Posts Tagged ‘seascapes’

Seascapes by Denmark’s Anton Melbye

Daniel Hermann Anton Melbye was born in Copenhagen, the eldest brother of artists Vilhem and Fritz Melbye. He had originally wanted to be a sailor and trained as a shipbuilder before becoming a pupil of Christoffer-Wilhelm Eckersberg. He received international acclaim as an artist, and depicted shipping lanes around the world, such as the scene […]

Tide Pools, Seascapes, and a Fairy-Tale Grove

If you long to escape your surroundings, enter another world, and observe strange little creatures, the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in San Mateo County, California, can’t be beat. Recently, I proposed an early morning day trip to the tide pools, and to my joy, my teenagers consented to go along. You have to go when the […]

Albert Rieger’s Awe-Inspiring Landscapes and Seascapes

Albert Rieger (1834 – 1905) is one of the talented artists of the past whose work is largely forgotten today, while the art world revels in disgusting degeneracy. There is not even a Wikipedia page for Albert, and very little information about his life. From ArtNet.com: Albert Rieger was an Austrian painter best known for his […]

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