"Our bodies are our gardens, to the which
our wills are gardeners"

(from 'Othello')


by J. J. Grandville

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2 anniversaries celebrating today: 1 year of and 2 years of

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To everyone who has enjoyed and shed tears upon ending, I hope this list of ongoing shows will still give you the same happiness gave!

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Some more art favorites for inspiration: 🌟 J. J. Grandville 🌟 "La Vie privée et publique des animaux" (Public and Private Life of Animals).

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Next was J.J. Grandville
i rlly liked their series “les fleurs animées” so I tried my luck at watercolor here

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3-5: some very flirty flowers, from Les Fleurs Animees (The Flowers Personified) by J.J. Grandville, 1847. Clockwise from left: water arrow, thistle, and wallflower.

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Thankfully such remarkable visual storytelling isn't confined to Brit heritage, it's alive & well today with works like 's superb Grandville, or the ever-changing styles of

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Late commission for WebsterAndVelvet(FA), of their character Lumi transforming into a demi dragon (and tripping due to a sudden shift in weight)!

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What a time to be alive!! (Especially for mesoamerican enthusiasts like me)



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Lady Hemlock releases Bunny Socrates from life. More from J. J. Grandville's wonderful Flowers Personified (1847) here: https://t.co/csMxYA2HE4

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A menagerie of readers by author, illustrator and Disney storyman Bill Peet, who was born in Grandview, Indiana 105 years ago today.

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Grandville was a French caricaturist with an eye for the unnatural & absurd. The Flowers Personified (1847) shows a fantasy world peopled by humanised flowers. His disquieting images are recognised as an inspiration to the surrealist movement.

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'La Bohème' Grandville-style: "After a year in Paris, he had sixteen friends. But within five years, thirteen of them were dead."
https://t.co/tM4GVNsHre

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