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Day 790 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Cottage Girl” (1785) Thomas Gainsborough. @NGIreland The English painter Gainsborough was born on this day in 1727. The child in ragged clothing standing forlornly by a stream with a broken pitcher is one of his most celebrated ‘fancy pictures’.
Day 785 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Girl with a Silver Fish” (1889) William Robert Symonds. @ColMuseums English artist Symonds specialised in genre scenes, often sentimental, involving children and animals. He studied in Antwerp and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1876.
Van Gogh’s Chair @NationalGallery (currently on show @CourtauldGall) versus Gauguin’s chair @vangoghmuseum Both paintings are by #VanGogh. #VincentvanGogh #PaulGauguin
Day 765 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Porthmeor Beach, St Ives” (c. 1945) Dorothea Sharp. Private Collection. Sharp was a British artist best known for her landscapes and naturalistic studies of children at play. It was not until the age of twenty-one that she seriously took up painting.
Day 754 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon” (1907) Pablo Picasso. @MuseumModernArt Picasso died on this day in 1973. This large work portrays five nude female prostitutes in a brothel. Each one is depicted in a confrontational manner and none is conventionally feminine.
Day 751 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Young Girl Reading” (1769 ) Jean-Honoré Fragonard. @ngadc French artist Fragonard was born on this day in 1732. He painted a group of works known as his fantasy figures: showing individual models in fancy dress using loose brushwork and bright colours.
Born #OnThisDay Vincent Van Gogh (in 1853) and Francisco Goya (in 1746) - some of my favourite works by these two amazing artists. Gelukkige Verjaardag, Vincent! 🇳🇱 ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Francisco! 🇪🇸 #Art #VincentVanGogh #VanGogh #FranciscoGoya #Goya2021 #Goya #ArtistsBirthdays 🎂
Day 714 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Clotilde seated on the Sofa” (1910) Joaquín Sorolla. @MuseoSorolla Sorolla was born on this day in 1863. His wife was a frequent source of inspiration. He showed her in different formats and his portrayals are always full of affection and admiration.
Day 706 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Girl with a Vase of Flowers” (1902) Stanisław Wyspiański. @Muzeum_Narodowe Wyspiański was a Polish playwright, painter and poet. His artistic output is very eclectic - he produced drawings, oil paintings and pastel drawings, portraits and self-portraits.