Dominus Venustasさんのイラストまとめ

April 3, 1682: Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo dies.

While painting the Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine for an altarpiece at the Capuchin church in Cadiz, Murillo fell on the scaffolding, rupturing his intestines. A modest man, he refused examination and later died.

"There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us." ~ Pope John Paul II

Remembering John Paul II who died April 2, 2005.

🎨 This oil on canvas portrait was painted in 2006 by a Polish artist who goes by the name grzechu01 online.

"I should paint my own places best." ~ John Constable

This beautiful 1825 full-scale study "Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds" is housed at the @metmuseum. Its final 1826 version is now in the Frick Collection in New York.

"Marc can do story, he can do character, he can animate, he can design shows for me. All I have to do is tell him what I want and it's there! He's my Renaissance man." ~ Walt Disney on Marc Davis (#BornOnThisDay in 1913) 🎨

March 26, 1794: German painter Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld is born.

Von Carolsfeld is associated with the Nazarene movement: A reaction against 18th-century Neoclassicism, and a return to art with a moral or religious purpose.

🎨 "Domine Quo Vadis", 1843

March 24, 1834: William Morris, English textile designer and leading member of the Arts and Crafts Movement, is born.

Morris was a lifelong friend of artist Edward Burne-Jones and they collaborated on a number of exquisite tapestries, including "The Failure of Sir Gawaine". 🎨

🎨 Anthony van Dyck, "The Brazen Serpent", 1618-20 #Art #Painting

"So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived." ~ Numbers 21:9 🐍

Many of Jan Fyt's paintings contain a large number of dead animals. Let's continue to keep it light here with "Vase of Flowers and Two Bunches of Asparagus" (1650). 💐🎨

March 6, 1986: American Modernist artist Georgia O'Keeffe dies.

Referred to as the "Mother of American modernism", O'Keeffe's art was bold and innovative, and she saw success in her own lifetime.

"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."

🎨 "Light Iris", 1924

Michelangelo is likely who you think of when I say "Sistine Chapel". But the Chapel is much more than just a ceiling. Sandro Botticelli also painted there.

One example is this beautiful fresco on the southern wall entitled "Trials of Moses". (1481-82) 🎨 #ArtFact #BornOnThisDay