Clay F. Johnsonさんのイラストまとめ

Solitude is indispensable for my dialogue with nature.

—Caspar David Friedrich, born #OTD 1774

#Art #Gothic #Romanticism #CasparDavidFriedrich #Nature

Alfred Kubin died #OTD 60 years ago in 1959. Here are some ever-inspiring favorites:

Death as a Horseman
Witch and the Water-Snake
Dream Animal
Sea Ghost

#Art #Symbolism #Expressionism

Last came Anarchy: he rode
On a white horse, splashed w/ blood;
He was pale even to the lips,
Like Death in the Apocalypse

And he wore a kingly crown,
And in his grasp a sceptre shone;
On his brow this mark I saw—
I AM GOD, AND KING, AND LAW!

—Shelley #Peterloo2019 #Peterloo200

Hermann Hendrich died #OTD 1931. Along with my love for folklore, tree-lore, & witchery, the 1st painting, The Will-o’-the-Wisp & the Snake, inspired a poem I titled “The Ladies of Lancashire”. You can read it here:

https://t.co/CNjIFXOZQO

#FolkloreThursday #Witches #Poetry

The brilliant Australian artist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite died #OTD 1960. Her Waterfall Fairy and both beautiful bat- & broomstick-riding #Witches are from “The Enchanted Forest” (1921). Her Witch on a hill surrounded by familiars is from “Elves & Fairies” (1916).

#FairyTaleTuesday

Étienne-Gaspard Robert was born #OTD 1763. He was instrumental in developing what was to become Phantasmagoria. 1st image is from his Phantasmagoria at Cour des Capucines (1797); 2nd is an interpretation of his #Phantasmagoria from F. Marion’s L’Optique (1867).

#Gothic #Ghosts

Helen Stratton died #OTD in 1961. These beauties are from “The Lily of Life: A Fairy Tale” (1913), by Marie of Romania.

Beasts of Prey
The Stag
The Wise Woman
The Tombs

#Art #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTales #Fantasy

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full … I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.

—Caspar David Friedrich, died #OTD 1840

#Art #Gothic #Romanticism #CasparDavidFriedrich

Udo J. Keppler was born #OTD 1872. The first chromolithograph, "The Tenament—A Menace to All", shows the spectres of alcoholism, gambling, prostitution, opium dens, crime, and Death materializing from the tenement building.

#Art #Death

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Lefler who died #OTD 1919. These illustrations are my favorite from Grimms Märchen (Grimms’ Fairy Tales).

Godfather Death
Snow White and Rose Red
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White

#Art #Art100 #ArtNouveau #GrimmsFairyTales