Journal of Art in Societyさんのイラストまとめ

20C English artist Eliot Hodgkin said "I like to show the beauty of things that no one looks at twice". Here he depicts Boot washed up on Beach / A Christmas Present / Seven Brussel Sprouts (AJ Photography) https://t.co/DCGRpfAufE

Toulouse Lautrec died #OTD 1901, at only 36. His friends ranged from sex workers to Oscar Wilde, his interests from cycle-racing to cooking, and his paintings from high art to illustration ~ here's La Toilette ■ La Vache Enragée ■ The Kiss

19C/20C Japanese-influenced Henri Rivière was a champion of colour printmaking in Europe, with his tranquil observations of French life ~ Sunset ■ Low Tide ■ Twilight

Here are some more small-scale gems of nature and curiosity, annotated watercolours from early 20C India adventurer Olivia Tonge. Many thanks to @tutschek https://t.co/EV9OSw4dZP

William Blake, poet & painter, died #OTD 1827. The only review published during his lifetime described him as “an unfortunate lunatic" & his works as “ebullitions of a distempered brain.” Discouraging, huh! Here ~ Pity / What is Man / Running from the 3 Beasts

Where the land meets the water ~ Irish printmaker and watercolourist Pamela Leonard, now in her 70s, specialises in depicting light, weather and nature (and the occasional tiger). Thx @ursulabyrne5 and @CauveryMadhavan https://t.co/3qIKZqbcQf

“He became my true master and it is to him that I owe the definitive training of my eyes” ~ this is Monet talking about the Dutch painter Johan Jongkind. To compare, here’s Monet’s breakthrough Impression: Sunrise (1872) and, at R, earlier works by Jongkind

The perils and pleasures of taking a dip ~ Jonah Swallowed by the Whale (Giotto, 1306 Arena Chapel 1306) ■ Fall of Icarus (Bruegel, mid 16C) ■ The Swimming Venus of Ramsgate (Fores, c 1803, British Museum)

Early 20C Scottish post-impressionist Samuel Peploe absorbed French influences to create vibrant still lifes and landscapes infused with light and colour

For centuries artists have been intrigued by the challenging distortions created by convex mirrors. Here, George Lambert peeks out from a social setting (1916) ■ Parmigianino creates a tour de force (1524) ■ early artist Marcia is shown painting a selfie (14C)