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masterpiecedaily: Johannes van Bronckhorst St. Bartholomew 1652
Kazimir Malevich (Kiev 1879 - Leningrad 1935); Portrait of Artist’s Wife N.A. Malevich, 1933; oil on canvas, 56 x 67.5 cm; The Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
George Cochran Lambdin (Pittsburgh 1830 - Germantown, Philadelphia, 1896); At the front, 1866; oil on canvas, 61 x 43.5 cm; Detroit Institute of Arts
the-paintrist: Eero Järnefelt - Metsälampi - 1894 Metsälampi is a beautiful lake in Finland
blastedheath: Max Kaus (German, 1891-1977), Zillen und Ziegeleien [Barges and brickworks], 1931. Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 100.5 cm.
transistoradio: Sarah Picon, Bouquet Jaune à la Cruche aux Cerises (2011), acrylic on linen on canvas, 38.1 x 46 cm. Via Artsy.
Rembrandt van Rijn. Self Portrait at an Early Age by arthistory390 on Flickr.
artishardgr: George Hendrik Breitner - The Earring 1893
Valentin de Boulogne (Coulommiers 1591 - Roma 1632); Le concert au bas-relief, c. 1622-25; oil on canvas, 214 x 173 cm; Mousée du Louvre, Paris
Giacomo Balla (Torino 1871 - Roma 1948); Il Fallimento (the Bankruptcy), 1902; oil on canvas
poboh: Sabugal, Portugal, , 1956-1958, Francisco Keil do Amaral. Portuguese Architect, Painter and Photographer (1910 - 1975)
André Derain (Chatou 1880 - Garches 1954); Pond at Carrières-sur-Seine, 1899; oil on canvas, 65 x 72.5 cm; private collection
baroqueart: The Ecstasy of Saint Paul by Johann Liss Date: 1628-1629
poboh: Evening interior with a candle illuminating an etching on the wall, Carl Holsøe. Danish (1863 - 1935)
blastedheath: Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922–1993), Urbana No. 3, 1953. Oil on canvas, 33 x 39.1 in. via justanothermasterpiece
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencia 1863 - Cercedilla, Madrid, 1923); Mis Hijos (My Children), 1904; oil on canvas, 230.5 x 160.5; Museo Sorolla, Madrid
Richard Lindner (Hamburg 1901 - New York City 1978); Encounter, 1976; oil on canvas, 180.5 x 180.5 cm; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
neurosciencestuff: (Image caption: Pictured is a mouse hippocampal neuron studded with thousands of synaptic connections (yellow). The number and location of synapses — not too many or too few — is critical to healthy brain function. The researchers
Hans von Kulmbach (Hans Süß, Kulmbach around 1480 - Nuremberg c. 1522); The Coronation of the Virgin, 1514; oil on panel, 79 x 117 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
susanzweig: diebenkorn
thorsteinulf: John Minton - The Entombment
Hugo van der Goes (Ghent c. 1430/1440 – Auderghem 1482); Monforte Altarpiece, c. 1470, Oil on wood, 247 x 150 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin
poboh: Seashore with Shipwreck by Moonlight, 1825-1830, Caspar David Friedrich. German Romantic Painter (1774 - 1840)
arsvitaest: Cig Harvey, Goldfinch, 2014
thegetty: In 1854 the British Museum hired Roger Fenton to test the newfangled medium of photography to document its collection, rather than the usual modes of drawings and engravings. Fenton was at it for seven and a half years. This heavy-footed
blastedheath: Vitali Zolotoukhin (Russian, 1929-1986), Ice Floes. Oil on board, 58 x 73 cm.
the-paintrist: elpasha71: Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Ice Breaking on the Shores of Kalela - 1916 Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti or Jacopo Comin, Venezia 1518 - 1594), L'assedio di Asola (The Siege of Asola), 1544-45; oil on canvas, 467.5 x 197 cm; private collection, formerly in the collections of the Muzeum Narodowe, Poznań
missfolly: Scene of War in the Middle Ages by Edgar Degas, 1865
wonderingaboutitall: Sunflowers On The Banks Of The Seine - Gustave Caillebotte
missfolly: The Road to the South by Alexander Deineka, 1930
poboh: Ricordo di una serata nebbiosa / I remember a foggy evening, November, 1955, Francesco Ferruccio Leiss. Italian (1892 - 1968)
thisblueboy: Joachim Wtewael (1566-Utrecht-1638), The Judgement of Paris, 1615, National Gallery, London
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arsvitaest: Antonio López García, Gran Vía, 1974-1981, oil on panel
blastedheath: Mario Sironi (Italian, 1885-1965), Nudo, c.1932-33. Oil on paper mounted on panel, 50 x 40.5 cm.
missfolly: Climbing the Great Pyramid of Khufu by Henri Béchard (ca 1875)
Frederick Childe Hassam (Dorchester, Boston, 1859 - East Hampton 1935); The Mill Pond, 1902; oil on canvas, 46.4 x 66.7 cm; Bruce Museum, Greenwich (Connecticut)
Howard Hodgkin (London 1932); Interior with figures, 1977-84; oil on wood, 152 x 137 cm
blastedheath: Pieter Francis Peters (Dutch, 1818–1903), View over Constantinople, 1864. Oil on canvas, 55 x 69 cm.
Léon Cogniet (Paris, 1794 - 1880); Self Portrait in the artist’s room (Villa Medici, Roma), 1817; oil on canvas, 36 x 43.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art
thorsteinulf: Jean Dubuffet - Vicissitudes (1977)
Jean Dufy (Le Havre 1888 - Boussay, Indre-et-Loire, 1964); Le bassin de la Manche au Havre, 1925; oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm; private collection
Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 - 1632); Holy Trinity, 1620’s; oil on panel; Sint Jacobskerk, Antwerp
Boris Anisfeld (Bieltsy, Bessarabia, 1878 - New London, Connecticut, 1973); Livadia, 1906; oil on canvas, 100.5 x 80.5 cm
Edvard Munch (Ådalsbruk 1863 - Christiania [Oslo] 1944); Moonlight by the Mediterranean, 1892; oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm; Natjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo
Francesco Guardi (Venezia, 1712 - 1793); The lagoon looking toward Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove, 1765-70; oil on canvas, 52.7 x 31.7 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
blastedheath: Aurèle Barraud (Swiss, 1903-1969), Broc et pêches [Jug and peaches]. Oil on canvas, 44 x 35.5 cm.
Antonio Canova (Possagno, Treviso, 1757 - Venezia 1822); Adone incoronato da Venere (Adonis crowned by Venus), 1789; plaster cast (detail); Gipsoteca Canoviana, Possagno
Vasily Polenov (Saint Petersburg 1844 - Borok, now Polenovo, 1927); Dead Sea, 1882; oil on canvas
August Macke (Meschede 1887 - Champagne, French-German front, 1914); The Storm, 1911; oil on canvas, 112 x 84 cm; Saarland Museum, Saarbrucken
Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem, 1619 - 1668); A Cavalry Battle, c. 1646-47; oil on canvas, 176.5 x 99 cm; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
poboh: Quai du Louvre, Paris, 1950, René Jacques. French (1908 - 2003)
Paul Gauguin (Paris 1848 - Atuona, French Polynesia, 1903); Breton Woman with Pitcher, 1888; oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm
Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560 - Roma 1609); Elemosina di San Rocco (Saint Roch distributing Alms), 1595; oil on canvas, 477 x 331 cm; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister; Dresden
colin-vian: Amedeo Modigliani 1918
blastedheath: Franz Courtens (Belgian, 1854-1943), Le retour du troupeau - soir [The return of the flock - evening], c.1883. Canvas, 75 x 110 cm.
missfolly: The Model Georges Braque (1939)
Konstantin Somov (Saint Petersburg 1869 - Paris 1939); Summer Landscape, c. 1900
Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Noormarkku 1861 - Antignano, Livorno, 1919); Fishing Boats, 1903; oil on canvas, 126 x 82 cm; private collection