by W.H.D. Koerner (American, born in Germany, 1878-1938) This painting illustrated a story by Ben Williams in the June 28, 1919, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. It told the story of a Hispanic field hand suspected of sleeping with the wife of a farmer. The painting that illustrated it, exhibited here, depicts Jubilo being…
Category: European
An Afternoon at the Beach
by Francois Gall (Hungarian, 1912-1987). President of the French National Union of Painters and Sculptors, Gall was born in Hungary and moved to Paris as a young man. Trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, he gained fame for his scenes of workers and families engaged in day-to-day activities. Today, Gall’s work…
Madonna and Child
by Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (Italian, 1581-1641). Domenichino was trained under Annibale Carracci and began his early work in Rome. Following a distinguished career there, he moved to Naples where he painted numerous scenes in the city’s cathedrals and churches. He was friends with Giovanni Battista Agucchi with whom he collaborated on a Treatise on…
Madonna and Child, with Two Angels
by Frans Francken, the Younger (Flemish, 1581-1642). Francken was a versatile painter and the best-known member of a large family of artists. He played a prominent role in the development of Flemish art in the first half of the 17th century. He was particularly skilled at introducing new subject matter and allegorical works. Greatly skilled…
Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire (1739-1779)
, by Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792). Joshua Reynolds, a contemporary of Gainsborough, was the dominant English portraitist of the “Age of Johnson,” and painted up to 3,000 portraits, including those of many of the most wealthy and famous figures of his day. A painter of great energy, he was said to have worked constantly, never…
Rocky Coastline
by Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld. (1758–1846, French). At the outset of his career, Bidauld studied and painted throughout France and Italy, gaining a reputation as a “history painter.” Returning to Paris in 1790, he entered the Salon, in which he participated regularly. In 1792 he began receiving official commissions and, after 30 years of commissions and…
Portrait of Jan Asselijn, Painter (“Krabbetje”), c. 1647
by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, and engraving. Rembrandt is considered to have been one of the finest painters and printmakers in European art history.
The Saints Dorothea, Apollonia, and Agatha
by Hans Baldung Grien, considered the Master of the Lautenbach High Altar (German, ca. early 1500s). This painting of three saints (with a name on their halo) is on the wooden panel that once served as the wing of an altarpiece. The style is in the German (Franconian) School. The high altar was from the…
Boys Playing Music
by Victor Gilbert (1847-1933, French). Though his ability as an artist was recognized at an early age, Gilbert was forced to work as an artisan due to financial circumstances. He eventually gained some formal art training inParis. His work is characterized by everyday scenes in Paris, such as this troupe of young boys playing music…
Santa Fe Rides (1937)
The Transcontinental Broadcasting Company sends a sound truck and equipment to a ranch to obtain an audition from “Santa Fe” Evans and his musical cowboys (Oscar Gahan, Lloyd Perryman, Robert “Curley” Hoag, Rudy Sooter and Sherry Tansey.) Carver, arch enemy of Evans and a rival for the love of Carol Sheldon, fails in an attempt…