Born in 1756: (1756-1805), Countess of Artois by marriage to Charles Philippe of Bourbon (later King

Portrait by Jean-Baptiste André (1740-86), 1775

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The challenge for Gainsborough was that the only commercial avenue for an English artist in his time was portraiture. Nevertheless he painted faces with aplomb. Clayton Jones (1744-5), Conversation in a Park (c1745-6) & Portrait of the Artist, his Wife & Daughter (c1748)

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The Elder Tree (1825), Sky Study with Rainbow (1827) & View (1832). For Irish friends has a superb collection of his sketches.

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It’s interesting that his relatively rare male figures are more sensual than his female ones. Was this the reason his figures are so loathe to express authentic emotion? Head of a Girl (c1905), Lamia (1905)& Apollo & Daphne (1908)

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Where Wheatley turns away from his group scenes, set against an external landscape, his pictures are less successful. Twelfth Night (1771-2), Mother & Child (c1775), The Wakefield Family (c1774) & John O’Neill, Viscount O’Neill of Shane’s Castle (c1780)

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Wheatley’s genius is to place figures in a landscape setting that emphasises their elegance & patrician outlook. The Harvest Wagon (1774), Family Group (c1775), Portrait of a Man (1775) & Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise (c1775)

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En gestation chez depuis 10ans, le studio aurait enfin donné le greenlight? (#JoeDante s’en moquait avec

& le cinéaste reviendront pour (#LethalWeapon5), selon le producteur Dan Lin.

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He became an Associate of the RA in 1864, rising to become President (1878-96). Male Figure (1865), Mrs James Guthrie (1866), Courtyard of a Mosque (1867) & the Isle of Chios (c1867). His success meant that he was able to gain financially from the society portrait market.

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One of the great triumphs of science in the Renaissance were Leonardo’s botanical studies of plants. Lady with Unicorn (c1480), Lily (1480-5), St Jerome (1480) & St Sebastian (1480-1). St Sebastian was often used as a coded symbol for gay artists.

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Arthur Hughes (1831-1915), peintre et illustrateur anglais préraphaélique.
➡️Ophélia
➡️L. Roberts, Arthur Hughes, his life and works.

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This is the profile from the The Illustrated American Biography (vol. 3 (1855), p. 255) portrait remixed with hair from the Harral portrait.

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The Coronation of the Virgin (detail) (c. 1380-5), Agnolo Gaddi / 3x01 Labor Day, Riverdale (dir. Kevin Sullivan) https://t.co/yftbmtFxww

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In 2018, released their interpretation of Windsor (1905), “Recoleta”—a commercial success. Continuing to ride the 1970’s wave, their recently published “Moranga” (https://t.co/FETjuXHq1Z) by is a take on Cooper (Black) and Souvenir. (26)

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There have been so many amazing prizes donated to Dice, dice bags, dice trays, rules for using dice with...

But there's so much more to it. Like gift certificates to ($25), ($50), and (2x$25)! 💖
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Born in 1746: (1746-92), King of Sweden

Portrait by the Younger (1733-1805), 1777

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This portrait comes from Abner D. Jones, ed. The Illustrated American Biography, vol. 3 (1855), p. 255. I feel confident in my minor corrections to Mowatt’s brow and eyelids here because this portrait is based on the photo used for her 1854 autobiography.

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), Le repos - 1880

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