Friday, November 9, 2012

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ctd

 The Frigidarium (1890)

 The Parting Kiss (1882)

 The Sculpture Gallery (1867)

 The Soldier of Marathon

 The Tale from Homer (also called A Reading from Homer) (1885)

 The Tepidarium (1881)
[what is a tepidarium?]

 The Triumph of Titus (1885)

The Vintage Festival (1877)

Thursday, November 8, 2012

John Everett Millais, ctd

 The Twins, Portrait of Kate Edith and Grace Maud Hoare (1876)

 The Vale of Peace (also called The Vale of Rest) (1858-59)

 Finished Compositional Study for 'The Vale of Peace'

 The Yeoman of the Guard (1876)

 Trust Me (1862)

 Two Bairns

 Waiting (1854)

 Waking (1865)

 Winter Fuel (1873)

Yes (1877)

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

John Callcott Horsley

John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) was an English genre painter. According to Wikipedia, he also designed the first Christmas card.

 A Portrait Group of Queen Victoria with Her Children (ca. 1865)

 Pay for Peeping (1872)

 The Banker's Private Room: Negotiating a Loan (1870)

The New Dress (1865)
 The Poet's Theme

 The Pride of the Village (1839)

 The Truant in Hiding (1870)

 The Unwilling Salute (Discipline Oblige) (1878)

Youth and Age

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Edward William Cooke

Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) was an English painter specializing in maritime scenery.

 A Calm Day on the Scheldt (1870)

 Anchors (1830)

 Boat, near Venice (1858)

 Canal of the Giudecca, Venice (1867)

 Dutch Boats in a Calm (1843)

 Godstow Bridge near Oxford (1835)

 Hay Barge off Greenwich (1835)

 Honfleur Harbour, France (1833)

 In The Lagoon (1878)

Mont Saint-Michel, Normandie (1831)

Monday, November 5, 2012

Joseph Mallord William Turner - Cathedrals

 Cathedral Church at Lincoln (1795)

 Interior of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire (1815-18)

 Interior of Salisbury Cathedral (1802-05)

 Louth, Lincolnshire (ca. 1827)

 Melrose Abbey (1822)

 Rouen Cathedral (ca. 1832)
[this wonderful painting anticipates Monet's treatment of the same subject]

 South View from the Cloisters, Salisbury Cathedral (1802)

 St. Erasmus in Bishop Islip's Chapel, Westminster Abbey (1796)

The West Front of Bath Abbey

Friday, November 2, 2012

Louise Rayner

Louise Rayner (1832-1924) was an English painter who worked mostly in watercolor. She painted cityscapes. This group is all set in the town of Chester.

 Bridge Street, Chester, with St. Peter's Church and Chester Town Hall in the Background

 Chester, Bridge Street Looking North

 Chester, Eastgate Street

 Chester, The Cross, looking towards Watergate Street

 Chester, Watergate Street Looking East

 Chester, Watergate Street Row South

 Chester

 Lower Bridge Street, Chester

Watergate Street, Chester