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Wonderful geometric landscapes by pioneering Canadian modernist Lawren Harris (1885–1970). His work expressed a spiritual quality as well as representing the visible world. #painting #modernism #artilove https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF
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Props to the great @Cpachecoficial for making Lucifer look threatening enough to trounce the X-Men and Avengers. Wonder how long it would take Warren’s wings to recover from this one...
Day #275 of #BeautyInThisWorld. Daniel de Blieck, Two Church Interiors (1656, 1670). #CultureCare
2/ Jenny Saville (b. 1970). I'm old enough to remember Jenny Saville's arrival in art, and the big splash she made at the Saatchi Gallery with her first self-portraits. Her art seems to be about fat bodies, but it's the psychological edginess that packs the wallop.#Fatties
Daruma and young lady in the rain. Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 (1725 (?)-1770). https://t.co/W7mZPoaXRG
The beginnings of Neo-Classical restraint applied to Rococo subject matter. Lagrenée (1770). Love that green.
.Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (10 June 1842 – 19 February 1923 ) was an Orientalist French painter.Démosthène s'exerçant à la parole(1870).Ο Δημοσθένης εξασκείται στην ομιλία, 1870, ιδιωτική συλλογή
Both Cassatt & Morisot were devoted to their mothers. Here are Mrs. Cassatt Reading to Her Grandchildren (1880) and Mother and Sister of the Artist (1870). #Impressionism #WomenArtists
To mark this #GoodFriday we're dipping into the collection with a rarely-seen work by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870).
Purchased through the #GibsonBequest in 1954, this oil-on-board Crucifixion scene shows Jesus as he is laid on the cross at Calvary, outside the walls of Jerusalem.
Eakins began his art studies in the Pennsylvania Academy in 1861 before moving to Paris to study under Gérôme (1866-70). Here’s his Street Scene in Seville (1870) & student study of a female model from this period when he also travelled to Spain to study Velázquez
Have cats ever been drawn better? American author/illustrator, Clare Turlay Newberry (1903-1970).
In 1759 the family moved to fashionable Bath to gain more lucrative sitters. He took time to study Van Dyck & the results were magnificent. Countless of Howe (1764), Lord Vernon (1767) & the famous Blue Boy (1770). The latter was his successful challenge to Van Dyck
A perfect little vintage image for your Valentine's browse.
Forest nymphs from In Fairy Land published by Longmans & Co. (1870). Original from @britishlibrary
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Thread: Andrea Mantegna (c1431-1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter & antiquarian. His work linked modern painting with Roman antiquity. Oculus, Camera degli Sposi (1465-74), Madonna & Child (c1455) & Portrait of a Man (c1470). He is one of my favourite artists