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Eugène Delacroix (Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 - Paris 1863); Sea viewed from the heights of Dieppe, 1852
winged-serpent: Path of Silence Františec Kupka 1902
bestiario: Soviet ski soldiers by Za Rodinu on Flickr.
justanothermasterpiece: Mark Rothko.
Lorenzo Lotto (Venezia c. 1480 - Loreto 1556); L'elemosina di Sant'Antonino (The Alms of St. Anthony), 1540-42; oil on canvas, 235 x 332 cm; Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia
urgetocreate: Anthony Eyton, ‘Open Window, Spitalfields’ 1976-81
artmastered: Peter Doig, Grasshopper, 1990
bofransson: Paul Mat(t)hias Padua - Alpine Landschaft mit See im Vorfrühling
susanzweig: morandi
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Lucian Freud (Berlin 1922 - London 2011), Interior at Paddington, 1951
Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640); Judas Maccabeus finds the hidden treasure of the heathen and prays for the souls of the slain sinners, c. 1635; oil on canvas, 130 x 150 cm; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
deadsunflower: Hans von Marées, Double Portrait of Marées and Lenbach (1863). Oil on canvas, 54 x 62 cm. Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
arcadiainteriorana: View of Roofs and Gardens (Blick auf Dächer und Gärten)Carl Blechen (German, 1798-1840) Oil on canvas, 26.0 x 20.0 cm, 1835.Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
snowce: Edvard Munch, Night in Saint Cloud, 1890
Roberto Matta (Santiago, Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, Italy, 2002); Untitled, c. 1948 / 49; oil on canvas, 64 x 85 cm
renaissance-art: Raphael c. 1520-1524 Vision of the Cross Constantine Room
modernart1945-1980: Marcel DuchampRichard Hamilton lithograph on paper 1967
loftcultural: Mstislav Dobuzhinsky - New York Rooftops, My Windows in New York (1943)
neurosciencestuff: The Real Link Between Creativity and Mental Illness “There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.” —Salvador Dali The romantic notion that mental illness and creativity are linked is so prominent in the
Marten de Vos (Antwerp, 1532 - 1603), The Marriage at Cana, 1596-97; Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
endilletante: Martin Karplus : prés de window rock, Arizona, 1956.
twofacedmirror: Lotte Laserstein, 1947 (Swedish, born Germany, 1898 - 1993) bio
Tom Thomson (Claremont, Ontario, 1877 - Canoe Lake, Ontario, 1917); Canoe and Lake - Algonquin Park, 1913, oil on canvas
Stanley Spencer (Cookham on Thames, Berkshire, 1891 - Cliveden 1959), Filling tea urns, 1927, oil on canvas, 105 x 185 cm; National Trust Collection
insomniamartini: Victor Meeussen
susanzweig: Keith Vaughan, 1964. Oil on wood, 44.4 x 40.3 cm. Leeds Art Gallery.
kecobe: James McNeill Whistler (American; 1834–1903)Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room Oil on canvas, 1860–61 Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Pierre Subleyras (Saint-Gilles 1699 - Roma 1749); Diana and Endymion, c. 1740; oil on canvas, 73 x 99 cm; National Gallery, London
Alexej von Jawlensky (Toržok, Tver´, 1864 - Wiesbaden 1941); Melancholy in the evening - Wasserburg on the Inn (1907), oil on cardboard, 53 x 61 cm; St. Petersburg (United States) Museum of Fine Arts
hadrian6: Study of a Male Nude from behind. 16th.century. Annibale Carracci. Italian. 1560-1609. sanguine on paper. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
poboh: Hamlet Street, Pittsburg, 1950’s, W. Eugene Smith. American (1918 - 1978)
urgetocreate: Alexander Deyneka - The Farmer on a Bicycle - 1935
loftcultural: Vincent van Gogh - Portrait of Eugène Boch (1888)
poboh: Bellville, rue des Mignottes, Alphonse Léon Quizet. (1885 - 1955)
Mattia Preti (Taverna, Calabria, 1613 - Valletta, Malta, 1699); Morte di Sofonisba or Sofonisba riceve il calice (Death of Sophonisba or Sophonisba receiving the goblet), not dated (after 1630); oil on canvas, 178 x 202 cm; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
blastedheath: Albert Baertsoen (Belgian, 1866-1922), A Belgian town in winter, 1912. Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 73 cm.
snowce: André Derain, The Painter and his Family, c.1939
museumuesum: Andy Warhol Electric Chair, 1967, Acrylic and lacquer applied to screen printing on canvas, 54 x 72 7/8 inches Electric Chair, 1971, Silkscreen, 35 1/8 x 47 5/8 inches Electric Chair, 1967, synthetic polymer paint screenprinted on canvas,
museumuesum: WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT The Ladder, 1845 Salted paper print from a calotype negative, 6 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches
ilovetocollectart: Clare Elsaesser - Married to the Sea
artmastered: Paul Cézanne, L’Estaque, 1883-85
Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn; b. Leiden 1606 - d. Amsterdam 1669), The anatomy lesson of Dr. Joan Deyman, oil on canvas, 100 x 134 cm (fragment of a larger group portrait destroyed by fire in 1723)
peira: John Piper: St. Mary le Port, Bristol (1940) via Tate
poboh: Sommertag am Südstrand von Skagen, 1884, Peder Severin Krøyer. Danish (1851 - 1909)
Erik Werenskiold (Eidskog 1855 - Bærum 1938), Autumn, 1891, oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm
Hans Memling (Selingenstadt c. 1430 - Bruges 1494); The martyrdom of St. Ursula, 1489, oil on panel (scene from St. Ursula Shrine)
peira: Nils Kreuger: Gammalt hus i Katarina (1899) via Bukowskis
secretcinema1: Waiting for the Morning Bus, Birobidzhan, Siberia, 1999, Jonas Bendiksen
deadpaint: Artemisa Gentileschi, Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura), ca. 1638-39
neurosciencestuff: Neurons subtract images and use the differences Efficient reduction of data volumes Researchers have hitherto assumed that information supplied by the sense of sight was transmitted almost in its entirety from its entry point to higher
Umberto Boccioni (Reggio Calabria 1882 - Verona 1916), Il Bevitore (The Drinker), 1914; oil on canvas, 87 x 88 cm; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
museumuesum: WENDELL MACRAE Summer in New York, Circa 1930 gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (16.5 x 11.7 cm.)
alongtimealone: edouard vuillard (1868 - 1940)
deadpaint: Titian, Rape of Europa (1559-62)
Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596 - The Hague 1656), Landscape with skaters, 1643
Enzo Cucchi (Morro d'Alba, 1949), Bronze sculpture (detail)
Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (Saint Petersburg 1844 - Tula 1927); White Horse, Normandy; 1874
Kees Van Dongen (Delfshaven, Rotterdam, 1877 - Monte Carlo, 1968), Woman on Sofa, 1930
Théodore Rosseau (Paris 1812 - Barbizon 1867), Twilight Landscape, 1850
