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The ghostly presences in "Mosquito Nets" (1942) by British painters Henry Carr (1894-1970)
"Vertigo" (1908), painted by Belgian Symbolist Léon Spilliaert at 27.
A prolific doodler and autodidact, he was predominantly a self-taught artist. Sickly and reclusive, he especially admired the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
"Blue Passion Flower" (1800) by English painter Philip Reinagle who contributed several plates to Robert John Thornton's idiosyncratic book "Temple of Flora" (London, 1798-1807)
The contrast between the absolute white of the skulls and the coloured background in "The Three Skulls" (1902-1906) by Cézanne
Christmas Holidays mood: "The Smoker (self portrait)" (1635) by Van Craesbeeck
"View of Rome in the Morning" (1782-84) by 32-34 year old French painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
Dutch artist Janus de Winter (1882-1951) worked in the 19th century tradition of the translation of music into abstract shapes and colours and painted visions, auras's and dreams.
"Fighting Orchids" (1917)
Daily obsession: scientific illustrations by Irish palaeontologist and zoologist Sir Frederick McCoy (1817-1899)