Journal of Art in Societyさんのイラストまとめ

In the summer of 1882 Monet spent two months painting alone on the Normandy coast. You can almost smell the sea air in these evocative works he did at Varengeville ~ Church at Sunset / Customs Officer’s House / The Cliffs

NEW ARTICLE: Our latest article examines Bruegel’s masterwork ‘The Blind Leading the Blind’. It’s been described as one of the finest pictures ever painted ~ but what gives it its power? and what is it trying to tell us? https://t.co/qDJqPIFYw6

Way back in 1699 German naturalist Maria Merian, age 52, sailed to South America, to study insects and other wildlife for two years (as you do). Here is some of what she saw https://t.co/Y8CjGo8LMu

‘The Paston Treasure’, by unknown Dutch artist about 1663, depicts exotic treasures collected by the wealthy Pastons during their world travels. Here are two of the depicted treasures ~16C & 17C mounted shell cups ~ that have survived today (circled) https://t.co/2IXYwRnZGy

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (died #OTD 1901) achieves a sense of easy but intense intimacy in this series of paintings depicting two workers in a Paris brothel sharing a bed (1892)

Les Misérables author Victor Hugo, based in Guernsey, was also a prolific artist ~ here’s a sampling of his works (1850s) Les Misérables author Victor Hugo, based in Guernsey, was also a prolific artist ~ here’s a sampling of his works (1850s)

Quiet enjoyment in these images from Isabel Adams’ classic Wild Flowers of the British Isles (1907) ~ poppy ■ crocus & iris ■ mallow https://t.co/v1fc7mqp4Y

18C French botanist Jeanne Baret was first woman to circumnavigate the globe, posing as a man on Bougainville’s expedition (1766-69), by enlisting as a valet/assistant to the ship’s naturalist Philibert Commerçon, with whom she had a previous long-term relationship

Dramatic rescue of 14-year-old orphan/cabin boy Brook Watson from shark attack in Havana Harbour ~ he survived, though with loss of a leg, and later became Lord Mayor of London, chairman of Lloyds and director of the Bank of England (JS Copley, 1778. MFA Boston)

20C woodblock print artist Hiroshi Yoshida travelled widely ~ here are his views of waterside towns and villages in Switzerland (Lugano), China and India (Benares)