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ymutate:Edvard Munch - Dancing on a Shore by ahisgett on Flickr.
artishardgr:Pierre Bonnard - Early Spring (Little Fauns) 1909
nobrashfestivity:Paul Rockett, Glenn Gould’s Hands, 1956
last-picture-show: Robert Frank, Mary, 1957
thunderstruck9:Bepi Romagnoni (Italian, 1930-1964), Racconto [Story], 1964. Oil on collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.
peira:Richard Diebenkorn: Untitled No. 22 (1948) via the Norton Simon Museum
elegantiaearbiter:Christ’s Descent into Limbo (1552), by Bronzino, Cappella Medici, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence.
thunderstruck9:Lucas Samaras (American, born Greece, 1936), Photo-Transformation, 1976, Polaroid print, Image: 7.6 x 7.6 cm.
Pieter Aertsen (Amsterdam, c. 1508 - 1575); The Cook, 1559; oil on canvas, 85 x 171 cm; Musei di Strada Nuova, Genova
thunderstruck9:Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Nature morte au filet de pêche [Still life with fishing net], Juan-les-Pins, summer 1925. Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 82.1 cm.
Daniele Crespi (Busto Arsizio c. 1590 - Milano 1630); La Deposizione di Cristo (The Deposition), c. 1620; oil on canvas, 99 x 123 cm; Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
thunderstruck9:Peter Collis (1929-2012), Sligo Landscape. Oil on canvas, 22 x 24 in.
lawrenceleemagnuson:Kyffin Williams (UK, Wales. 1918-2006) Autumn, Cwm-y-glo, No. 1 (before 1999)oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm
imageswithoutbodies:1. Khrua In Khong, People Viewing Giant Lotus, ca. 1865, Wat Bowornniwet Vihara.2. Khrua In Khong, Life of Buddha, 1851-68, Nakhon Pathom, Mondop Phra Phuttabat of Wat Phra Ngam. Mural showing attempts at linear perspective, 3.
timelightbox:Photo courtesy of Archives Florence Henri, Gênes Florence Henri / Galleria Martini & RonchettiMeet Florence Henri, One of Photography’s Unsung InfluencersA Parisian museum looks back at Florence Henri’s impressive career as a surrealist
amare-habeo:Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish, 1862–1946)The Door (Old monastery hall) (Die Tür (Alte Klosterhalle)), 1884
kecobe:Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian; ca.1525–1578)A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ ca.1555–60 Oil on canvas Collection Gerolamo and Roberta Etro
Lucian Freud (Berlin 1922 - London 2011); Two Plants, begun in 1977 and completed in 1980; oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm; Tate, London
classic-art:Christ Crowned with Thorns and The Mourning Virgin Adriaen Isenbrant, c. 1530-1540
speciesbarocus:Francesco Petrarca - Rimas y Triunfos (15th century). [x]> Illuminator: Francesco di Giorgio Martini / Bartolomeo della Gatta (Pietro Dei) [x].___> See here an image depicting Petrarca’s Study.> Recueil de 131 tableaux ou figures
amare-habeo:Carlo Carrà (Italian, 1881 - 1966)Waiting (L’attesa), 1926
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch (The Hague, 1824 - 1903); Bateaux de pêche (fishing boats), 1899; oil on canvas, 121 x 65.5 cm; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
arsvitaest:Leon Levinstein, Haiti,1969 via zzzze
last-picture-show: Gaby Wollschläger, Vintage Filmtheater at the Central Station, Dresden, Germany, 2011
amare-habeo:Erika Giovanna Klien (Italian-American, 1900 – 1957) Bird Flight (Vogelflug), 1928
José de Ribera (also known as Jusepe de Ribera and Spagnoletto; Xàtiva 1591 - Napoli 1652); Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, 1628; oil on canvas, 183 x 209 cm; Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
John Singer Sargent (Firenze 1856 - London 1925; Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, 1885; oil on canvas, 62.2 x 52.1 cm; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentoville (Arkansas)
houndeye:BalthusLarchant - 1939
cinque-del-mattino:Alexander Deineka (1899-1969)
loverofbeauty:Jan van Eyck: Man in a blue Cap (1430)
italianartsociety:From now through May 3, 2015, the National Gallery of Art, Washington hosts Piero di Cosimo: The Poetry of Painting in Renaissance Florence. The exhibition showcases over forty of the artist’s most compelling works. With themes ranging
thunderstruck9:Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920), Landscape, Southern France, 1919. Oil on canvas, 60 x 45 cm.via afroui
Michiel Sweerts (Bruxelles 1618 - Goa 1664); Ensevelir les morts (un des Sept actes de miséricorde); ca. 1646-49; oil on canvas; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
poboh:Printing Types, 1931, Piet de Zwart. Dutch (1885 - 1977)
thunderstruck9:Alberto Burri (Italian, 1915-1995), Grande cretto nero, 1977. Acrovinyl on cellotex, 149.5 x 249.5 cm.
wetreesinart:Frederick Varley (1881-1969), German Prisoners, 1918-1920, huile sur toile, 127 x 187 cm, Canadian War Museum
thestuartkings:The twins Clara and Aelbert de Bray, 1646 by Salomon de Bray (1597-1664)
modernart1945-1980:The Music Lesson, c. 1925 Alexandra Exter oil on canvas
Winslow Homer (Boston 1836 - Prouts Neck, Maine, 1910 ); Searchlight on harbour entrance - Santiago de Cuba, 1901; oil on canvas, 128.3 x 77.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
k-a-t-i-e-: Worker at carbon black plant Sunray, Texas 1942 John Vachon
Pietro Perugino. Virgin and Child with Angels. c.1496-1500. detail by arthistory390 on Flickr.
Pietro Perugino. Virgin and Child with Angels; The Archangel Michael; and Tobias and the Angel. c.1496-1500 by arthistory390 on Flickr.
kecobe: Martino Rota (Italian; ca. 1520–1583)Portrait of Emperor Rudolf II ca. late 1570s–before 1585Oil on canvas Palais Dorotheum, Vienna
kundst: “The power of what art can do, what a timeless painting can do… what another person looking for something inside of themselves expressed outwardly for others to share… what that can do is change a mood, change a mental state, change
thunderstruck9: Neo Rauch (German, b. 1960), Platz [Square], 2000. Oil on canvas, 200 x 250 cm.
oldoils: Moses Striking Water from the Rock Oil on canvas - 1577 | Jacopo Tintoretto
poboh: Solitude, René Groebli. Swiss, born in 1927 (Source: EL ARMIRANTE RUINA )
poboh: Le Remouleur (The Knife Grinder), ca 1930, Fernand Triol. (Source: Vintage Works and I Photo Central )
herzogtum-sachsen-weissenfels: Jacob Maris (Dutch, 1837-1899), Village near Schiedam, 1894. Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 78.5 cm.
pitturafiamminga: Ritratto di fanciullacirca 1435Rogier van der Weydenolio su tavolaStaatlich Museen, Berlino
masterpiecedaily: Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child 1450
Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht, 1594 - 1667); De verdrijving uit het paradijs (the Expulsion from Paradise), between 1646-1667; oil on table, 38 x 30 cm; Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
last-picture-show: Vivian Meier, Chicago, 1950s
poboh: View from the studio, 1964-1965, Herman Berserik. Dutch (1912 - 2002) - Tempera and Oil on Canvas -
thunderstruck9: Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963), The Painter and His Model, 1939. Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 175 cm. via alongtimealone
thunderstruck9: Carlo Carrà (Italian, 1881–1966), Solitudine, c.1917–1926. Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 55.5 cm.
italianartsociety: Painter Paris Bordone died on 19 January 1571 in Venice, where he had spent the majority of his career. A native of Treviso, Bordone excelled in portraiture, mythologies, and history paintings. Working in both oil and fresco, Bordone
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/62 - London 1636); Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee in Irish dress, 1594; oil on canvas, 150 x 230 cm; Tate British Collection
athousandwinds: Mountain Torrent after the Storm, 1891, oil on canvas by Robert Russ, Austrian, 1847-1922. Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, Austria. The strength of the storm can be seen in the washed out bridge and its capriciousness is seen in the leaving
thunderstruck9: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991), Black Figuration No. 2, 1976. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in.