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4 days ago · Honeysuckle Bower. The Honeysuckle Bower is a self-portrait of the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens and his first wife Isabella Brant, executed c. 1609.The couple is seated in fine clothes within a garden composition and a vine of honeysuckle is placed overhead. The symbolism of the double-portrait alludes to meanings of love and ...
4 days ago · Famous Couples in Paintings: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, 1526, The Courtauld Gallery, London, UK. Detail. Adam & Eve — The Original Couple. Our opening pair hardly needs an introduction. Nevertheless, let it be known that you can find the story of Eve and Adam in the Bible.
2 days ago · It was in San Francisco that Frida painted the wedding portrait Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera in 1931. This famous Surrealist painting can now be found at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US. Frida portrays herself as tiny and insubstantial beside her large and solidly planted husband brandishing a palette.
1 day ago · Double portraits of a husband and wife from middle-class families, not just the aristocracy, were more popular in the Dutch Republic than elsewhere in Europe, in part because of the higher status of women. Such portraits, commissioned for the home, honored family members by preserving their likenesses and reflecting their social positions through attire-here, elegant but conservative costumes ...
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3 days ago · Cornelius married Harriet Comly (sometimes spelled "Comely") in 1832. They had eight children: three sons and five daughters. Cornelius retired from his family's business in 1877. In his later years, he lived at his country home in Frankford, Philadelphia.
9 hours ago · Gabrielle Motola discusses the philosophy of asking strangers for a portrait and rejection. Valérie Jardin talks about candid street pictures and how they can often lead to a more formal portrait, and former guest Mr. Whisper discusses a project requiring him to change his reportage approach to engage with subjects for a set of commercial ...
9 hours ago · Engagement and couples portraits can be challenging, since you have to juggle posing two people simultaneously while, of course, dealing with all the other normal parameters, like composition, lighting, and more.
