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It’s time! Today’s theme is 🐝 That’s why we’ve chosen to share some sketches of by Manx artist John Nicholson, 1865.

Bee lovers! Check out our bees at the next time you visit.

📸 https://t.co/pL3DYEQxIt

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2021-05-21

The magical realist world of Tirzah Garwood (1908 – 1951) is inhabited by butterflies, bees + other insects. Looming larger than life, they illustrate the natural surrealism of the British countryside ✴️

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2021-05-20

For & – quench your culture-thirst with this fruity Still Life with Watermelon by Alberto Morrocco
https://t.co/ZgGpkFpHAe

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2021-05-13

If we're talking food and drink, then it has to be P. J Crook's triptych 'Big Eaters' for most appetising grub. 🍰

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2021-05-13

Today’s is Food & Drink. We’re featuring 3 still lifes: ‘Still Life’ by Gladys Maccabe-our own Collection, ‘Purple Still Life’ by Lancelot Ribeiro - Leicester Museum & ‘Still Life of Peaches, Plums & Cobnuts’ by William Smith-Pallant House Gallery.

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2021-05-13

Sitting in the garden of Edward Bawden's Brick House looks so relaxing, perfect for today's theme of calming art.
Two Women in a Garden: Eric Ravilious: 1932

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2021-05-06

For today's theme of in art, we're sharing Helen Frankenthaler's 'Sun Dial' at . This painting makes us think of a warm, summer's day. 🌞💆‍♀️

What do you see?

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2021-05-06

We all need moments of peace and that certainly seems important to artist Thomas Edwin Mostyn. His landscapes often focus on serenity and solitude in beauty.

©️York Museums Trust

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2021-05-06

On the theme of calm ‘River Pant, Great Bardfield’ by John Aldridge Aldridge was a landscape painter, book illustrator and designer and member of the Great Bardfield Group.

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2021-05-06

Did you know that about 71% of the Earth's surface is water-covered? 🌊

Today's is We couldn't resist 'The Bass Rock after a Storm' by Samuel Bough, held .We love the contrast of rough rock, crashing waves with the softness of the 🌈

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2021-04-22

What better for than a portrait of an artist? This is Aniza McGeehan (1874-1962) painted by her sister Jessie (1872-1950).

The Airdrie-born sisters attended together. Aniza was a sculptor and you can see a pair of maquettes beside her

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2021-04-15

It's the theme of today's We've chosen this beautiful piece titled "Off the Manx coast" by John Holland.

📸 https://t.co/Cj4GM6oIX8

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2021-04-15

A Wheatfield with Cypresses, Starry Night over the Rhone & The Starry Night all with Van Gogh’s dreamlike skies and timeless beauty will inspire everybody to love art.

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2021-04-15

Running Away with the Hairdresser by Kevin Sinnott - in case of another lockdown?
https://t.co/pIYten6p6d

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2021-04-09

⭐️Jessie Marion King and her hats: a thread.⭐️

Her varied artistic career as an illustrator, costume and interior designer is seemingly reflected in her eclectic hat collection.

Portrait by Cecile Walton: https://t.co/gkmhLpuchN 🎩

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2021-04-08

Tina's pick for A Portrait of a Woman with a Scarf by Madge Gill
"Lots of us have badly-judged home haircuts & colours due to lockdown. I like how the scarf is being used as a distraction/focus, something I may well employ myself!"

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2021-04-08

Today's celebrates

We are pretty amused by this incredible etching titled ‘Fool’s Head World Map’ produced around 1590 by an unknown artist - what do you think? https://t.co/TSK874Q0Mx

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2021-04-01

We couldn’t let a day celebrating go by without sharing our views of Mount Merrion in Dublin☘️

The Fitzwilliam family acquired the land in the 14th century.

The land and estate belonged to our founder, Richard Fitzwilliam, until his death in 1816.

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2021-03-19

Today’s is Irish art & artists, here are just 4 from our Collection which is full of wonderful Irish art: Spider Plant 3 -Comhghall Casey, Keele, Achill, County Mayo-Dorothy Blackham, Study James Joyce -Louis le Brocquy, & The Patient's Flower-Basil Blackshaw.

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2021-03-18