Journal of Art in Societyさんのイラストまとめ

Poet & painter William Blake had only one review published during his lifetime, & it described him as “an unfortunate lunatic" & his works as “ebullitions of a distempered brain”. A bit discouraging, huh! Here ~ Pity / What is Man / Midsummer Night's Dream

I’d be baffled if this photo hadn’t been captioned, but it shows the inside of a dog tent, complete with sleeping dogs, on the successful Amundsen Expedition to the South Pole in 1911. Also shown ~ expeditioners’ winter fashions / the joy of sewing
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From 17C, shepherds in Landes region of France have used stilts as mini-observation towers & to traverse marshy ground ~ this photo is of a traditional folk performance in 1936 / & at R, older images of herding the sheep / & stilt-seated shepherd knitting (woollies, obviously)

In 1943 Nora Heysen became the first Australian woman appointed as an official war artist ~ here’s her Transport Driver 1945 ■ photo of Nora in uniform in New Guinea ■ & still-lifes from an earlier more peaceful time ~ Petunias ■ Eggs (done at age 16) https://t.co/DTgDU3aBOk

Early works of JMW Turner ~ watercolour view of the Avon Gorge on a trip to Bristol at age 16 ■ and, a few years later, the dramatically-moonlit Fishermen at Sea, the first oil painting he exhibited at the Royal Academy (1796). It founded his reputation

How many know about Thérèse Schwartze, outstanding 19C Dutch portraitist in oils (L) & pastel (R)? She trained in art from age 5 & forged a highly successful art career but, like many women artists, faded into obscurity after her death. Now gradually becoming re-appreciated

From Konrad Kyeser’s 1405 ‘Bellifortis’, first illustrated book on military technology – squire holds iron head of Alexander the Great’s spear / young woman as battle standard bearer / mass warfare medieval style

Paul Nash was one of the most respected 20th century British landscape artists. Here are works from three decades in his art career ~ The Wanderer (1911) / Wittenham (1935) / two versions of Landscape of the Vernal Equinox (1944)

Sometimes, an artist’s private sketches reveal another side to that conveyed in their more public, finished works. These atmospheric sketches of outdoor scenes are taken from Edgar Degas’ copious notebooks (“carnets”) https://t.co/8IBM9BQAAO

It may take a moment to realise that this is not just a painting of a magnolia blossom. Its real subject is the black-billed cuckoo at R, not to mention the one at L about to nab an insect (Birds of America, Audubon/Mason, 1827)