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Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) is rather underappreciated these days partly because his works rarely appear on the market. This watercolour‘Itinerant Potters’ is signed and dated 1799 #franciswheatley #genrepainting #watercolours #portraitcatalogue #britishwatercolours #britishart
Born #onthisday1633 Jan de Baen Dutch #portrait #painter during the Dutch Golden Age Hugely popular he painted the most distinguished people of his time Worked in Charles II’s exiled court & at The Hague from 1660 Also painted #cityscapes #history paintings & #genrepaintings
Born #onthisday1808 Carl Spitzweg German #Romanticist #painter Viewed as 1of the most important Biedermeier era artists Later #paintings & drawings are often humorous #genrepaintings with many of his works depicting sharply characterized eccentrics like The Hypochondriac (1865)
"Boy in the grass" by #EmileBernard #genrepainting #impressionism #postimpressionism #painting #art #artjournalism