With Cortes the
conqueror (1917), by Virginia Watson. The book was illustrated by the
great American artist Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972). Schoonover
studied under Howard Pyle.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
Sweet Kitsch
Too Late (1884) by the
British painter Herbert Gustave Carmichael Schmalz (1856-1935). A
Greek hero comes back from war but his great love, the princess or
the queen has died. Sweet cheesy drama!
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Good old Times
The City Gate by the
English painter Ralph Hedley (1848-1913). Headley was a realist
painter, woodcarver and illustrator, best known for his paintings
portraying scenes of everyday life.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Advertising with History
Making Palmolive 3,000
Years Ago (1920) by the Hungarian-born artist Willy Pogany
(1882-1955). Pogany was a prolific illustrator of children's,
magazines, further he did advertising and murals.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Decadent Rome
Bacchanal (1890) by the
Croation painter Mato Celestin Medović (1857-1893). A well done
painting about roman decadence. This subject was very popular in the
late 19th century.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Vae Victis
An illustration by the
French artist Paul Lehugeur (1854-1932?) for “Histoire de France en
cent tableaux”, Paris, 1886. There is the Gaul chieftain Brennus
weighing the Roman ransom money in 387 BC. According to Livy, during
a dispute over the weights used to measure the gold, Brennus threw
his sword onto the scales and uttered the famous words "Vae
victis!", which translates to "woe to the conquered!"
Monday, January 12, 2015
Kind of Fairy Tale
Le droit du
Seigneur (1874) by the Russian painter Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov
(1844-1927). It's highly probale that this medieval right ever
existed. Nevertheless the artist made up a real spectacle where an
old man brings his young daughters to their feudal lord.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Founding of a Nation
The Discovery of Chile
by Diego de Almagro (1913) by the Chilean painter Pedro Subercaseaux
Errázuriz (1880-1956). This event is sometimes considered as the
foundation of Chile. To celebrate it this mural decorates the walls
of the former National Congress of Chile in Santiago.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
A Wounded Hero
Marshal Jean Lannes
wounded at the battle of Essling by the French painter Paul-Emile
Boutigny (1853-1929).Lannes was one of
Napoleon's most daring and talented generals an a personal friend of
the emperor. In the bloody battle of Aspern-Essling he was mortally
wounded.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Historical Moment
The capitulation of
Granada, Boabdil confronts Ferdinand and Isabella (1882) by the
Spanish artist Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (1848-1921). The painting
of this important event decorates know the Palace of the The Senate
of Spain in Madrid.
Friday, November 28, 2014
Idyllic Court Scene
Queen
Elizabeth and the Earl of Leicester (1865) by the British painter
William Frederick Yeames (1835-1918). Yeames preferred
these idyllic scenes from the good old times.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Harem Guard
The Harem Guard by the
Czech painter Rudolf Weisse (1869-1930). Despite it's not a decidedly
history painting the whole oriental exotic setting suggests a far
away place even in history.
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