Edwin Lord Weeks - The Taj Mahal [1883]

Edwin Lord Weeks - The Taj Mahal [1883], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Weeks (American, 1849 - 1903) was the most avid traveller among the American orientalists. He did not limit his journeys to the Near East, but also visited India in 1882 and again from 1892 through 1894. After returning to his studio in France, he specialised in Indian subjects, which were based on photographs and drawings made during his travels. In this painting, he depicts the famous tomb erected in 1630 by Shah Jahan for his wife.

[Walters Art Museum - Oil on composition board, 52 x 77 cm]

John William Godward - In the Tepidarium

John William Godward - In the Tepidarium, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

John William Godward (Wimbledon, August 9, 1861 – London, December 13, 1922) was an English painter from the end of the Pre-Raphaelite / Neo-Classicist era. He was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that "the world was not big enough" for him and a Picasso. His already estranged family, who had disapproved of him becoming an artist, were ashamed of his suicide and burned his papers. No photographs of Godward are known to survive.

[Private Collection - Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 48.5 cm]

Jonathan Ahn - The Gaze

Jonathan Ahn - The Gaze, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

[Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches]

Matthijs Maris - Boat With Willow [1863]

Matthijs Maris - Boat With Willow [1863], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

[Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Oil on wood, 23 x 30 cm]

John Constable - Boat Building Near Flatford Mill [c.1815]

John Constable - Boat Building Near Flatford Mill [c.1815], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

The scene is a pleasant summer's day on the banks of the river Stour. A barge is being constructed in Constable's father's boat-yard by the mill to carry his flour down to Mistley in Essex on its way to London. The unfinished boat is shown with a degree of detail unusual for Constable, but it is not painted with any more care than the surrounding trees. The general effect is of a placid, tranquil and uneventful day.

[Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 61.6 cm]

Kenyon Cox - Augustus Saint-Gaudens [1887, replica 1908]

Kenyon Cox - Augustus Saint-Gaudens [1887, replica 1908], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 119.7 cm]

Gillis Hafström - Behind the Scenes [1897]

Gillis Hafström - Behind the Scenes [1897], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Gillis Hafström (Gothenburg, January 3, 1841 - 1909) was a Swedish artist. 

[Bukowski’s Autumn Sale, Stockholm - Oil on canvas, 53 x 43 cm]