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Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921), was a French symbolist poet, aesthete, and unapologetic dandy. He's remembered for the fictional characters he inspired, and for sponsoring many artists. Today, his literary work is unknown, which is sad 'cause his slick eloquence was legendary
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Night & Sleep, 1878, Evelyn (Pickering) De Morgan, 1855-1919. De Morgan started drawing lessons when she was 15, & on the morning of her seventeenth birthday, she wrote in her diary: "Art is eternal, but life is short…" -- "
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Behind the City Gate (Fuori di porta), 1891.
Giovanni Sottocornola (1855-1917) was an Italian painter
Woman in a Blue Dress (recto), Constantin Guys, 1855 https://t.co/0uu1B8Kzzt #clevelandartmuseum #museumarchive
Dunfermline-born Sir Joseph Noel Paton was born #OTD in 1821. Historical, allegorical & superb fairy painter, he was a close friend of Millais but turned down an invite to join the PRB.
Featured: The Bluidie Tryst 1855, Hesperus 1857 & The Fairy Raid (det) 1867 (Glasgow Museums)
Boatman’s children, 1855, William Carpenter
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We're peeking into Birmingham's past via trade cards today!
John Hardman & Co, Birmingham, 1849
Elkington, Birmingham, 1846
Joseph Gillott, Birmingham, 1835
F & C Osler, Birmingham, 1855
#Caturday Jane Blackburn, ‘Cats Guarding the sick Witch - Leonard’s Dream’. Illustration for 'The Lances of Lynwood’ by Charlotte Mary Yonge (1855) #31DaysOfHalloween
Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz evokes true terror in the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe with his 1855 picture, "Premature Burial". There's even a sinister-looking spider crawling toward the luckless subject- creepy!
Gladiolus, 1899, by #LouiseCécileDescampsSabouret (French, 1855-1916), who was born #otd (Oct 3). Source, @HarvardLibrary via @BioDivLibrary #womenartists #artherstory #HerNaturalHistory @HerstoryDiary @thisdateinart
Spotted this in the #BRalpha documentary, #Stilepochen. “Paris 1855”: apparently a special issue about #GustaveCourbet’s Pavillon du Réalisme at the Exposition Universelle. Does anybody know if this was an actual newspaper issue? (@BR_Kultur?) Where can I download a digital copy?
OK, a modest use of #Carmin by Théo Guillard @Theo_Type. A small poster for a parish fair (parish is dedicated to #StFrancis so I found the innovative uncial shapes just fine for it). Thanks to @futurefonts.
Paintings are of the masterful José Benlliure y Gil (1855-1937).
Beatrice, Meeting Dante at a Wedding Feast, Denies him her Salutation, 1855 #romanticism #dantegabrielrossetti
August 30, 1855: English artist Evelyn De Morgan is born.
Evelyn was a follower of Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones, and her style is very reminiscent of his.
"Art is eternal, but life is short."
🎨 Evelyn De Morgan, "Hope in the Prison of Despair", 1887
Supremely talented & radical artist Evelyn de Morgan was born #OTD in 1855. Her arresting paintings are imbued with a rich spiritual, mythological & allegorical symbolism.
Evelyn & ceramicist husband William de Morgan were involved in Spiritualism, Suffrage & Pacifism @DeMorganF
Evelyn De Morgan, one of the most successful artists of her time, spent her early years at Cannon Hall she was born #OnThisDay in 1855
Make sure you check out the De Morgan gallery when you visit!
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Born #onthisday in 1855 was Evelyn De Morgan. She was a brilliant artist whose pictures were inspired by #renaissance paintings and her desire to better the world through beautiful art. Her Symbolist works are a window to her spiritualist soul.
Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander (c. 1885) by Evelyn de Morgan (UK, 1855-1919). Pre-Raphaelite style. Leander fell in love with Hero & swam every night across the water to her. Hero lit a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. #Victorian #Romance #womanartists #Myth