Cressida
Cressida by British Painter Edward John Poynter (1836 – 1919); sekä suunnittelija, ja valmistelija.
Tämä on kaunis muotokuva of the Trojan woman Cressida, who’s father had defected over to the Greek side and who then pledges her love to Troilus, one of King Priam’s sons of Troy; but as fate would have it, she must redirect her attentions to the Greek officer Diomedes, based on her fathers actions.
Cressida with her large piercing bright blue eyes and ruby lips, is standing between two heavy curtains that are gold on the front face and red on the back face with a heavy embossed pattern of circles inlaid with 4×4 squares.
On her black hair is a brown and blue head piece and she is wearing a white dress that is partially off her left shoulder; and carrying a blue robe on her left arm that is folded up to her chest; with the robe going around her back and being partly revealed on the lower right of her white dress.
Tämä on remasteroitu digitaalisen taiteen vanhojen mestareiden kopio julkisessa käytössä olevasta kuvasta, joka on saatavilla a kanvastulostus verkossa.
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Edward was born in Paris, France to British Architect and founder of the Institute of British Architects (c1834) Ambrose Poynter (1796 – 1886) and Emma Forster (? – 1848); and soon after his birth his parents returned to Great Britain.
Edward went to Brighton College and the Ipswich school, but was forced to leave early due to poor health; which led him to spend his winters in Madeira, Portugal and in Rome, Italia.
Kun hän oli 17 vuotta vanha, while in Rome he met the British Painter Frederick Leighton, and that meeting made a significant impression on; such that when he returned to London he enrolled at the Leigh’s Academy, which was founded by James Mathews Leigh (1808 – 1860) and would eventually become the Heatherley School of Fine Art today; and he would also study at the Royal Academy Schools.
From there he went to Paris to study at the studio of Swiss Classicist Painter Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre (1806 – 1874).
During his career Edward held a number of official post which included Slade Professor at University College London (1871 – 1875), principal of the National Art Training School (1875 – 1881) and director of the National Gallery (1894 – 1904); overseeing the opening of the Tate Gallery.
Edward was noted as a painter of large historical paintings throughout his career, with such works as Israel in Egypt c1867, followed by St George for England c1869, depicting St George and the Dragon and perhaps culminating with The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon c1884-90.
