artschaftさんのイラストまとめ

So this self-isolation is actually a good thing. It gives you a reason to stay away from all those people who have "decided" to thrive during a pandemic. 😑

And you got all this great art, too!

🎨Infanta (The Princess), 1997
by Yue Minjun
oil on canvas
private collection

"You take a deep breath, hope for the best and get into it,” Lee Krasner said about the act of painting.

🎨Polar Stampede (1960)
by Lee Krasner
oil on canvas
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Though, if we're talking French Renaissance art, you may be more familiar with Jean Fouquet's 🎨Virgin and Child (1452). Madonna here looks royal and sensual, even futuristic. It is believed she was modeled after the beautiful Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII. Oh mon Dieu!😱

🎨Le monde des images
by René Magritte
oil on canvas

For Magritte reality unfurls on the edge between the outside world and one's subjective perception of it, as in Le monde des images (The World of Images). This liminal state creates confusion, intrigue and whimsical imagery.

Yes, yes... It's Monday ☹️

🎨The Day After (1894)
by Edvard Munch
drypoint and open bite etching on wove paper
The Art Institute of Chicago

Happy Father's Day! 🥳Art history abounds with displays of motherhood, but every now and then you can find heartwarming exceptions like Charles White's charcoal drawing 🎨Ye Shall Inherit the Earth (1953). Now let's get emotional!

It's only fitting that Henri Matisse was born #OnThisDay in 1869. His vivid paintings and cutouts are an exuberant celebration of Life with all its wonders. 'Dance' (1910), oil on canvas #HappyNewYear2019

#InternationalMountainDay

'Mount of Five Treasures (Two Worlds)' by Nicholas Roerich shows the majestic beauty of the 3rd highest mountain in the world, Kanchenjunga. Rising across Nepal and India the mountain is also called Five Treasures of Snow for its 5 high peaks.

Whenever sadness and disappointment settle in, I like to return to George Frederic Watts' painting, 'Hope' (1886). Stranded on a globe, blindfolded, Hope plays a lyre missing all but one string. Only she can hear the music. How beautiful and soothing it must be! #WednesdayWisdom

#painting: ‘View of Dresden by Moonlight’ (1839)

Johan Christian Dahl was a Norwegian-born artist who spent a large part of his life in Germany – Dresden, in particular – where he befriended the well-renowned painter Caspar David Friedrich. Read more: https://t.co/mR5lbyR92l