Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Fine Art Tuesday

 

Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki born in 1842 in Ukraine to parents of Polish nobility and died in 1902.

Most paintings featured water (symbolic of rebirth) and many paintings had the most seemingly improbable vivid blue of infertile water reflecting unpolluted skies.

His "classical" themes and vast vistas remind me a little bit of Maxfield Parish paintings.








 

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  1. MichaelMay 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM

    Nice stuff, I noticed two different paintings of Jesus at the well with the Samarian woman.

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    1. ERJMay 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM

      Both are historically inaccurate

      John 4:11 "...and the well is deep..."

      Artistic license. He wants you to SEE the water.

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    2. ERJMay 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM

      My bad. The last image is of Jesus and Mary (of Mary and Martha fame). Martha is in the house cleaning and preparing a meal.

      https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_martha.htm

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  2. Toirdhealbheach BeucailMay 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM

    Very much Parrish-like. Thanks as always, ERJ.

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  3. AnonymousMay 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM

    The well IS deep that's a watering trough. Jesus is sitting on the edge of it beside the well

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