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Puzzling over this @metmuseum still life posted by @JesseMLocker. At first I thought circled detail was a cantaloupe seed, but now think it might be a baby fruit fly (pupa). Is this meant as a mother & child scene? And significant, then, that it was painted by a woman artist? https://t.co/ZsNrDFtJS6
A thread celebrating Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte, born #OnThisDay in 1848, who clearly had a keen appreciation for the male form, and was a painter of #zaddies long before that word even existed (Self-Portrait, 1888-89; Man at His Bath, 1884)
Happy 93rd birthday to artist Jo Baer, born #OnThisDay in 1929, who has remained committed to the practice of painting - from minimalism to maximalism - for more than half a century
In addition to his own work, Blackburn frequently collaborated with other artists in helping them print their work, as with Charles White's "Gideon," 1951
Blackburn should be better known for the stunning intensity of his graphic imagination, as in his 1938 lithograph "Refugees"
Although now widely recognized for being the only woman in legendary photo of Abstract Expressionist group, Hedda Sterne, born #OnThisDay in 1910, was an accomplished artist who produced a wide-ranging body of work over a career that spanned decades. She died in 2011, age 100
The stunning simplicity of Edward Hopper's preparatory sketches for his paintings: Study for Solitude #56, 1944 @whitneymuseum https://t.co/dO6fxXdbp6
Emmet Gowin, Golf Course under Construction, 1993 @MuseumModernArt https://t.co/M0RUbGC1p4
A thread of paintings by artist Pavel Tchelitchew to spice up your weekend: Two Sailors, 1937 @artsmia
Ivan Albright, Self-Portrait (No. 15), 1982 @artinstitutechi https://t.co/zgtUCeZHW2