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"He sought the gloomiest shades as best suited to the pleasing melancholy..."
―Horace Walpole, died #OTD 1797 #Gothic #WorldBookDay
Pamela Colman Smith was born #OTD 1878. Famous for her tarot cards, she also illustrated Bram Stoker’s last novel The Lair of the White Worm
Slovenian artist Anton Zoran Mušič was born #OTD 1909 #Art #ArtHistory #Slovenia
#FolkloreThursday In recent Scandinavian folklore, the draug or draugr is often identified with the ghosts of mariners who drowned at sea.
Thomas Cole, born #OTD 1801. Founder of the #HudsonRiverSchool, he's well known for #Romantic portrayals of the American wilderness #Art
Scottish painter John MacWhirter died #OTD 1911. He was greatly inspired by the Alps and Scotland's mountain landscapes #Art #Mountains
#FolkloreThursday Alp. Male version of the nightmare-causing Mare. Prefers breast milk, but he’ll also drink blood from the nipples of men 👻
Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin died #OTD 1901. He was heavily influenced by #Romanticism and had a fascination with death #Art #ArtHistory