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Cherub's Song (1878–1881), by Félicien Rops
Almost gratifying to see a female body that isn't perfect.
The Librarian, by Félicien Rops
Part of the series A hundred light, unpretentious sketches to amuse respectable people (Cent légers croquis sans prétention pour réjouir les honnêtes gens), a collection of erotic drawings and paintings created between 1878 and 1881
Kenyon Cox, 1896
He was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York.
Photograph: Pirie MacDonald
In The Studio, c. 1892–3, by William Merritt Chase
Not pastels but looks like it, or is that just me?
Self-portrait, 1909, by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
He was a French artist and sculptor who developed a rough-hewn, primitive style of direct carving.
The giant stride, 1933, by Ethel Spowers
Having too much fun
Swings, 1932, by Ethel Spowers
Chaotic but it catches the movement quite well.
Wet afternoon, 1930, by Ethel Spowers
The best kind of afternoons