Jinjin en Azul, after Picasso (do over tweet since the first time I posted I accidentally did a low res img)

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Frederic Edwin Church was born 1826. My obsession with The Terror is still in full bloom, so here are some more paintings of the Arctic:

Aurora Borealis
The Icebergs
Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset
Oosisoak

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Romantic painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky died 1900. I’ve always found his use of the color green rather brilliant.

Moon Path
The Darial Gorge in the Moonlight
Lord Byron's visit to San Lazzaro degli Armeni
The Tower

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Happy May! Time to bring out the soft spring colors, like the ones used in these bustle gowns from this month in 1875. Via . https://t.co/6lnoIgj4ge

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Frederick Sandys was born 1829. The first image is a study for the skeleton that he used in his wood engraving “Until Her Death”.

Study of a Skeleton
Until Her Death
Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards
Yet Once More on the Organ Play

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Our Director Caro Howell talked to about William Hogarth’s portrait of Thomas Coram. See the full video at https://t.co/769G78ANDj

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