Old paintings

Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1940)⏭ was a Bohemian-born German painter⏩, specialized in portraits, figures and Rococo-style genre scenes. His style was generally realistic with Art-Deco⏩ elements.

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze - Ariadne. 49 x 42.8 cm, Oil on mahogany panel, Wallace Collection, London

Painted in 1817, this highly important sketch is an early preparatory study for The White Horse, the first of Constable's famous ‘Six-Footers’, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819. One of the artist’s most celebrated works, The White Horse is a seminal painting in the history of British"u2026

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Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

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Painted by Winterhalter in 1857. Claire-Émilie, marquise de Las Marismas, vicomtesse Aguado, née MacDonell. (October 24, 1817, Algiers - April 23, 1905, Paris). When I first started composing this post, I could find nothing on this lovely woman other than her name and the dates of her birth and death. And then, depending on where I read it, even the date of her death and the spelling of her maiden name varied. As I struggled on, I began getting bits and pieces, mostly from French and Spanish…

Most of the time I focus on colorful landscapes and seascapes, but this post is a change of theme. I will be taking a closer look at some of the most dramatic paintings I have come across. These paintings demonstrate just how powerful art can be and how much emotion we are able to depict