Ashmolean Museumさんのイラストまとめ

Happy birthday to French artist and Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cézanne who was born #OnThisDay in 1839. Here we share The Saint-Denis Coast at Pontoise by Paul Cézanne.
📷 Private collection. Photo: Debbie Davis / Loreda

Fang Zhaoling, one of the foremost women artists of 20th-century China, was born #onthisday in 1914. Fang experimented with abstract styles but always remained true to the traditions of Chinese ink paintings. Here we share a detail from a hanging scroll by Fang, created in 1984.

#AshmoleanAdvent Calendar Day 5 – Starry Sky⁠
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This is the Explorer, an engraving by Eric Ravilious (1903–1942) for the book Fifty-Four Conceits.

You can learn much more, and open all of our Advent Calendar doors so far, on our website at: https://t.co/D9QK2D8oqi

This vase is red
These poppies are blue
It's #NationalPoetryDay2021
But any excuse will do

This study of a dodo and a guinea pig brings together a pair of creatures that aren't typically thought of as a double act. This only adds to their charm. https://t.co/osk2mZV0rq

Today's excuse to post cats is #InternationalCatDay. Good enough for us! Our contribution is this 18th century watercolour. The artist is anonymous but the subject could be most of us. When a puss decides people are furniture, there's nothing anybody can do about it.

From Tuesday 13 July, our wonderful Western Art Print Room will be extending its opening hours. The Print Room is a very special part of the museum and if you have never visited, you may wish to learn what you can do and see there. https://t.co/VG136C9iPq

Peony season is upon us, and we're not complaining! Here are just a few more for you to feast your eyes on.⁠
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This group of deep pink peonies was painted by May Morris c. 1905, using watercolour paints over graphite.⁠

https://t.co/wIq7lo2L6z

The Pre-Raphaelites drew a great deal of inspiration from history and literature. This study by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicts an Arthurian scene, later painted as a mural in the @OxfordUnion.

See this work and many more in our exhibition until 20 June 🎟️ https://t.co/tYWofIc1kn

Who else has been on the lookout for birds this spring? 🐦👀

What have you seen around Oxford, or wherever you are in the world? Has anyone been lucky enough to spot a Kingfisher?

This study of a Kingfisher is by Victorian artist and art critic John Ruskin c. 1871.