Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa Having a Rest under a Tree, 1855

15 34

Paul de Longpré (1855–1911), was a French painter of flowers

5 13

« Quand on sut que la reine avait accouché d'une grenouille, ce fut une consternation à la cour. »

C'est ainsi que commence "La Mandragore" de Jean Lorrain (1855-1906). Écrivain de la fin de siècle, auteur de plusieurs romans, nouvelles, contes.

https://t.co/JWqGA0IpHV

1 5

自害(1615・太陽暦換算、#大坂夏の陣)、#熱気球(1783、 誕生(1855・太陽暦換算、政治家)、#井伊直弼 大老就任(1858・太陽暦換算)、#張作霖 爆死(1928、#張作霖爆殺事件)、連合軍

0 1

Peasant and peddler, Ivan Shishkin, 1855

4 9

18 poems of 'Les Fleurs du mal' ('The Flowers of Evil') by Charles Baudelaire were first published in 1855. More poems were added in 1857. Baudelaire dedicated the book to the poet Théophile Gautier, describing him as 'a perfect magician of French letters'.
🎨Carlos Schwabe

16 50

SCARY FOREST FAIRIES Knights are menaced by an array of in John Gilbert's The Enchanted Forest (1855); Fairies besiege and bewitch witch a peasant woman in an enchanted wood in a stunning painting by Russian artist Yulia Litvinova

36 143

He wanted cocaine I wanted a Coke, we compromised 1855 style.

4 20

Beatrice, Meeting Dante at a Wedding Feast, Denies him her Salutation, 1855

11 58

León Tolstói en 1854 mientras servía como artillero en la guerra de Crimea, allí escribió tres relatos cortos basados en sus experiencias durante la defensa de Sebastopol sitiado “Relatos de Sebastopol” publicados en 1855

7 19

La belle dame sans merci by Frank Dicksee (1901)

Le Bassin aux nymphéas : harmonie rose by Claude Monet (1900)

The Roses of Heliogabalus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1888)

Ruines gothiques by Victor Hugo (1855)

1 4

Florence Dixie, author, was born in 1855. Although she wrote in a variety of genres, her feminist utopia Gloriana, or, the Revolution of 1900 is great place to start if you've not read her!

7 11

His landscapes are a harmonious marriage of wondrous skies & carefully observed trees & fields. Sunset (Engraving, 1850), Harvesting (1851) & Landscape with Watermill (c1855)

0 2

Gérard de
22 mai 1808 à Paris - 26 janvier 1855 à Paris « Naviguant entre réalité et rêve, il a évoqué en des mots immortels les troubles de l'adolescence... et les charmes du Valois » https://t.co/gVDV8LzqBe

1 0

Two new collages available to buy as part of the Artist Support Pledge please look at my instagram feed. "The Household Dining Room" Collage (23.7cm width x 14.6cm height) and "The 1855 Room (Humerus)" Collage (23cm width x 14.9cm height)

2 5

1903 Dutch painter JH Wijsmuller (1855 – 1925) posing in his studio - Overtoom 189 Amsterdam

0 0

“Draw lines, young man, and still more lines, both from life and from memory, and you will become a good artist.” In 1855, Edgar met Jean-Auguste-Dominique whom he deeply admired, and never let go of this advice from the older artist.

45 145