10 Handpicked Classic Paintings

1 - Anton Melbye

Creator:
Anton Melbye (1818–1875)
Alternative Name: Daniel Herman Anton Melbye

Description:
Painter and photographer
• Date of Birth: 13 February 1818
• Date of Death: 10 January 1875
• Location of Birth: Copenhagen
• Location of Death: Paris
• Work Period: Roma, Italy

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The artwork shows the sea sail ships for trade. The sea seems rough and the wind is treacherous, yet the challenge is to reach the destination without losing any trade ship.

2 - Albert Bierstadt - Mount Corcoran

Creator:
Albert Bierstadt – Mount Corcoran
Description:

• Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902). American painter
• Date of Birth: 7 January, 1830
• Date of Death: 19 February 1902
• Location of Birth: Solingen
• Location of Death: New York
• Work locations: New Bedford, Irvington, New York, California

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The landscape shows the calm and the danger together. The lake, the trees, and the mountains in the backdrop show the natural beauty, but the raising clouds and snow clad mountains show the signs of impending storm and avalanche which may disrupt the serenity and calmness.

3 - Augustus Edwin Mulready

Creator:
Augustus Edwin Mulready. A street flower seller.
Description:
• Augustus Edwin Mulready (1844–1904). British Painter
• Date of birth: 23 February 1844
• Date of Death: 15 March 1904
• Location of Birth: London
• Location of Death: London
• Work Locations: London Authority Control
Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The lady is selling flowers. She is from a poor background but she has high tastes and aesthetics, so she chose to sell flowers to those who value them. The lady herself is full of fragrance and beauty and is spreading the beauty of flowers to others.

4 - César Pattein

Creator:
César Pattein (1850-1931) French Painter

Description:
• Date of Birth: 30 Sept 1850
• Date of Death: 26 Jan 1931
• Location of Birth: France
• Location of Death: France
Born into a family of farmers
The mid-nineteenth century was a period of great transition in France, affected most notably by industrialization. This transition was not just part of the social and economic culture of France, but found its most important representation in the art of the period.
Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
Boy and a girl living next door to each other develop a common passion of cultivating flowers. They both go in the morning at sunrise to pluck their flowers and bring them to the village market place and make beautiful bouquets to sell to people.

5 - Jean Joseph Xavier Bidauld

Creator:
Bidauld, Jean Joseph Xavier - The Park at Mortefontaine - Google Art Project

Description:
• French Painter
• Date of Birth: 10 April 1758
• Date of Death: 20 October 1846

• Location of Birth: Carpentras Montmorency Authority

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The serenity and calmness are at its pinnacle. The day is clear, the sun is bright, the lake is like a clear mirror. The trees are washed from rain and stand tall and proud.
The boat in the lake is getting parked, hardly making any waves and ripples.

6 - Nederlands

Creator
Tweede herziene versie van (Travelling)

Description:
Nederlands: Tweede herziene versie van (Travelling)

Revised version of (Travelling)
First Class - The Meeting. The original version was (in the Victorian era) considered as too controversial.

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
Father, daughter and son-in-law are traveling a long distance. The son-in-law finds an opportunity to share a few of the important things in the mid-way about him and his wife. The father is listening with attentive ears.

7 - Heem Fruit Bowl With Flowers

Creator:
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1683/1684)

Description:
• Dutch-Southern Netherlandish painter and draughtsman
• Date of Birth: 1606
• Date of Death: 1683/84
• Alternative names Jan Davidszoon de Heem, Johannes de Heem, Jan Davidtsz. van Antwerpen, Johannes van Antwerpen

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The nature’s most loved things, the flowers and the fruits together. Both have their own fragrances, but when mixed together they provide the different kind of beauty and attractiveness.

8 - Conrad Kiesel Tribut an die Blumen

Creator
Conrad Kiesel (1846–1921)

Description:
Conrad Kiesel Tribut an die Blumen
Date of Birth: 1846
Date of Death: 1921

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
She is a young adult with sharp features and elegant beauty. She is full of enthusiasm, hope and waiting for the right love to come in her life soon. And she is fond of flowers too that goes well with her beauty.

9 - Lebrun, Self Portrait

Creator:
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)
Alternative names Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Vigée-Le Brun

Description
• French painter
• Date of Birth: 16 April 1755
• Date of Death: 30 March 1842
• Location of Birth & Death: Paris Louv

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The lady is an artist and she loves to make portraits. She wants to see people through and feel their emotions and feelings and that is what she likes to paint, not just figures but humans with emotions.

10 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Creator
Jean auguste dominique ingres princesse albert de Broglie

Description:
Princesse albert de Broglie

Date of birth: 29 August 1780
Date of Death: 14 January 1867

Location of Birth & Death: Montauban Paris
Work location: Paris, Rome Florence Authority Control

Comments & Interpretation by Compiler
The portrait of a royalty but not that great a royalty. She doesn’t believe in show and pomp. She wants the elegance of the attire and jewelry. She values more of internal happiness than the external display of wealth and possessions.