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#DYK Mycology is the study of fungi—mushrooms!

Violetta White Delafield was an early 20th century American botanist and mycologist who produced hundreds of beautiful drawings & watercolours of mushroom specimens.

A collection of her illustrations: https://t.co/2MViRZpOwo 🍄🎨

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). 💐
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A little #art humour this morning from Graham Harrop's "Ten Cats" daily comic strip! 🎨

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

This trompe l'oeil style painting is Roelant Savery's "Vase of Flowers in a Stone Niche", 1615.

It teems with lively little creatures that look as if they might crawl right out.

This is also a beautiful example of artists SIGNING and DATING their work! No guessing required! 🎨

February 25, 1639: Flemish painter Roelant Savery dies.

Savery was apprenticed to his elder brother Jacob, who was also a painter.

After his brother's death, Roelant became court painter to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (and his successor, Matthias).

🎨 "Noah's Ark", 1620s

"Family Favourites", Arthur J. Elsley's heartwarming scene of children and their pets, is the painted embodiment of #LoveYourPetDay.

This is the kind of love that everyone should have for their animals. 😊♥🎨🐶🐱

"A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel." ~ Proverbs 12:10

🎨 Alex Colville, "Dog and Priest", 1978 #LoveYourPetDay

February 18, 1775: British watercolourist and etcher Thomas Girtin is born.

At a time when oil painting was the norm, Girtin helped to establish watercolour as a reputable and desirable medium.

🎨 Thomas Girtin, "Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland", 1797-99