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Painted in 1903, Boreas is an oil on canvas painting created by English painter John William Waterhouse. The striking portrait features a young girl swept by wind as her draperies in slate and blue hues are blown into motion. The painting is set in a spring landscape with pink blossoms and yellow daffodils. The enchanting painting is named after Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind. For more than 90 years, Boreas was lost until it re-emerged during the 1990s when it was put up for sale.
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by John William Waterhouse
Painted in 1903, Boreas is an oil on canvas painting created by English painter John William Waterhouse.
The striking portrait features a young girl swept by wind as her draperies in slate and blue hues are blown into motion. The painting is set in a spring landscape with pink blossoms and yellow daffodils. The enchanting painting is named after Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind. For more than 90 years, Boreas was lost until it re-emerged during the 1990s when it was put up for sale.
Flowers are dotted around the scene which added to the theme of femininity that sat perfectly with the delicate, pretty models used by the artist. This theme of nature is continued in the background with a series of trees which line the horizon, just behind Boreas' wind-swept cloak.
Source: artguide.org
by Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich made in 1818. It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.
It has been considered one of the masterpieces of the Romantic movement and one of its most representative works. The painting has been interpreted as an emblem of self-reflection or contemplation of life's path, and the landscape is considered to evoke the sublime. Friedrich was a common user of Rückenfigur (German: Rear-facing figure) in his paintings; Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is perhaps the most famous Rückenfigur in art due to the subject's prominence. The painting has also been interpreted as an expression of Friedrich's German liberal and nationalist feeling.
While Friedrich was respected in German and Russian circles, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog and Friedrich's work in general were not immediately regarded as masterpieces. Friedrich's reputation improved in the early 20th century, and in particular during the 1970s; Wanderer became particularly popular, appearing as an example of "popular art" as well as high culture on books and other works. The provenance of the artwork after its creation is unknown, but by 1939, it was on display in the gallery of Wilhelm August Luz in Berlin, and in 1970, it was acquired by the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany, where it has been displayed ever since.
Source: wikipedia.org
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