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Died. ( 1863-12-04) 4 December 1863. Nationality. British. Known for. landscape painter. James Duffield Harding (1798 – 4 December 1863) was a British landscape painter, lithographer and author of drawing manuals. His use of tinted papers and opaque paints in watercolour proved influential.
The drawing is related to the painting W37. The Raising of the Cross. 1628-1629. Black chalk, heightened with white, framing lines in pencil and with the pen and brown ink. 19.3 x 14.8 cm. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. The drawing is related to the painting W106. Two Sitting Figures. c. 1628-1629.
An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building ...
The drawing room in 1903. The drawing room, containing four bay windows of different sizes, is panelled with oak for its entire height of about 16 feet (4.9 m). [64] One of the upper panels, surmounted by its Corinthian entablature, is a frieze depicting a fig, grape, and pomegranate, each with foliage and blossoms.
Victorian decorative arts. Dante Gabriel Rossetti 's drawing room at No. 16 Cheyne Walk, 1882, by Henry Treffry Dunn. Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and ...
Sketches for the Drawing of an Auction House: May 1885 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Nuenen F 1112r JH 768 Sale of Building Scrap: May 1885 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Nuenen F 1231r JH 769 Sale of Building Scrap: May 1885 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Nuenen F 1231v JH 771 Sketches of a Man with a Ladder, Other Figures, and a Cemetery: May 1885
Elsie de Wolfe, photograph from The House in Good Taste, 1913. According to The New Yorker, "Interior design as a profession was invented by Elsie de Wolfe". [3] [4] She was certainly the most famous name in the field until the 1930s, but the profession of interior decorator/designer was recognized as a promising one as early as 1900, [5] five years before she received her first official ...
July 15, 1988. The Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) is a landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture located at 203 North Chautauqua Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was constructed in 1949, by husband-and-wife design pioneers Charles and Ray Eames, to serve as their home and studio.