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#FolkloreThursday In Native American folklore, the Bear is the “keeper of dreams." If you sleep deeply, you could be channeling the Bear.
Italian painter Francesco Zuccarelli died #OTD 1788. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts @royalacademy #Art #ArtHistory
Russian artist Léon Bakst died #OTD 1924. Pictured below are from his “Sleeping Beauty” series which are located at @WaddesdonManor #Art
Flemish artist (later English court painter) Sir Anthony van Dyck died #OTD 1641. A style of facial hair is named after him #Art #ArtHistory
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin, Russian Impressionist painter, was born #OTD 1861. He later worked in Art Nouveau styles #Art #ArtHistory
Claude-Joseph Vernet died #OTD 1789. His paintings are reminiscent of works by Claude Lorrain 100~ yrs earlier #Art #ArtHistory @ngadc
On Shakespeare Sunday here are some Shakespeare-inspired works by William Blake #ShakespeareSunday #RichardIII #Hamlet #Blake #Art
The Jungfrau Massif, Switzerland, by Carl Triebel, died #OTD 1885. Other Jungfrau pics from my journey back in June.
Solitude is indispensable for my dialogue with nature.
—Caspar David Friedrich, born #OTD 1774
#CasparDavidFriedrich
The Secret Meeting (Les Progrès de l'amour: Le rendez-vous), by Jean-Honoré Fragonard who died #OTD 1806