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The Orchestra, Biergarten by Wilhelm Carl August Zimmer

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October 16, 2015Genre Painting WesternNo comments

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The Orchestra, Biergarten is about having an orchestra in a beer garden while people have some quality time under the shadows of –most likely- the chestnut trees. The orchestra is trying to give their best for the happy audience. Considerably large oil on canvas painting is holding up a good history behind its happy musical scene. Biergarten is a German word from which Beer Garden is derived. People didn’t just brought their chairs and beers under trees and started drinking at their. Behind the custom of a beer-garden there is a long history lying. The root of the custom is in 16th century when Albert V was ruling. He got the reports that the breweries were becoming a major reason for sudden fires in […]

Glory of Venice by Felix Ziem

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October 16, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Felix Ziam takes a new angel in depicting Venice’s noticeable place of Bacino de San Marco, an important port from where Venice’s most overseas business was handled. In Venice, it’s like every building is historical and each them has its own intriguing history to know about. Here, the building on the left is called Punta Della Dogana (point of customs). As the name suggests, the building was used for managing the affairs of overseas business. It looked after the ships bringing and carrying away the goods from the city. Thus, it was the epicenter of the oversea business for the city which was a main point to increase the city’s wealth in many ways. On the right, in the far background, the visible buildings are […]

On the Venetian Lagoon by Felix Ziem

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Felix Ziem’s beloved city, Venice comes again in his work, in which he developed his artistic skill and kept visiting annually for many years. As if the beauty of the city had some kind of magic spread on his mind. In his series depicting Venice in many different angels and searching out the beautiful landscapes, in this particular painting, the view is a little bit afar from the main city. The Gondola (small intercity boats of Venice to travel small distances) is travelling in the outskirt of the city after which the large sea of Adriatic is spread to horizon. But the buffer zone between the city and the sea is called the Lagoon, which is safe to sail in. A family has ride upon […]

Elena by Rob Zeller

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October 16, 2015Portrait Painting WesternNo comments

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Lauterbrunnental by Joseph Zelger

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Goat, Mountain, Swiss, Tree, Waterfall

Skittles by Hans Zatzka

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Angel, Austrian, Beautiful Lady, Flower

Preparing for the Festivities by Hans Zatzka

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Venus and her Attendants by Hans Zatzka

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October 16, 2015History Painting WesternNo comments

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The Austrian painter Hans Zatzka is known for painting women in rich environment. His themes varied from mythology to fantasy and sometimes real places. But, his most prolific works represents mythological characters in different sets. The current painting is about the Greek goddess Venus in lying on a ground surrounded by the ‘attendants’. Here, the attendants are the love-angles as the Venus herself is the goddess of love, merrymaking and prosperity. The artist has put her in a surrounding which matches her nature, power and her voluptuous effect in general. The little angles are obviously there of their characteristic resemblances with cupids. Though, they don’t have the bows and arrows of love like cupids but these little angles are as charming and create a sense […]