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TODAY IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING! #SpringEquinox #firstdayofspring
Here, Spring is personified as a young gardener with a bushy beard, heaving a heavy pot containing a sapling.
📗 https://t.co/3s5arYHs0N
🏛 @NationalGallery collection
Spring by David Teniers ca. 1644
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator, and one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly: https://t.co/w70DffMT3D We present today marvelous work, which belongs to the @rijksmuseum collection, thanks to @Europeanaeu 👈❣️ #whm
Langston Hughes was a trailblazer for Black writers, and successfully claimed his place in mainstream American literature.
@smithsoniannpg
https://t.co/NbrEZp1Wt0
Langston Hughes
Winold Reiss c. 1925
Like many figures in Remedios Varo’s paintings, the subject of The Call (1961) projects a sense of solemn preoccupation, as though in the midst of a momentous adventure.
https://t.co/M3OJd4xvGo
@WomenInTheArts
#InternationalWomensDay
Throughout his career, Honoré Daumier often treated the theme of art spectators and enthusiasts.
https://t.co/kLkGtRBAE7
@metmuseum The Connoisseur
ca. 1860–65
Honoré Daumier
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Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral was a Brazilian painter, draftswoman and translator. She is considered one of the leading Latin American modernist artists.
#calmdownart
🏛 @emaklabin Foundation
Rio de Janeiro (Sugar Loaf) by Tarsila do Amaral, 1923
#womensart #whm
📓Alone, during the daylight, at night, out laud, in a group.
R-E-A-D-I-N-G ❣️
In honor of World Book Day.
https://t.co/bS9TABV0Os
🏛 @rijksmuseum
1. Lezen (Liggend naakt, een boek lezend), Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1913
2. Woman Holding a Song Book, Katsushika Hokusai,1800
📜 Today is European #Depression Day and although the painting we present today is not directly connected to mental health, for me it perfectly depicts depression. 🏛 @I_W_M collection 📖 https://t.co/gA2Sewyq4z Youth Mourning by George Clausen 1916
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Georgia O'Keeffe.
🏛 @GCMA_SC collection
Georgia O'Keeffe
Abstraction, 1916
charcoal and wash on paper
#womensart