Bill Strattonさんのイラストまとめ

Third-class railway carriages in Paris, reserved for working-class passengers, were cramped, dirty, open compartments with hard benches; Honoré Daumier, “The Third Class Wagon” (c.1864)

“April Painters” French Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard (born Apr 4, 1732) “The Shepherdess” (c.1750-1752)

(4/5) 19th Century Impressionist - International Women’s Day Painters; Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) Self-portrait, “Portrait of the Artist” (1878)

He charged his students hefty fees and made money from their works. Arnold Houbraken, biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters, wrote that he was so greedy, Rembrandt’s students painted gold and silver coins on the floor to see him try to pick them up…

@vangoghmuseum The list of authors and titles Vincent read and re-read, most notably Dickens, is impressive. if I had to choose one self-portrait that best represents Vincent's passion for reading and the years of accumulated knowledge, here it is...

(2/2) (#10) “Popular Songs Inspired by Art” Our Lady Peace; “Dreamland” from the Burn, Burn album

"Provocative Paintings in Art” This gloriously fleshy portrait is “regarded as one of the most remarkable paintings of the human figure ever produced.” (Christie’s) Lucien Freud; “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” (1995)

“Love in Art” An 18th century French romantic pastoral theme where the game seems to be a pretext leading to seduction; Jean-Honoré Fragonard, “Blind Man’s Bluff” (1750-1752)

Dalí had a high regard for the older Picasso, but he disliked the “ugliness” in his paintings, calling him “a destroyer of art.” Dalí “embraced beauty” a difference that caused friction in their friendship; “Portrait of Picasso” (1947)

“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.” (Salvador Dalí)