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Haunting works by German artist Sergius Hruby (1869-1943).
A lieutenant during WWI who was 71 during WWII, Hruby was an academic and symbolist painter who picked up the art nouveau style and is well-known for his depictions of the typical “sinister fin-de-siècle woman.”
Works… https://t.co/ClL5JwWOwk
Astronomical Observations
by Donato Creti, 1671-1749.
4 are pictured from a series of 7 commissioned by Bolognese count Luigi Marsili -
“as a gift for the pope to convince him for the Holy church of the importance of an astronomical observatory. “
Oil on canvas.
Source:… https://t.co/NDOQMBPyJz
Les Nuits Blanches by Sophie Lécuyer
(Série de monotypes) 2013.
#darkart #contemporaryartists
Auguste Levêque, La Parque (The Fates)
(1866-1921).
Parcae:
“The three Fates of ancient Rome, developed out of the goddess Parca by identification with the Moerae of Greek mythology.”
“This is the spectacle of fate, on hand to show life and death in action.”
— RHdickerson… https://t.co/lLXyP0Lok6