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Some Cruise Ship Art
Paintings or reproductions are commonly found in hotel rooms or similar accommodations such as cruise ship cabins.Recently (October-November 2021) I found myself on a fancy cruise ship on the...
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Molti Ritratti - Júlia Peraire
Subjects of my Molti Ritratti posts are famous, or at least well-known, people. But today's post is different. Featured is Júlia Peraire i Ricarte (1888-1941), model, mistress and wife of Ramon...
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Thomas Hart Benton's "City Activities with Dancehall" and More
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), Wikipedia entry here, is classed as a Regionalist artist. Regionalists were basically a small group of American painters active in the 1930s. Their typical subject...
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The American Hotel Bar, Amsterdam
Amsterdam is not as noted for Art Nouveau architecture and décor as some other European cities such as Brussels, Riga, and Prague. Yet it does have fine examples. One is the American Hotel and its bar...
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Depicting Hercule Poirot -- by Robert Fawcett and Others
Hercule Poirot, Wikipedia entry here, is probably the most famous fictional detetive aside from Sherlock Holmes.Because they are fictional characters, their actual appearance can be interpreted by...
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Jean-Gabriel Domergue's Cuties
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962, Wikipedia entry here) was a painter and illustrator whose work evolved to where he mostly painted stereotyped young women as a means of earning a living. I wrote...
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Molti Ritratti: Napoleon III
Napoleon III, Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, 1808-1873, Emperor of France, nephew (or perhaps not) of Napoleon Bonaparte, was an interesting man worthy of this extensive Wikipedia entry.He lived in...
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Sagrada Familia Interior
Barcelona's most famous building is the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) basilica designed by Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926). Construction began in 1882 and will likely miss its 2026 completion target. The...
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Amsterdam's Scheepvaarthuis Ornamentation
Scheepvaarthuis, Wikipedia entry here, at last report was a hotel. Before that, as the name implies, it was built to house shipping companies. According to the entry, it was built in two stages --...
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José Moreno Carbonero, Painter of History and Don Quixote
José Moreno Carbonero (1858-1942), Wikipedia entry here, was well known and respected in Spain during his career. The Prado has some of his paintings in its collection. He seems to be best known for...
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Ferrara's Palazzo dei Diamanti
Ferrara Italy's painting museum, the Palazzo dei Diamanti, was built as a residence during the years around 1500. As such, it has no particular architectural style, the exerior being something of a...
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Robert Fawcett -- Discovering the Murder
Robert Fawcett (1903-1967) was partly colorblind. Perhaps that was why his strengths as an illustrator were in composition and depiction of people and objects. A brief biography is here. I wrote...
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Some Trieste Heads
The Italian port city Trieste was under Hapsburg rule for more than 500 years ending in 1918 at the conclusion of the Great War.The sculptures of human heads I noticed on many buildings in the city...
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Paul George Lawler's Pan American Posters
Above is a well-known poster from around 1941. The setting seems to be largely imaginary or exaggerated, but the airplane is correctly shown. Pan American Airways was featuring its new Boeing...
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Sagrada Familia Exterior Details
Barcelona's most famous building is the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) basilica designed by Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926). Construction began in 1882 and will likely miss its 2026 completion target. The...
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More Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Back in 2012 I wrote about Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962, French Wikipedia entry here).I mentioned that some of his early illustrations and paintings were interesting, but the pin-up style he...
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Portraits by Bernard Boutet de Monvel
Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949), Wikipedia entry here, was a highly successful portrait painter and fashion illustrator whose mature style was precise, spare, somewhat geometrical (for...
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Some Palma de Mallorca Architecture
Palma is the main city on Mallorca -- Wikipedia entry here. The above image is of its cathedral.Mallorca is a popular vacation destination for Europeans, and the city's prosperity reflects that...
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Portrait Drawings by Ramon Casas
Ramon Casas (1866-1932), Wikipedia entry here, was a leading Barcelona painter and illustrator. Better at drawing than Picasso, in my opinion. Today's post features some portrait drawings made by...
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Giacomo Favretto -- Doing the Same Scene Twice
Giacomo Favretto (1849-1887) was prolific during his short career. His Wilipedia entry is here. I wrote about him here and here.Favretto mostly painted genre scenes of his native Venice, as James...
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