
“But whom to love? To trust and treasure? Who won’t betray us in the end? And who’ll be kind enough to measure Our words and deeds as we intend?” — Alexander Pushkin,...

“But whom to love? To trust and treasure? Who won’t betray us in the end? And who’ll be kind enough to measure Our words and deeds as we intend?” — Alexander Pushkin,...

“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter”. — John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems. Édouard Bisson, A Nymph, 1901, Private collection.

Третий манул, выполненный на заказ. Подвид-Мечтательный)))🥰🥰🥰 Пусть эти кисы защищают своих новых хозяев от любого негатива❤️❤️❤️ Ну а у меня вновь открылся фонтан...

When the Nymphéas show finally opened at Durand-Ruel’s gallery in May 1909, it was an unqualified success. Forty-eight views of the lily pond (including this painting)...

Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Abbott Fuller Graves (1859—1936) was an influential Boston painter known for his floral garden scenes and still lifes. Although much of...

“I don’t believe I shall ever leave Giverny.” – Claude Monet. “I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” – Claude Monet. “The richness I achieve comes from nature,...

Léon François Comerre (1850—1916) was a French academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women and Oriental themes. The colourful flowers on girl’s head...

Exhibited in 1897 at the Royal Academy in London, “A Fan-maker” is a wonderful example of Perugini’s (1839—1918) fascination with combining classicism with the...

The art critic Marion Spielmann wrote, in 1898, that Perugini was “the painter par excellence of the siesta, the recorder, in delicate color and harmonious line, of the...

Raimundo de Madrazo’s (1841—1920) greatest success and international renown came from his extraordinary capacity to portray the socially privileged in an elegant and...
Alphonse Osbert (1857—1939) was a French Symbolist painter. In his idyllic landscapes with rising or setting sun or moon, the figures of antique muses stand out against...
Как не стоит делать! Продолжу знакомить вас со своим коником. А именно с тем обилием ошибок 😅, которые допустила в процессе рисования, хоть и очевидны мне они стали...
Возвразение традишки! 🥳🎉 Ровно год назад я входила в новый творческий год вот этой лашадкой, какой-то неизвестной мне (возможно северной) породы. Здесь я впервые...

In the months from February to April in 1892 and 1893, Claude Monet (1840—1926) worked on a series of ca 30 paintings of the western façade of the gothic cathedral of...

Claude Monet (1840—1926) painted several images of his family boating along the Epte River, just before he finally settled in Giverny. This work is one of the most...

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Henri Biva was born in Paris in 1848. He began his career at the age of 25, as a student at the French Academy. Biva is an academic painter of landscapes, still lifes,...

“A Sonata of Beethoven” is a 1903 painting by a British artist Alfred Edward Emslie (1848—1918). Muted colours of this domestic scene create a sense of serenity, but...

Jules Marie Auguste Leroux (1871—1954) studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Beaux-Arts under Léon Bonnat. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1894...

“And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes.” ― Edgar...

François Martin-Kavel (1861—1931) was a French genre and portrait painter. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, of which he became a...

This oil sketch was made for a lost canvas ceiling painting that Dutch artist Jacob de Wit (1695—1754) executed in 1738 for the Aldermen's or Sheriffs' Hall...

James McNeill Whistler (1834—1903) participated in the artistic ferment of Paris and London in the late 19th century, crafted a distinctive style from diverse sources,...

"Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down." — Socrates. Nikolai Dubovskoy, Evening Falls, 1916, Private...

Australian artist Sydney Long (1871—1955) is best known for his Art Nouveau inspired depictions of the Australian nature. Fusing elements of this decorative style with...

Czech artist Jakub Schikaneder (1855—1924) created delicate, soft, sometimes sombre paintings of the outdoors. He used atmospheric perspective to create illusion of...

The entire artistic output of Jakub Schikaneder is permeated by a sombre mood, bordering in places on a tragic existential feeling. In his oeuvre, the theme of a dead...

Cuban painter Leopoldo Romañach y Guillen (1862—1951) was born in Sierra Morena, Corralillo. In 1889 he received a scholarship to study at the School of Painting in...

The practice of drawing and painting in watercolour was an important part of genteel female culture in the nineteenth century. Fidelia Bridges (1834—1923), a...

Marie Egner (1850—1940) was one of the most important female Austrian artists of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Her lyrical landscapes and...
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