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The Beauty of the End

John Martin (1789-1854), English painter and engraver.

This romantic artist will be particularly inspired by the apocalyptic evocations of the Bible, which he will sublimate by representing the gigantism of fury of the elements.

(Oil paintings details. The pictures show, in order : The Great Day of His Wrath, circa 1851 ; The Pandemonium, circa 1841 ; Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still, circa 1840 ; The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah, 1852 ; Manfred and the Alpine Witch, 1837 ; The Bard, circa 1817 ; The Last Judgement, 1853 ; Macbeth, 1820 ; The restored version of The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, circa 1821 ; and finally, The Seventh Plague, 1823)

Tenebrism

José de Ribera (1591-1652), Spanish painter and engraver.

Belonging to the Baroque era, this artist will be one of the leaders of Tenebrism, few decades after the Caravaggio and his chiaroscuro. He will paint many religious paintings in this heavy atmosphere, and consequently his works remains really impressive today.

(Oil paintings details. The pictures show, in order: The Trinity, after 1935 ; Touch, circa 1630 ; The Penitent Magdalen, between 1609 and 1611 ; Ecce homo, circa 1620 ; St. Peter and St. Paul, circa 1616 ; St. Simeon with the Christ child, 1647 ; St. Sebastian cured by the Holy Women, 1621 ; St. Bartholomew, 1751 ; Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, between 1620 and 1624 ; and, finally, St. Francis of Assisi, 1643)

Getaways

Georges Jules Victor Clairin (1843-1919), French painter.

He is renowned for his portraits of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), to whom he was bounded by a beautiful friendship ; he portrayed her in many of the roles in which she has distinguished herself.

His paintings will for the most part be Orientalist, as the result of his numerous travels and his thirst for original and new aesthetics.

(Oil paintings details. The pictures show, in order : Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Sainte Therese d'Avila, circa 1906 ; The Sultan’s Favorites, 1875 ; Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, 1876 ; Spanish Woman on Balcony, 1919 ; Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Izeyl, circa 1894 ; Ophelia, unknown date ; Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, circa 1900 ; The Arrival of the Guests, Venice, before 1919; Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, circa 1871 ; and, finally, An Ouled-Naïl Tribal Dancer, 1895)

Oil paintings by the romantic Belgian painter Jules Victor Génisson (1805-1860).

(In order, Interior of the Cathedral of Amiens, 1842; Interior of St. Savior’s Cathedral in Bruges, 1848; Interior of the St James’ Church in Antwerp, 1857; Interior of Westminster Abbey, 1951)

Sweet Decadence

Hans Makart (Johann Ferdinand Apollonius Makart,1840-1884), Austrian painter and decorator.

Particularly known for his influence on Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), he will embody an important figure of the Viennese art scene of his time. His dazzling career was stopped by his premature death. His style, sophisticated and nervous, bathed of brown and reddish hues, reflects his era, full of luxury and frivolities.

(Oil paintings details. The pictures show, in order: The Death of Cleopatra, 1875 ; Allegory of Painting, 1882 ; Gothic funerary church of St. Michael, side view, 1883 ; The Entrance of Emperor Charles V into Antwerp in 1520, 1878 ; Offering Scene, 1880 ; Portrait of Dora Fournier-Gabillon, 1879-1880 ; Charlotte Wolter as Messalina ; 1875 ; Abundantia, The Gifts of Earth, circa 1870 ; The Japanese, between 1870-1875 ; and, finally, The Sleeping Snow White, 1872)

Bittersweet Fascination

Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (known as Frederick Sandys, 1829-1904), English painter, draugthsman and illustrator.

Associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, but painting relatively little, he never became a popular painter.

He will apply himself, in his works, to transcribe the strength and sensuality of his female characters, often mythological, associated with the figure of the femme fatale, in an victorian artistic environment much more timid and restrictive.

(Oil paintings details. The pictures show, in order : Medea, between 1866 and 1868 ; Helen of Troy, 1867 ; Vivien, 1863 ; Grace Rose, 1866 ; May Margaret, between 1865 and 1866 ; Perdita, circa 1866 ; Isolda with the Love Potion, 1870 ; Mariya Magdalena, circa 1859 ; Love’s Shadow, 1867 ; Portrait of a Lady, probably Anne Simms Reeve of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk, 1870)