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"Im Schlachthaus" (In the slaughterhouse)
Corinth (German 1858–1925)
on canvas, 1893

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2019-05-29

The Doni Tondo is the only panel painting that Michelangelo ever finished!

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2019-05-28

At 9, she was a refugee—after fleeing Germany.
At 17, she helped England fight the Nazis.
At 45, she published her first children’s book.
At 95, she published her latest children’s book.

This is our post on the great Judith Kerr. https://t.co/HwEE4kELqy

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2019-05-24

“Nascita del Battista”
è un dipinto di Domenico Bigordi

detto Ghirlandaio(1448-1494),

appartenente al ciclo degli “Affreschi della Cappella Tornabuoni”

in Santa Maria Novella a

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2019-05-23

1844
Mary Cassatt was in what is now
"If you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up."

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2019-05-22

"Tercer Victoria" (Third Victory)
(Mexican, 1908–1980)
on canvas 1960

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2019-05-22

Beer Street by William Hogarth shows that beer drinking leads to happiness and prosperity! And the British people have not forgotten this lesson.

Read more about this work @ https://t.co/eyI17FA27Y

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2019-05-14

Girl with Porcelain (Frosya), 1916 by Aleksandr Golovin (1863 – 1930, russian painter)

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2019-05-13

On this day in 1828 English artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born. He was not only a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but also a poet and translator. The painting by Henry Treffry Dunn depicts Rossetti reading proofs of Ballads and Sonnets.

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2019-05-12

The castle of Muiden is located near Amsterdam and probably dates from the 14th century. Even today it looks like in the painting "The Castle of Muiden in Winter" in 1658 by Dutch artist Jan Beerstraaten, who specializes in topographical painting.

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2019-05-12

In 1940, a Simon & Schuster employee, George Duplaix, sought to produce affordable books for kids.

Two years later, S&S launched Little Golden Books—with the help of this Hungarian artist.

Here is our post on Tibor Gergely. https://t.co/SQsHaE19mD

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2019-05-10

Gin Lane (1751) by Hogarth contains many great details on what excessive gin drinking can do to your life: A drunk woman dropping her baby, two men fighting with a dog for a bone, and a big fight.

Read more @ https://t.co/UlwAxEzdZP

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2019-05-09

its been a hot minute since I've posted here! Did a little Boucher study as a warm-up ✌️

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2019-05-08

It is not surprising that the muguet symbolizes the return of happiness, for it is the sweetest and most charming flower, which blooms at the beginning of the sweetest month.

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2019-05-07

"Double portrait of Van Gogh" is a painting by Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak, who is known for his "Hidden Images". Through carefully placed objects, coloring and shadows there is a second image which creates an optical illusion.

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2019-05-04

Octopus: a very small exhibit// 1. Mosaic, Isthmia, Greece 2. BANC MS UCB 085 (14th c) 3.Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, watercolor (16th c) 4. Ito Jakuchu (Japan, 18thc) 🎨 🖌️ ✏️ 🖊️

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2019-05-03