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John Singer Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885-1886) ~ inspired by a chance sighting on a riverbank (and the title of a popular song), he spent months experimenting with the painting’s composition and size (studies at R) https://t.co/WsqsYBSk5R
If you had a friend like Manet, you might get letters like this, instead of emails (Bellevue, Paris, 1879-80)
Prehistoric Dorset, as imagined by geologist Henry De la Beche, based on fossils found by Mary Anning ~ the first major scientifically-based pictorial representation of prehistoric life. Original 1829 watercolour by Henry at L, and later litho by George Scharf at R
Anne of Austria married Louis XIII, both aged 14, and 23 difficult years later had her first child, the future Sun King Louis XIV. She assumed considerable power after early death of husband. Here she is at 14 (Daniel Dumonstier,1615) and in her 20s (after Rubens)
Scottish artist/playwright John Byrne depicts three aspects of his ex-partner, the actress Tilda Swinton
Exceptional wall paintings from extensive Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia, Italy, date from as far back as 600 BC
Chaotic harmony ~ Kandinsky’s ‘First Abstract Watercolour’ (1910), often cited as the first purely abstract artwork
Sleep in a cup ~ an instantly memorable image in this ad for Ovaltine
William Blake adopts Shakespeare’s dual view of “‘Pity” as a “‘new-born babe” or “‘heaven’s cherubin” 1795
Dürer saw everything in nature as a worthy subject for art ~ Head of a Walrus 1521 / Lobster 1496 / Rhinoceros 1515