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Trinidad is Peter Doig's disquieting muse in a haunting new show @TheCourtauld https://t.co/1jjLW3SRtd
"Life begins at seventy!" declared Alice Neel, who subsequently spent 5 years painting this rare self-portrait, acting as nude muse and artist, paintbrush in hand
As it's #Caturday, here's Dutch-born piano teacher Suzanne Leenhoff portrayed with her pet Zizi in 'Woman with a Cat' (1880) by her husband, Édouard Manet
Artist and life model Sophia Fuseli inspired the nightmarish visions in her husband's art. Spending hours on extravagant hairstyles, costumes and makeup, she posed as many characters, including an exquisitely costumed witch https://t.co/6NEZ9PHYkN
A mother's gaze falls upon her daughter in 'Julie Daydreaming', 1894, by Berthe Morisot
Gregory Evans, a curator and Hockney's assistant for nearly 10 years, has also been the artist's romantic muse, posing for over 40 portraits, including this Picasso-style print. When Hockney was asked in an interview who the love of his life was he replied, ‘Maybe Gregory’.
Lawrence Alloway (1926-90), critic, curator and muse for his artist-wife, Sylvia Sleigh
Working in a nearby studio in 1888, society portraitist Cecilia Beaux took fellow American artist Alexander Harrison as her more personal #malemuse. Not only did she find him "superbly handsome" but admired his "faith" in art, which she shared
Lila Nunes posed as women undergoing dangerous, backstreet abortions in Paula Rego's Abortion series (1998). This protest art was so powerful that it led to liberalised laws being introduced across Portugal in 2007 #AbortionIsHealthcare