Ewan Morrisonさんのイラストまとめ

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was one of the most prolific & successful Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century. He nonetheless "He died in extreme poverty, his last recorded words being a request to the bailiffs that they would not carry away the bed on which he was dying"

Romaine Brooks (1874 – 1970) was an American painter who eschewed artistic trends like Cubism & Fauvism. She's best known for her images of women in androgynous or masculine dress. She was in a five-decade long non-monogamous lesbian relationship & painted her lovers and friends.

At the age of 101 years old, in 2012 - the Surrealist Dorothea Tanning died at her home in New York City. She had just published her second collection of poems.

The exquisite pen and ink drawings of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). Considered the most important German artist of his generation, it is less appreciated that his epic, romantic images were based on rigorous, detailed studies of nature.

For every famous Edward Hopper painting, there is at least one detailed charcoal "study". Hopper was meticulous in his preparations. Oddly enough, his studies were not "from life" but were synthesised from memory, from sketches of sketches and from his imagination.

The Art of Fritz Hegenbart, (1864–1943). Hegenbart was an Austrian illustrator, inspired by Art Nouveau, who was part of an artists' association in Vienna. They split up in 1938 due to the annexation of Austria by the Nazis. Two of the group died in concentration camps.

@LucySussex Could even be the same tree on the same road! Well spotted

ALIEN could have been a snake. Alien is 40 years old - released on May 1st 1979, Ridley Scott's classic was built on the art of H.R Giger (1940-2014). Giger's original concept art, shows the evolution of the Alien, from a serpent to a prawn, to the monster we know today.

A Moment in Time. The Classical, yet Surreal paintings of Dmitry Kochanovich, a Russian artist (1972-). His art captures a tension between the passing moment and the timeless world beyond.

Until the 18th century "the inhabitants of remote valleys in the Alps were convinced that ...strange creatures lived in hidden caves and valleys, lizards with multiple tails and serpents with human faces." Dragons were also reported. From "Itinera Alpine" by Scheuchzer (1708).