#Vilhelm Melbye

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Ships (details) by Vilhelm Melbye (Brother of Anton Melbye) (1824- 1882)

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Paintings I've turned into desktop wallpapers * (note under the cut)

Isle of the Dead, Arnold Böcklin, Interior of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Carlo Bossoli Judith Beheading Holofernes, Artemesia Gentileschi The Bathing Pool, Hubert Robert Souls on the Banks of the Acheron, Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl Shipping off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Vilhelm Melbye The Dream of the Shepherd, Johann Heinrich Fuessli Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The Beheading of John the Baptist, Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio

* Just this habit of mine that whenever I get drawn into a stunning artwork I encounter, mostly from the renaissance to neoclassical movements, I try to find the most high-definition photo of it to enhance. Thought of compiling them so far to share here, but do note that my enhancements may have already altered the true colors of the pieces to fit my personal preference. They have also been cropped according to the standard wallpaper dimensions of 1920x1080.

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We found, to our surprise, that this vessel, with the three others, one of which was taken by another of our boats, were from Lima. They were single-masted, about thirty tons burthen, twelve men each, and were laden with copper, hides, wax, and cochineal, and had been out five months. They were bound to Valentia, from which they were only one day’s sail when we intercepted them. Such is the fortune of war! This gallant man, after a voyage of incredible labour and difficulty, would in a few hours have embraced his family, and gladdened their hearts with the produce of honest industry and successful enterprise; when, in a moment, all their hopes were blasted by our legal murder and robbery; and our prize-money came to our pockets with the tears, if not the curses, of the widow and the orphan!

— Frederick Marryat, The Naval Officer

A Spanish xebec and other commercial craft in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar at sunset, Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)

[i12bent]

Vilhelm Melbye (May 14, 1824 - 1882) was a Danish marine and landscape painter. He was one of three brothers who all were successful marine painters, and Anton Melbye was Vilhelm's primary teacher, although he did attend classes at the Academy.

Anton came to London already as a teen and preferred being abroad. After completing his training in Copenhagen, he studied for a year in Düsseldorf and Paris and then settled with commercial success in London. In 1862 he finally returned to Copenhagen and eventually became a professor at the Academy shortly before his death...

Above: Boats on the Lake, Scottish Highlands (Loch Lomond), 1856 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

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Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882) - Shipwreck off the rocky coast

Oil on canvas. Painted in 1858.

40.6 x 62.6 inches, 103 x 159 cm. Estimate: SEK 150,000-200,000.

Failed to sell Uppsala Auctions, Uppsala, Sweden, 13 June 2019.

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“Il mare non ha paese nemmeno lui ed è di tutti quelli che lo stanno ad ascoltare di qua e di là dove nasce e muore il sole.” Giovanni Verga (Vilhelm Melbye) #bibliobibuli #leitura #livros #leitores #frases #citações #pensamentos https://www.instagram.com/p/CTUDNR7Lyv9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Der Eddystone-Leuchtturm 1846

Der Eddystone-Leuchtturm ist ein Leuchtturm vor der Küste von Cornwall. Er gehört zu den bekanntesten Leuchttürmen der Britischen Inseln und steht etwa 14 km vor der Landspitze Rame Head auf den zeitweise überspülten Eddystone Rocks. Der gegenwärtige Leuchtturm ist bereits der vierte an dieser Stelle.

Daniel Hermann Anton Melbye (* 13. Februar 1818 in Kopenhagen; † 10. Januar 1875 in Paris) war ein dänischer Marinemaler. Er war der ältere Bruder der Maler Vilhelm Melbye (1824–1882) und Fritz Melbye (1826–1869).

Melbye erlernte ab 1833 den Beruf des Schiffszimmermanns. Wegen einer Sehschwäche musste er auf den Beruf eines Seemanns verzichten und entschloss sich 1838, wie auch seine Brüder, zum Studium der Malerei an der Königlich Dänischen Kunstakademie in Kopenhagen und war außerdem Privatschüler von Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Auch nach dem Studium blieb er mit Eckersberg befreundet.

Nach dem Studium besuchte er viele Länder, darunter Marokko und die Türkei. Von 1847 bis 1858 war er in Paris tätig, wo er von Camille Corot beeinflusst wurde. In Paris erhielt er vom Kaiser Napoleon III. einen Auftrag für ein großes Gemälde. 1855 lernte er durch seinen Bruder Fritz Camille Pissarro kennen und war zeitweise dessen Lehrer. 1858 wurde er Mitglied der Königlichen Akademie Kopenhagen und 1862 dort Professor. Er lebte nun abwechselnd dort und in Hamburg und Paris.

Anton Melbye beschäftigte sich auch mit der Daguerreotypie, die er beim Erfinder Louis Daguerre erlernte.

In Frankreich wurde er mit der Ehrenlegion und in Dänemark mit dem Dannebrogorden ausgezeichnet. Für das Gemälde „Eddystone-Leuchtturm“ (1846) erhielt er die Thorvaldsen-Medaille.

[joes-brain-candy]

Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (1818-1875) was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye. (Wikipedia) ("Marine Solitude" by Anton Melbye)

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Vilhelm Melbye (Danish, 1824–1882), "A Sailing Ship in Rough Weather Off a Rocky Coast" (detail), 1872

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Vilhelm Melbye (Danish, 1824–1882), "Coastal Rocks with Surf" (details), 1867

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Vilhelm Melbye (Danish, 1824–1882), "A Paddlesteamer and Other Shipping in a Heavy Swell", 1868

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At sea, by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)

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Sailing ships on stormy seas off the Nordic rocky coast, by Vilhelm Melbye, 1850

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Seascape with sailing ships in the sunset, by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)  

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Shipping off the Eddystone Lighthouse, by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)

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Shipping off the Eddystone Lighthouse, by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)