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masterpiecedaily: Orazio Gentileschi Lute Player 1626
Paul Klee (Münchenbuchsee bei Bern 1879 - Muralto 1940); Stage Rehearsal, 1925; watercolour, pen and black in on paper mounted on board, 46 x 29 cm
Leonardo da Vinci [Vinci (near Firenze) 1452 - Clos Lucé, Amboise, Tours (France), 1519] a) Study of Hands [maybe for the portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci], c. 1474, Silverpoint and white highlights on pink prepared paper, 214 x 150 mm, Windsor Castle,
basava: lecture près d’un puits à alger, algérie, 1909. jules gervais-courtellemont
blastedheath: Luigi Loir (French, 1845-1916), Figures near a Lighthouse. Oil on canvas, 31.2 x 39.4 cm.
Henry Raeburn (Edinburgh, 1756 - 1823); John Stirling of Kippendavie and His Youngest Daughter, Jean Wilhelmina; c. 1812, oil on canvas, 196 x 150 cm; The national trust of Scotland
Augustus John (Tenby 1878 - Fordingbridge 1961); David and Dorelia in Normandy, 1908; oil on canvas laid down on millboard
masterpiecedaily: Piero di Cosimo Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci 1480
artmastered: Paul Jenkins, Phenomena Code Whisper, 2002
deadpaint: Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (closed), completed 1432
renaissance-art: Francesco Melzi c. 1517-1520 Pomona and Vertumnus It was not until the 1990’s that this painting achieved any sort of recognition. It was in need of restoration of and no one could prove who the original artist was. An 18th century
poboh: Nocturne in Grey and Gold Snow in Chelsea, 1876, James McNeill Whistler. American (1834 - 1903)
David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexico City 1896 - Cuernavaca 1974); Nacimiento del Fascismo (Birth of Fascism), 1945; oil on canvas
bofransson: Andre Derain - Southern France, 1927
Giovanni Lanfranco (Terenzo, Parma, 1582 - Roma 1647); Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s wife), 1615 (?); oil on canvas, 101 x 157 cm; Galleria Borghese, Roma
Robert Delaunay (Paris 1885 - Montpellier 1941); The city of Paris, 1912; oil on canvas
Frits Thaulow (Christiania [Oslo] 1847 - Volendam, Netherlands, 1906); Old factory on the Somme (Evening); 1906, oil on canvas
Gerhard Richter (Dresden 1932); Zwei Kerzen (Two candles), 1983; oil on canvas
Portrait of Lucrezia de’ Medici d’Este ~Alessandro Allori c. 1560 Oil on panel 75.5 x 62.5 cm North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh , North Carolina, United States
peira: Lionel Fitzgerald: From an Upstairs Window, Winter (c.1950-1951)
neurosciencestuff: Concussion secrets unveiled in mice and people There is more than meets the eye following even a mild traumatic brain injury. While the brain may appear to be intact, new findings reported in Nature suggest that the brain’s protective
Lavinia Fontana (Bologna 1552 - Roma 1614); Bianca degli Utili Maselli and Six of Her Children, 1603-5 by arthistory390 on Flickr.
Karl Nordström (1855 Stenkyrka, Västra Götaland – 1923 Drottningholm); Oat Field, Lyrön (1887), oil on canvas enlarge (recommended)
Jan Steen (Leiden, c. 1626 - 1679); Revelry at an Inn, 1674; oil on canvas, 117 x 161 cm; Musée du Louvre
George Copeland Ault (Cleveland, Ohio, 1891 - Woodstock, New York, 1948); Black Night, Russell’s Corner; 1943
Konstantin Somov (Saint Petersburg 1869 - Paris 1939); Lady in blue, c. 1900; oil on canvas; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
bofransson: Andrew Gifford - Ramallah with Broken Clouds
poboh: Boy in ruins, Germany, 1947, David “Chim” Seymour. (1911 - 1956)
Giorgio Morandi (Bologna, 1890 - 1964), Natura Morta (Still life), oil on canvas, 1960
Raffaello Sanzio (Urbino 1483 - Roma 1520); Trasfigurazione (Transfiguration), 1518 / 1520 (unfinished; probably completed by Giulio Romano before 1523); oil on wood, 405 x 278 cm; Pinacoteca Vaticana
Wojciech Weiss (1875 Leorda, Bukovina - 1950 Krakow ); Pejzaż z Kalwarii (Kalwarian Landscape), n/d; oil on canvas; private collection
amare-habeo: Gisèle FREUND Pierre Bonnard’s colour palette, and other materials on his worktable,Detail, Le Cannet, 1946
lyghtmylife: Jean Metzinger [French Cubist Painter, 1883-1956] L’Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird), 1912-13 oil on canvas, 230 x 196 cm Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Sofonisba Anguissola (Cremona c. 1531 - Palermo 1626); Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, c. 1578; Prado, Madrid
artmastered: Dieric Bouts, Ecce Agnus Dei, 1462-64
fleurdulys: Harold Harvey - The Favourite Necklace - 1937
Hans Baluschek (Breslau 1870 - Berlin 1935); Sommerfest in der Laubenkolonie, 1909; oil on linen, 191 x 253 cm; Märkisches Museum, Berlin
James Ensor (Ostend, 1860 - 1949); Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1887; oil on canvas, 118 x 168 cm; MoMA
kecobe: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian; 1696–1770)Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles Oil on canvas, ca. 1740J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
hadrian6: Undertow. 1886. Winslow Homer. American. 1836-1910. oil /canvas. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (Paris 1796 - Ville-d'Avrai 1875); Return of the Hayers to Marcoussis, c. 1870-1874; oil on canvas
zolotoivek: Koryak men dressed in traditional armor with bows and arrows, Siberia, 1901. Photo by Waldemar Jochelson.
artmastered: Christopher Nevinson, War in the Air, 1918
José Malhoa (Caldas da Rainha 1855 - Figueiró dos Vinhos 1933); Os Bêbados ou Festejando o São Martinho (The Drunks or Celebrating St. Martin’s Feast), 1907; oil on canvas, c. 150 x 200 cm
thisblueboy: Hans Memling (German born c.1433 - 1489 Flanders), Flowers in a Jug, circa 1485, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
bofransson: George Bellows - The Gulls, Monhegan
Carlo Maratti (or Maratta; b. 1625, Camerano - d. Roma, 1713); Il Bagno di Diana (Bath of Diana), 1684; oil on canvas, 49 x 65 cm; private collection
zolotoivek: Marc Chagall, The Blue House, 1917
zolotoivek: On the outskirts of Luga, c. 1904. Photo by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky.
Pyke Koch (Beek 1901 - Wassenaar 1991); De oogst (The Harvest), 1953; oil on canvas, 200 x 260 cm
weareconstance: Los Angeles-based Sam Durant is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of social, political, and cultural issues. In his latest work Scaffold created for dOCUMENTA (13), he engages everyone to take part in this construction.
artmastered: Donatello, Hope, 1427-29, Web Gallery of Art
Fairfield Porter (1907 Winnetka, Illinois - 1975 Southampton, New York)
impartart: Elaine de Kooning, Fairfield Porter #1, c. 1954
masterpiecedaily: Marguerite Gerard Portrait of Marechale Lannes with Her Children 1814
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Lyonel Feininger (New York City, 1871 - 1956); Landungssteg (Pier), 1920
hadrian6: Cain and Abel. Antonio Balestra. Italian. 1666-1740. oil /canvas. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
promieniowanie: This painting once formed part of a series depicting the Five Senses, a traditional subject that the artist has transformed by adapting it to the fashion for banquet scenes. A woman in fancy dress, the personification of Taste, prepares
Leon Kroll (1884 New York City - 1974 Gloucester, Massachusetts); Santa Fe Hills, 1917
![Leonardo da Vinci [Vinci (near Firenze) 1452 - Clos Lucé, Amboise, Tours (France), 1519] a) Study of Hands [maybe for the portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci], c. 1474, Silverpoint and white highlights on pink prepared paper, 214 x 150 mm, Windsor Castle,](https://40.media.tumblr.com/0063add16cf2a1f65711f2e59d6fcd10/tumblr_mxugoem2lI1qzxzwso1_250.jpg)
![Frits Thaulow (Christiania [Oslo] 1847 - Volendam, Netherlands, 1906); Old factory on the Somme (Evening); 1906, oil on canvas](https://69.media.tumblr.com/84224252ff1952d61f1d2ee41e7a9c35/tumblr_mxlwjvMG0O1qzxzwso1_250.jpg)
![lyghtmylife: Jean Metzinger [French Cubist Painter, 1883-1956] L’Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird), 1912-13 oil on canvas, 230 x 196 cm Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France](https://40.media.tumblr.com/5c5ce5ecec9efaecefb556e848dc1fb3/tumblr_mxcz3di3xb1r29g9xo1_r1_250.jpg)
