsky was born in Kiev in 1842, travelled through western europe in the early 1870s. In 1897 ill health forced him away from St. Petersburg to Kiev, he died in Genoa in 1914. This painting is from 1882 in the Ukraine.
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Post by Woland on Apr 21, 2020 16:47:58 GMT -5
Albert Edelfelt was a Finnish painter while Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. His most famous artwork is the portrait of Louis Pasteur; the two would continue to enjoy a lengthy correspondence and friendship. He was also a proponent of painting en plein air, this painting from 1890 shows Kaukola Ridge at sunset.
Tobias Verhaecht was the first teacher of Peter Paul Rubens, an important landscape artist, his better known works involved the Tower Babel (now the most famous version belongs to Brueghel the Elder). This Alpine Landscape was painted in the early 1600s.
Fyodor Alekseev was a Russian landscape artist, sometimes referred to as Russia's Canaletto. In 1800 the soon-to-be-assassinated Tsar Paul I tasked him with creating city views of Moscow. This one features Red Square in 1801, eleven years later it burned to the ground during Napoleon's occupation of the city.
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Post by Woland on Apr 22, 2020 6:20:25 GMT -5
Louis Gurlitt was a Danish painter born in Holstein in 1812, he moved to Germany in 1847 just before the revolutions spread across Europe. For the 1864 war between Prussia and Denmark, he picked the Germans. This painting of the chalk cliffs on Mon island dates to 1842.
Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo was a devoted follower of Diego Velazquez; he married his daughter. In 1643 he was appointed personal painter of heir to the Spanish Crown, and once Diego Velazquez popped off del Mazo became the official Court Painter from 1661 until his death in 1667. His most treasured work is this view of Zaragoza, painted in 1647
Alexey Bogolyubov was born in Russia in 1824, grandson of the radical author Alexander Radishchev. After a 6 year stint in Europe he returned to Russia, his romanticism slowly substituted for realism. A heart condition forced him to live in Paris in 1873 until his death in 1896. This 1854 painting depicts the river Neva in St. Petersburg frozen over.
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Post by Woland on Apr 22, 2020 17:44:29 GMT -5
William Armstrong was born in Ireland in 1822, he moved to Canada in 1851 with the railway, earning a little extra on the side with drawings and watercolours. He settled in Toronto, creating this panoramic view of the city in 1855.
Stanislaw Maslowski was a Polish watercolour artist, his grandfather was a light-cavalryman in Napoleon's invasion of Russia, while his father was arrested in 1864 during the Polish uprisings. He travelled through several European countries, Ukraine kindled his artistic desire more than the others. This Ukrainian landscape was painted in 1880.
Conrad Martens was born in London in 1801. While staying in Montevideo in 1833 - as a topographical artist for the Navy - he joined a certain HMS Beagle on its second voyage, striking up a lifelong friendship with a certain Charles Darwin. In 1835 he wound up in Australia and stayed there until his death. In 1873 he produced this landscape of the Apsley river in New South Wales.
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