Antique Death

He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1817, where he was known as ‘Horse’ Cooper and exhibited there from 1812 until his death with a total of 332 paintings.

Biography : François Linke, born in 1855 in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), worked as a cabinet-maker in Paris from about 1882 until his death in 1946. In 1900, at the apex of his career, ...

De Bloot also pursued commercial interests, purchasing a tile works in 1646, and left a substantial estate at his death in 1658. The present painting brings his interest in human co...

While he never enjoyed the lengthy career of many of his contemporaries, his works were well regarded for their sincerity and technical competence. His early death in 1907 inevitably...

Betsy Ross, born Elizabeth Griscom in 1752, ran a successful upholstery business in Philadelphia, actively contributing to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War through t...

Griffin returned to France in 1923 and lived there for another decade before permanently resettling in Portland in 1933, where he remained until his death.

He remained individual to the end; and was, like Hartley, willing to take risks in his work and to paint subject matter, which was far removed from the general menu offered up by his...

Their marriage in 1692 coincided with Sir John’s creation as a baronet, elevating the family’s standing at a moment when such advancement was both politically charged and socially vi...

Born in Deinze in East Flanders, Saverys was the son of a house-and-stage painter. After the early death of his father in 1902, he helped in the family business, which limited his in...

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

The artist and the poet were to remain close friends until Whitman's death in 1892. His boating scenes on the Schuykill River were among the first recreational scenes ever painted i...

Collectively referred to as the Passion, Jesus' suffering and redemptive death by crucifixion are the central aspects of Christian theology concerning the doctrines of salvation and ...

Surviving signed and dated works document his activity well into the late 1730s and 1740, shortly before his death in Amsterdam in 1741. Today his works are represented in museum and...

Modern auction cataloguing, including Christie’s, identifies an Alex de Andreis as a Belgian artist active in this same genre, although published sources differ regarding the artist’...

After entering the Benedictine Order at Maria Laach in 1927, he continued designing for ceramics manufacturers while building his practice at the abbey. From 1948 until his death in ...

The rabbi said prayers and repeated several times “may his eyes rest in peace.” Following his death, Hermine and Lucy supported each other in their grief and remained closely tied.

In it, the king witnessed his own death and rebirth as king of Upper and Lower Egypt.

The greatest French sculptors entrusted them with their sculpted works to be cast in bronze, such as James Pradier (1790-1852) who signed the oldest currently known publishing contra...

Bénard, De Fer's son-in-law and successor, continued the publication and distribution of his cartographic works following De Fer's death. An especially appealing portrait for collec...

Over his vast career, Tucker worked on a number of famous film and theatrical sets, creating prosthetics for the likes of The Phantom of the Opera, Star Wars and The Company of Wolve...

Denny died of malaria on October 7, 1886, while serving on a surveying party near Cambria, California. After his death, the Society of California Pioneers held a memorial exhibition ...

Unsigned Provenance: direct from the family inherited from the artists studio after his death. Measurements: 26" x 22" unframed approx

In 1904, he left for Europe, living in Paris before settling in Rome where he continued to paint until his death. Charles Walter Stetson exhibited widely and with success including...

Their imagery could consequently combine references to Dionysiac celebration with ideas of death, regeneration and the afterlife. Bell kraters of the 4th century BC thus represent a...

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

The later pieces were made by the Les Neveux de J Lehmann foundry which specialised in making the more elaborate marble and onyx plinths The Ballets Russes The Ballets Russes was a...

Humphrey Chamberlain junior (1791–1824), of the founding family, was the finest of these figure painters and was allowed to sign special pieces; his career was cut short by his death...

Saint Sebastian of Milan was a military tribune in the Roman army, executed during the persecution of Diocletian by flogging to death after surviving an initial punishment in which h...

Frame measures 40 x 38.75 Painting measures 35.5 x 34.5 Once described as “Denmark’s most controversial — both reviled and admired — woman painter,” Carstensen largely faded from vie...

A prominent member of the École Provençale, it is time to place him in his rightful place in history, since, after his death, Carrera fell into a long and unjustified oblivion.

The work, which according to sources belonged to the prestigious collection of Wanstead House in Essex, is traditionally attributed to the painter Willem Wissing (Amsterdam, 1656 – S...

Essay: Painted in 1902, only a year before Paul Graf's death, this intimate portrait most likely depicts a woman during one of the artist's stays in Belgium.

Over his vast career, Tucker worked on a number of famous film and theatrical sets, creating prosthetics for the likes of The Phantom of the Opera, Star Wars and The Company of Wolve...

She holds a handkerchief to her eye as if weeping, possibly in reference to their dramatic relationship’s turbulence or Châtelet’s premature death at the age of 42. Now repurposed a...

Combining artistic, religious, and historical importance, The Shadow of Death remains one of the most enduring images associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement and an exceptional c...

In 1896, sent as a reporter to Cuba by the Evening Bulletin, to follow the Spanish military operations against the native nationalist insurrection, he was taken prisoner by the insur...

A crow - an archetypal symbol of death - picks at the lifeless body of a rabbit, while a vase of withering flowers behind reinforces the theme of transience.

These last two sections express the idea that after death our physical bodies will go back to their original, elemental form.

The greatest French sculptors entrusted them with their sculpted works to be cast in bronze, such as James Pradier, who signed in 1841 the earliest known publishing contract currentl...

. - *El Comercio*, Lima, July 24, 2020, in the article "Camilo Blas, 35 years after his death: an assessment of his contribution to Peruvian arts"; reproduced under the title *Paisaj...

He was only twenty-eight. Despite this early death, Biscaino established a recognizable graphic style and became one of the most compelling etchers of the mid-seventeenth-century Gen...

A prominent member of the École Provençale, it is time to place him in his rightful place in history, since, after his death, Carrera fell into a long and unjustified oblivion.

His works are represented in several important Swedish museum collections, including Moderna Museet, and he remains an appreciated figure within twentieth-century Swedish art. Follow...

These last two sections express the IDEA that after death our physical bodies will go back to their original, elemental form.

He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1881 and continued to exhibit there regularly until his death in 1896. Pinel travelled to Tunisia in 1887 and Algeria in 1892, journeys that ...

The drawing comes from the atelier of the painter Luigi Guglielmino (1885–1962), the principal pupil of Enrico Reffo (1831–1917), one of the leading figures of Piedmontese religious ...

Turner. Following the death of the latter in 1851, Burton told Henry Dawson that his “powers are not equalled by any living or working man."

It was around the time of Seurat's death that Cross turned to Neo-Impressionism, breaking with the aesthetic principles he had followed for 10 years, adopting instead those of the gr...

Townley's collection, long on display in his London house in Park Street, was bought for the British Museum after his death in 1805. In the nineteenth century it was often imagin...

A retrospective was organized by the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara in 1973, three years after his death. Biographical and exhibition information is summarized in the account of...

Antique leather bound History of the House of Austria book set - From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the Deather of Leopold the Second: 1218 to 1792. By...

His monumental Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt established his reputation at the Paris Salon of 1877.

Bimini closed under Nazi persecution and Lampl, who was Jewish, fled to London in 1938 and began again there as Orplid, employing fellow émigrés — Lucie Rie among them — until his de...

He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make w...

Owen and kept their relationship, and their daughter, a secret until Davies’s death. Davies's most distinctive works are the dreamlike, fantasy visions of female nudes standing in p...

This showing took place 3 months before Herman Herzog's death on February 5th 1932

His works were celebrated at major exhibitions, from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London to the Universal Exhibition of 1867 in Paris, securing his legacy as a pivotal figure in t...

His career was truly launched when he obtained a commission to decorate the Town Hall of the recently annexed 15th Arrondissement; one of only eight such commissions granted. From 1...