Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Portrait of Rudolf von Arthaber with his children by Friedrich von Amerling, 1837

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Friedrich von Amerling (April 14, 1803, Vienna – January 14, 1887, Vienna) was one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the ninet...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en armoire) by Guillaume Beneman, circa 1786 - 87

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Tulipwood, kingwood, holly, mahogany veneered on oak, gilt-bronze, brèche d'Alep marble, leather.  Made for Louis XVI's study i...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Marlene Dietrich in The Garden of Allah, 1936

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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Charles Joseph Watelet - two portraits

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Charles Joseph Watelet (1867-1954), a Belgian painter, specializing in portraits and rather erotic female nudes and semi-nudes. Une élé...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Ansicht von Pillnitz durch ein Fenster / View of Pillnitz Through a Window, by Johan Christian Dahl, 1823

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* Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (February 24, 1788, Bergen – October 14, 1857, Dresden), a Norwegian artist, in his day celebrated at hom...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

The strange beauty of Merle Oberon

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Photograph by George Hurrell, circa 1936. Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911, Bombay - November 23, 1979, Malibu) , born Estelle Merle O...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Maria Callas, Norma, November, 1954

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Her American debut, with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Callas' stage jewelry for the role of Norma.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

L'Amour et Psyché, 1817

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François-Edouard Picot (October 10, 1786, Paris – March 15, 1868, Paris), painter of mythological, religious and historical subjects, ...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Lady playing with her dog, ink wash on paper, 1868, by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky

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Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (November 1, 1838, Nizhny Novgorod - April 21, 1898, Saint Petersburg), Russian painter of genre a...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Gene Raymond, Buddy Rogers, and three rather odd Hollywood marriages

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Gene Raymond (August 13, 1908, New York City – May 2, 1998), born Raymond Guion, was a popular film actor in the early Thirties, mos...
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