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Important Sculpture "Saint George in Bronze"Bernt Notke (1440–before May 1509)
Important Sculpture "Saint George in Bronze"Bernt Notke (1440–before May 1509)

Important Sculpture "Saint George in Bronze"Bernt Notke (1440–before May 1509)

Located in Madrid, ES

The main type of artwork produced by the workshop of Bernt Notke was altarpieces, incorporating both sculptures and paintings. Encyclopædia Britannica claims that he was also active ...

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Antique Late 18th Century German Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

English Pocket Globe by Herman Moll, Circa 1775-1798, England
English Pocket Globe by Herman Moll, Circa 1775-1798, England

English Pocket Globe by Herman Moll, Circa 1775-1798, England

By Herman Moll

Located in Milano, IT

It shows: the Cook routes; a wind rose in the Southern Indian Ocean; Antarctica without land; Africa with Negroland (Hermann Moll is considered the first geographer to name the West ...

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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Globes

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Shagreen, Paper

Drover with Cattle in Landscape - British Old Master animal art oil painting
Drover with Cattle in Landscape - British Old Master animal art oil painting

Drover with Cattle in Landscape - British Old Master animal art oil painting

By Thomas Creswick

Located in Hagley, England

He was the son of Thomas Creswick and Mary Epworth and educated at Hazelwood, near Birmingham. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911): At Birmingham he fir...

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1850s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Ford - British Old Master exhib. Landscape art oil painting figures animals
The Ford - British Old Master exhib. Landscape art oil painting figures animals

The Ford - British Old Master exhib. Landscape art oil painting figures animals

By Thomas Creswick

Located in Hagley, England

He was the son of Thomas Creswick and Mary Epworth and educated at Hazelwood, near Birmingham. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911): At Birmingham he firs...

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1840s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Limited Estate Print Oversize

Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Limited Estate Print Oversize

By David Steen

Located in London, GB

He moved to Fleet Street, first to a bright new Mirror title, Woman’s Sunday Mirror, where incidentally he picked up First Prize in Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Best Pictures of the Ye...

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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Westminster Abbey' — Royal Church (London), Signed Etching, 1927
'Westminster Abbey' — Royal Church (London), Signed Etching, 1927

'Westminster Abbey' — Royal Church (London), Signed Etching, 1927

By Anton Schutz

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Other of his etchings featuring European and American cities were included in publications of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Schutz also served as the president of the New York Graphi...

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1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" — Mid-Century American Impressionism

Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" — Mid-Century American Impressionism

By Robert Philipp

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Works by Robert Philipp are held in museum collections throughout the United States, including the Akron Art Institute, Brooklyn Museum, Columbus Museum of Art (Georgia), Corcoran Ga...

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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — Mid-Century American Impressionism

'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — Mid-Century American Impressionism

By Robert Philipp

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Works by Robert Philipp are held in museum collections throughout the United States, including the Akron Art Institute, Brooklyn Museum, Columbus Museum of Art (Georgia), Corcoran Ga...

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1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Ink

Francisco Zuniga Original Pastel Nude Painting Catalogued
Francisco Zuniga Original Pastel Nude Painting Catalogued

Francisco Zuniga Original Pastel Nude Painting Catalogued

By Francisco Zúñiga

Located in Dallas, TX

Journalist Fernando González Gortázar lists Zúñiga as one of the 100 most notable Mexicans of the 20th century, while the Encyclopædia Britannica calls him "perhaps the best sculptor...

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1970s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Crayon

“Le Crepuscule”
“Le Crepuscule”

“Le Crepuscule”

By Jean Louis Hamon

Located in Southampton, NY

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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1850s Academic Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photogravure

Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet
Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet

Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet

By Étienne Maurice Falconet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Falconet's somewhat prettified and too easy charm incurred the criticism of the Encyclopædia Britannica 1911: "His artistic productions are characterized by the same defects as his w...

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Antique 19th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Photograph Portrait Yousuf Karsh Photo Vintage Print
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Photograph Portrait Yousuf Karsh Photo Vintage Print

Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Photograph Portrait Yousuf Karsh Photo Vintage Print

By Yousuf Karsh

Located in Surfside, FL

Awards Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1961) Order of Canada: Officer (1967), Companion (1990) Canada Council Medal (1965) Achievement and Life Award, Ency...

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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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