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colourthysoul: Laura Knight - Ballet
masterpiecedaily: Agnolo Bronzino Cosimo I de’ Medici in Armour 1550
Anton Mauve (Zaandam 1838 - Arnhem 1888), A Dutch Road, c. 1880; oil on canvas, 50 x 36 cm; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
artmastered: Ortolano, Mourning the Dead Christ, c.1522
lyghtmylife: Rubens, Peter Paul [Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640]Rubens, his wife Helena Fourment, and their son Peter Paulc. 1639Oil on wood80 1/4 x 62 1/4 in. (203.8 x 158.1 cm)The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Charles Sheeler (Philadelphia 1883 - Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1965); Water, 1945; oil on canvas
vieuxmetiers: Gas withdrawal system, Basrah, Iraq, 1960.
Ronald Rutherford (British, 1913 - ?), Suffolk River, 1950’s, oil on canvas
bofransson: View of Antibes Henri Matisse - circa 1925
Vincent Sellaer (born ? - died 1589, Mechelen, Belgium); Leda with the Swan and her children, n/d; oil on panel, 43 cm x 35 cm
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (Dublin 1857 - Newlyn 1947); Penolva, 1913; oil on canvas, 119 cm x 152 cm
italianartsociety: Giovanni Bellini died on this day in 1516 in Venice. Together with his brother Gentile and brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni dominated northern Italian painting at the turn of the sixteenth century. Trained by his father Jacopo,
snowce: Danny Lyon
peira: Graham Sutherland: Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman (1974) via BBC
susanzweig: : Eva Hesse Eva Hesse (1936 - 1970); No Title, c. 1962; oil on canvas
neurosciencestuff: Gene-silencing study finds new targets for Parkinson’s disease Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have used RNA interference (RNAi) technology to reveal dozens of genes which may represent new therapeutic targets for
François Boucher (Paris, 1703 - 1770); The Triumph of Venus, 1740
gylleneungdom: Fairy Lake, Martiros Saryan, 1905 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Vanessa Bell (London 1879 - 1961 Charleston Farmouse); A Sussex Barn, 1945 /1950; oil on canvas
poboh: Rural views, France 1927-1929, André Kertész.
Fernand Khnopff (Grembergen 1858 - Brussels 1921); Memories (Lawn Tennis), 1889; pastel on paper, 127 cm x 200 cm; Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Lovis Corinth (Tapiau, Prussia 1858 - Zandvoort, Netherlands 1925); Fishermen’s cemetery at Nidden, 1893
bartekwieczorek: _Danube_Delta_Romania_2012 photography by Bartek Wieczoreck
snowce: John Singer Sargent, Venice par temps gris, 1880
ucsdhealthsciences: UC San Diego neurosurgeons color code the brain with tractography - the circular object is a tumor. Brain Surgeons Go with the FlowWater-Based Imaging Technique Maps Brain Neurons Prior to Surgery Neurosurgeons at UC San Diego Health
italianartsociety: Agnolo Bronzino died on this day in Florence in 1572 less than a week after his 69th birthday. The leading painter in Florence from the 1530s through the ’60s, Bronzino served the court of Duke Cosimo I de’Medici and produced numerous
muratibrahim: George Burba
Hugo van der Goes (Ghent c. 1440 - Oudergem 1482); Death of the Virgin, c. 1475 -1480; oil on oak panel
Frank Auerbach (b. 1931, Berlin), Summer Building Site, 1952; oil on board, 76.2 cm x 106.7 cm [via Saatchi Gallery]
Antonio del Pollaiolo (Antonio Benci called il Pollaiolo; Firenze 1431 or 1432 - Roma 1498); David vittorioso (David victorious over Goliath); c. 1472; tempera on wood; Staatliche Museen, Berlin
painterlokistudios: “View of Collioure” Albert Marquet
timelightbox: Photograph by Mario Tama—Getty Images Nov. 20, 2013. People play football and basketball in Manaus, Brazil. TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
jungfrukallan: Women in the Forest, 1920, Marie Laurencin
hellenismo: Ὀγδόη Μεσοῦντος/ Ὀγδόη ἐπὶ δέκα / Όκτωκαιδεκάτη, XVIII day From today’s sunset: eighteenth day of Maimakterion. The eighteenth day is always dedicated to purifications and apotropaic rites. “The
ilovetocollectart: John Hoyland - Untitled 10.8.76, acrylic on canvas
peira: Christopher Nevinson: The Strafing (1916)
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fleurdulys: In the Box - Boris Kustodiev 1909
Rodrigo de Villandrando (Madrid 1588 - 1623), Doña Juana de Salinas, c. 1622; oil on canvas; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
a) Austrian composer Alban Berg (Vienna 1885 - 1935) leans out of the window of his studio, showing a portrait painted by his friend, teacher and mentor Arnold Shoenberg b) Arnold Schoenberg (Vienna 1874 - Los Angeles 1951); Portrait of Alban Berg, 1910
peira: Marsden Hartley: El Santo (1919)
wandrlust: New York, May 1963 — Tony Ray-Jones
fleurdulys: Stanhope Alexander Forbes - A Street in Brittany -
Bernardien Sternheim (b. 1948, Amsterdam); Perocomplex, 2004
Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657 - Barra, Napoli, 1747), Cacciata di Eliodoro dal Tempio (Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple), c. 1725; oil on canvas; Louvre [enlarge]
snowce: Joan Eardley, Atterline in Winter, 1963
artmastered: Giovanni Bellini, Frari triptych, 1488
hxmberthxmbert: Georg Baselitz Der Brief von der Front 2012
currentsinbiology: ‘Mini-Kidney’ Structures Generated from Human Stem Cells for First Time For the first time, Salk scientists have grown human stem cells into early-stage ureteric buds, kidney structures responsible for reabsorbing water
urgetocreate: Henry Villierme, A Quiet Moment, 1995
thefineartnude: Felice Casorati, La donna e l’armatura, 1921
Carl Larsson (Stockholm 1853 - Falun 1919), View of Montcourt, 1884; watercolour on paper
Dosso Dossi (Giovanni Luteri called Dosso Dossi; Tramuschio 1486 [?] - Ferrara 1542); Melissa (Circe), between 1518 and 1531; Galleria Borghese, Roma
bofransson: GUSTAF ADOLF FAHLE - From Strömsholmen, Evening Sun
peira: Max Beckmann: Atelier mit Tisch und Gläsern (1931)
Francisco Goya (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Fuendetodos 1746 - Bordeaux 1828), La familia del Infante Don Luis de Borbón (The family of The Infante Don Luis de Borbón), 1883-84; oil on canvas, 248 x 330 cm; Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Corte
Edvard Munch (Løten 1863 - Oslo 1944), Summer night’s dream (The Voice), 1893, oil on canvas, 88 x 108 cm; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
peira: Gustaf Fjaestad: Landskap med vattendrag och berg (1890s) via Stockholms Auktionsverk
poboh: Il mare, Mario Giacomelli .
fuckyeahexpressionism: August Macke, Rope Dancer (Seiltänzer), 1914