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He ceased to paint on his appointment & gave himself over to research, travel & collecting art for the Gallery. His single-minded approach increased the gallery’s reputation dramatically. The artist was knighted in 1884 & Trinity awarded him a LL.D. in 1889.
#VanGogh of the Day: Wheatfield with Cypresses, September 1889. Oil on canvas, 72.1 × 90.9 cm. National Gallery, London. @NationalGallery
🌍 Matabele land and the Victoria Falls
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889.
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PUSS IN BOOTS or the robber kitten; the most renowned animal trickster in folklore. Popularised in Perrault (1628–1703) as Le Chat Botté, in English in Mother Goose, 1780 & Blue Fairy Book, 1889. Ills. Doré c.1870; Robber Kitten card c.1887 #FairyTaleTuesday
"A Wheat Field, with Cypresses"
by Vincent van Gogh (The Netherlands 1853 - 1890). Oil on canvas, 72 x 91 cm, summer 1889. National Gallery , London
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Today's #InDetail focuses on the rocks and shoreline of Åsgårdstrand, a subject that Munch returned to throughout his life.
Edvard Munch (1863- 1944), Detail of Summer Night. Inger on the Beach, 1889. Detail of Melancholy, 1984-96. Detail of Bathing Boys, 1904-1905, KODE Bergen.
Judge Dredd & Sensitive Klegg, the cover art by Chris Weston for 2014's 2000AD #1889.
I'm in awe of Chris Weston's art. And looking at these scans, I realise I struggle to think of another artist whose work is as totally beguiling in both black & white and colour.
#VanGogh of the Day: Pollard Willows, April 1889. Oil on canvas, 55.0 x 65.0 cm. Private collection.
🌄 The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada: .
Cambridge: The author, 1889.
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Image: Rumplestiltskin by Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941), 1889. #jumblebooksandpublishers #publishing
Artist's rendering of the title fight between champion John L. Sullivan (right) and Jake Kilrain, in Richburg, #Mississippi in 1889. Sullivan won when Kilrain's corner surrendered after round 75. The battle had lasted two hours and 16 minutes. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing
‘Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life’
- Oscar Wilde, 1889. Got it.
And NFTs imitating Art? ✅
What about Art imitating NFTs?
🔥NFT Poppers🔥
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All 4 up for grabs, collection growing…
#NFTs #NFTcollection #NFTartist #NFTart