//=time() ?>
Battle of Çesme at Night (1848) by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). Battle during the Russo-Turkish War. #RussianArt #Seabattle
The Shipwreck (1772) by Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789). National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. “Lightning never strikes the same place twice.” It's folklore, but is it true? #FolkloreThursday #MarineArt #MaritimeArt
Les Halles (1895) by Léon Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925). Location of painting: Petit Palais, France. Émile Zola set his novel Le Ventre de Paris (1873) in this market.
Prometheus Carrying Fire (1630s) by Jan Cossiers (Flemish, 1600 – 1671). Prometheus stole fire from the gods so that he could give it to mankind, thereby leading to the development of civilisation. #FolkloreThursday
Fairytale art from Margaret Evans Price (American, 1888 - 1973). Co-founder of Fisher-Price Toys. Children's book illustrator and artist. #WomensArt #FairytaleTuesday
Four paintings by Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935). Summer Sunlight (1892), Late Afternoon, New York, Winter (c. 1900), Rainy Day, Boston (1885), Celia Thaxter in her Garden (1892). American Impressionism.
The Death of Arthur (c. 1862) by John Mulcaster Carrick (British, 1833 - 1896). #Arthurian
Moon (1902) a colour lithograph by Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). One-quarter of "The Moon and Stars", a set of celestial bodies as people. #ArtNouveau
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909) by J. W. Waterhouse (GB, 1849-1917). The painting was lost for nearly a century. A Canadian couple bought a run down farmhouse and it was on the wall. They left it undisturbed for 30 years before taking it to an art dealer. #PreRaphaelite