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Today, Macpherson is often called a “faker” & “forger”. But much of the hostility towards him is because, shortly after the Jacobite rebellions, he staked a claim for the existence of a high culture.
(Img: Girodet, Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of Fallen French Heroes)

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2019-10-27

“Ossian” inspired the brothers Grimm to seek out German folk-literature, & Elias Lönnrot to compile Finnish tales into the Kalevala. English scholars, aghast at the lack of ancient epics of their own, conscripted Beowulf (a story about a Geat, & set in Denmark) as “Old English”.

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2019-10-27

James Macpherson, author/translator of the “Ossian” poems—in part derived from songs & legends from oral tradition—was born 1736. The poems were a global sensation, & are the founding texts of European & of modern
(Img: Ingres, Le Songe d’Ossian)

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2019-10-27

A shady Aar'Vossian drow in the tavern, for my dnd campaign. Is he bad news? Is he a secret cutie? Only time will tell!

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2019-09-19

My attempt at Valossian Sythrac

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2019-09-15

An illustration I did inspired by old (terrifying) Halloween picture collected in Haunted Air by Ossian Brown.

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2019-08-17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Colossians 3:17 (KJV)

Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

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2019-07-13

I'm trying out new poses! And my girlfriend suggested that I draw our PCs kissing for practice! It took a few tries but I got it! Ossian and Runt are bastards and that's just a fact.

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2019-06-18

We're loving this stunning Celtic illustration found in the ‘Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian’, 1805 (NLS shelfmark: Oss. 226)

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2019-04-30

The Dream of Ossian - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1813. (Musée Ingres, Montauban).

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2019-04-28

My highlights from Beirut Art Fair’s opening include Mashrou Laila’s Hamed Sinno posing with Anubis, the collective display of the Guiragossian family’s work, a modern take on Pakistani miniature painting and an African version of the Birth of Venus 💥

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2018-09-20

Ossian receiving the Ghosts of the French Heroes, 1800–02 painted by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.

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2018-09-06

Todays is by (R.C.A) Armand Tatossian (1948-2012).
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Fall Landscape. Oil on Canvas. 60x48"

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2018-06-04

Todays is by R.C.A Armand Tatossian (1948- 2012).

We don't make mistakes- just happy little accidents~ Bob Ross

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Seated nude. Oil on Canvas. 30x24"

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2018-05-24

Scottish landscape painter John MacWhirter died 1911. He was greatly inspired by the Alps and Scotland's mountain landscapes.

Ossian's Grave
Mist on the Mountains
Before a Storm
June in the Austrian Tyrol

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2018-01-28

Team to be at Barcelona Symposium! Eager to learn from these 2 titans: International Director & Head of Content

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2017-12-15

52 - "El Sueño de Ossian", de Ingres (1813).

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2017-12-06