G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 942
January 1, 2014
William Quiller Orchardson. Detail from The First Cloud, 1887.
William Quiller Orchardson. Detail from The First Cloud, 1887.
Ayasofya, Istanbul, August 2013
Ayasofya, Istanbul, August 2013
Illustrations for Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin by Lidia...
Illustrations for Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin by Lidia Timoshenko.
Gustav Klimt - Bildnis Sonja Knips [1898] on Flickr.
With the...
Gustav Klimt - Bildnis Sonja Knips [1898] on Flickr.
With the portrait of Sonja Knips Klimt comes to a turning point in Klimt’s oeuvre. It stands at the beginning to a series of portraits showing women of Viennese society. The want of representation of the upper class leads to a larger format. Sonja Knips (1873-1959) born Freifrau Potier des Echelles married 1896 the industrial tycoon Anton Knips and was one of the few aristocratic models of Klimt.
[Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna - Oil on canvas, 145 x 145 cm]
The Russian Santa Claus in Siberia (The eastern part of Russia...
The Russian Santa Claus in Siberia (The eastern part of Russia situated in Asia). He’s known as Ded Moroz.
