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Lots of new displays to see in , 1st up, ‘Labours of Herakles’ by Marian Maguire, fabulous series of prints melding three cultures, Maori, Ancient Greece & Britain of Captain Cook’s era https://t.co/ntuC7sDhmk

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2018-12-01

Happy with the final of "12 Revolutionary Art Movements That Have Shaped Our Visual History." Photorealism is a style of art where artists were most concerned with replicating a photograph to the best of their ability.

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2018-11-30

Some pretty art for tonight
François Boucher (1703-1770), a French rococo painter. My favourite guy ♥

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2018-11-22

1890
Jeanne Mammen was in
“I have always wanted to be just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others.”

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2018-11-21

This artist is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

His mother taught him that, “the Life Force, or the Great Mystery, is named Wakan Tanka; that all of creation…has a spirit and is alive”.

Here is our post on S. D. Nelson. https://t.co/t3ya8Jx7pU

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2018-11-22

In 1985, Harper & Row published “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”.

Conservatives view it as a cautionary tale against Welfare.

Or… is it just about a demanding mouse?

This is our post on “If You Give…” illustrator, Felicia Bond. https://t.co/FONN3Auyd5…

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2018-11-18

Yellow triangle, blue circle and red square: some concept designs for ballet costumes based on Wassily Kandinsky's and the ideas and simplification of shapes and colours.

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2018-11-17

Happy Birthday to Georgia O'Keeffe! We honor her with a look at ten works and the stories behind how they came to be. And some, we discover for the first time! https://t.co/WNh1XPPjQF

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2018-11-16

'Femme au bord de l'eau ~ Woman at the waterfront' 1889 by French artist Louis Anquetin (1861 - 1932).

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2018-11-14

In 1964, a possessive Kay Thompson removed all “Eloise” sequels from print—including the new “Eloise Takes a Bawth”.

And, she MAY have stolen a painting of Eloise from The Plaza.

This is our post “Eloise” co-creator, Hilary Knight. https://t.co/0QA8rfJtwm

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2018-11-14

'Portrait of La maréchale-comtesse de Mailly, née Blanche Charlotte Marie Félicité de Narbonne Pelet (1761-1840)' 1783 by French artist Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842).

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2018-11-13

This popular creator—like many book creators—received her fair share of rejections.

It took almost two decades for her to launch her children’s book career.

And it started with a llama.

This is our post on Anna Dewdney. https://t.co/WA1uEutFVa

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2018-11-12