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My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
― Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. He was 88. It brought Rome to a standstill. At his request, he was buried in his native and beloved Florence.
📷 Pietà, 1499 / Madonna and Child, 1504
#Art #Painting #Sculpture
― Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. He was 88. It brought Rome to a standstill. At his request, he was buried in his native and beloved Florence.
📷 Pietà, 1499 / Madonna and Child, 1504
#Art #Painting #Sculpture
February 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
― Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. He was 88. It brought Rome to a standstill. At his request, he was buried in his native and beloved Florence.
📷 Pietà, 1499 / Madonna and Child, 1504
#Art #Painting #Sculpture
― Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. He was 88. It brought Rome to a standstill. At his request, he was buried in his native and beloved Florence.
📷 Pietà, 1499 / Madonna and Child, 1504
#Art #Painting #Sculpture
Armand Guillaumin, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1841. He was a founding member of Impressionism but he did not gain much fame. Only later has his work been acknowledged to the degree it deserves.
🎨 Garden Behind Old Houses, 1878
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Garden Behind Old Houses, 1878
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Armand Guillaumin, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1841. He was a founding member of Impressionism but he did not gain much fame. Only later has his work been acknowledged to the degree it deserves.
🎨 Garden Behind Old Houses, 1878
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Garden Behind Old Houses, 1878
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
― Marc Chagall
🎨 Blue Lovers, 1914 / Lovers in Pink, 1916
#Art #Painting #ValentinesDay
― Marc Chagall
🎨 Blue Lovers, 1914 / Lovers in Pink, 1916
#Art #Painting #ValentinesDay
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
― Marc Chagall
🎨 Blue Lovers, 1914 / Lovers in Pink, 1916
#Art #Painting #ValentinesDay
― Marc Chagall
🎨 Blue Lovers, 1914 / Lovers in Pink, 1916
#Art #Painting #ValentinesDay
All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
― Grant Wood was born #OnThisDay in 1891. He's one of the foremost artists of American Regionalism, a movement that arose in the U.S. in the 1930s and that focused on depicting rural life.
#Art #Painting
― Grant Wood was born #OnThisDay in 1891. He's one of the foremost artists of American Regionalism, a movement that arose in the U.S. in the 1930s and that focused on depicting rural life.
#Art #Painting
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM
All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
― Grant Wood was born #OnThisDay in 1891. He's one of the foremost artists of American Regionalism, a movement that arose in the U.S. in the 1930s and that focused on depicting rural life.
#Art #Painting
― Grant Wood was born #OnThisDay in 1891. He's one of the foremost artists of American Regionalism, a movement that arose in the U.S. in the 1930s and that focused on depicting rural life.
#Art #Painting
When Gustav Klimt died unexpectedly #OnThisDay in 1918, this painting was still standing on an easel in his studio. Except for a few details, he had been able to finish it. The painting sold at auction in 2023 for a record-breaking price.
🎨 Lady with a Fan, 1918
#Art #Painting
🎨 Lady with a Fan, 1918
#Art #Painting
February 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
When Gustav Klimt died unexpectedly #OnThisDay in 1918, this painting was still standing on an easel in his studio. Except for a few details, he had been able to finish it. The painting sold at auction in 2023 for a record-breaking price.
🎨 Lady with a Fan, 1918
#Art #Painting
🎨 Lady with a Fan, 1918
#Art #Painting
It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.
― Jackson Pollock, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He was a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement and is best known for his "drip technique".
🎨 Number 17A, 1948
#Art #Painting
― Jackson Pollock, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He was a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement and is best known for his "drip technique".
🎨 Number 17A, 1948
#Art #Painting
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.
― Jackson Pollock, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He was a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement and is best known for his "drip technique".
🎨 Number 17A, 1948
#Art #Painting
― Jackson Pollock, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He was a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement and is best known for his "drip technique".
🎨 Number 17A, 1948
#Art #Painting
Kees van Dongen, Dutch artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1877. He was a leading figure of the Fauvist movement in the early 20th century and was particularly renowned for his sensuous and stylized portraits.
🎨 The Corn Poppy, 1919 / Sunday at the Beach, 1900
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
🎨 The Corn Poppy, 1919 / Sunday at the Beach, 1900
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Kees van Dongen, Dutch artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1877. He was a leading figure of the Fauvist movement in the early 20th century and was particularly renowned for his sensuous and stylized portraits.
🎨 The Corn Poppy, 1919 / Sunday at the Beach, 1900
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
🎨 The Corn Poppy, 1919 / Sunday at the Beach, 1900
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
Berthe Morisot, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1841. She was one of only four women to join the Impressionists and is known for her bold and loose brushstrokes, which are very visible in her paintings.
🎨 The Sewing Lesson, 1884 / Daffodils, 1885
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 The Sewing Lesson, 1884 / Daffodils, 1885
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Berthe Morisot, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1841. She was one of only four women to join the Impressionists and is known for her bold and loose brushstrokes, which are very visible in her paintings.
🎨 The Sewing Lesson, 1884 / Daffodils, 1885
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 The Sewing Lesson, 1884 / Daffodils, 1885
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
John Singer Sargent, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1856. He was a prominent portrait painter, but also worked alongside the Impressionist artists at Claude Monet’s home in Giverny.
🎨 Setting out to Fish, 1878 / Claude Monet, 1885 / Village Children, 1886
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Setting out to Fish, 1878 / Claude Monet, 1885 / Village Children, 1886
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
January 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
John Singer Sargent, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1856. He was a prominent portrait painter, but also worked alongside the Impressionist artists at Claude Monet’s home in Giverny.
🎨 Setting out to Fish, 1878 / Claude Monet, 1885 / Village Children, 1886
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Setting out to Fish, 1878 / Claude Monet, 1885 / Village Children, 1886
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
The winter of 1879-1880 was particularly harsh. Paris was paralysed by snow. Despite the intense cold, Claude Monet went outside to observe the ice on the Seine River. He made about twenty paintings of it.
🎨 Sunset on the Seine, Winter Effect
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Sunset on the Seine, Winter Effect
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
January 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The winter of 1879-1880 was particularly harsh. Paris was paralysed by snow. Despite the intense cold, Claude Monet went outside to observe the ice on the Seine River. He made about twenty paintings of it.
🎨 Sunset on the Seine, Winter Effect
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Sunset on the Seine, Winter Effect
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
Henri Matisse, French Fauvist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1869. Known for his intense and expressive use of color, he had a major influence on the development of 20th century modern art.
🎨 Anemones in Earthenware Vase, 1924 / Interior with Dog, 1934
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
🎨 Anemones in Earthenware Vase, 1924 / Interior with Dog, 1934
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Henri Matisse, French Fauvist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1869. Known for his intense and expressive use of color, he had a major influence on the development of 20th century modern art.
🎨 Anemones in Earthenware Vase, 1924 / Interior with Dog, 1934
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
🎨 Anemones in Earthenware Vase, 1924 / Interior with Dog, 1934
#Art #Painting #Fauvism
May we never be too grown up
to search the skies
on Christmas Eve.
🎨 Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
#Art #Painting
#ChristmasEve 🎄
to search the skies
on Christmas Eve.
🎨 Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
#Art #Painting
#ChristmasEve 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
May we never be too grown up
to search the skies
on Christmas Eve.
🎨 Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
#Art #Painting
#ChristmasEve 🎄
to search the skies
on Christmas Eve.
🎨 Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
#Art #Painting
#ChristmasEve 🎄
#OnThisDay in 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear. It was the first of several breakdowns that plagued him until his tragic death a year and a half later. To Theo he wrote: "I ask just one thing of you, not to worry, for that would cause me one worry too many."
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#OnThisDay in 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear. It was the first of several breakdowns that plagued him until his tragic death a year and a half later. To Theo he wrote: "I ask just one thing of you, not to worry, for that would cause me one worry too many."
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age and Baroque painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1629. He is renowned for his interiors and courtyards, and his masterful use of light. A characteristic element in most of his paintings is an open door or window.
#Art #Painting #Baroque
#Art #Painting #Baroque
December 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age and Baroque painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1629. He is renowned for his interiors and courtyards, and his masterful use of light. A characteristic element in most of his paintings is an open door or window.
#Art #Painting #Baroque
#Art #Painting #Baroque
Wassily Kandinsky was born #OnThisDay in 1866. He felt that paintings didn't need a particular subject, but that shapes and colors alone could also be art. So he started what would become known as Abstract Art.
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Wassily Kandinsky was born #OnThisDay in 1866. He felt that paintings didn't need a particular subject, but that shapes and colors alone could also be art. So he started what would become known as Abstract Art.
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. The Scream (1893) is his most famous work. According to the artist, it's not the figure that is screaming. The real scream comes from the blood-red sky. And it is one of a few works of art that has its own emoji. 😱
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
December 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. The Scream (1893) is his most famous work. According to the artist, it's not the figure that is screaming. The real scream comes from the blood-red sky. And it is one of a few works of art that has its own emoji. 😱
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
Lucian Freud, best known for his work in portraiture, was born #OnThisDay in 1922. The grandson of Sigmund Freud was born in Berlin, but escaped rising Nazism and went to England where he became a citizen in 1939.
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lucian Freud, best known for his work in portraiture, was born #OnThisDay in 1922. The grandson of Sigmund Freud was born in Berlin, but escaped rising Nazism and went to England where he became a citizen in 1939.
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
Frederic Bazille was born #OnThisDay in 1841. He was a medical student before his parents permitted him to study painting. As a benefactor of the Impressionists, he played an important role during their formative years. Sadly, he was killed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. #Art #Painting
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Frederic Bazille was born #OnThisDay in 1841. He was a medical student before his parents permitted him to study painting. As a benefactor of the Impressionists, he played an important role during their formative years. Sadly, he was killed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. #Art #Painting
Claude Monet died #OnThisDay in 1926 at the age of 86. At his funeral, a friend removed the black cloth draped over the coffin, stating: "No black for Monet!" and replaced it with a flower-patterned fabric. He is buried in Giverny church cemetery.
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Claude Monet died #OnThisDay in 1926 at the age of 86. At his funeral, a friend removed the black cloth draped over the coffin, stating: "No black for Monet!" and replaced it with a flower-patterned fabric. He is buried in Giverny church cemetery.
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
Claude Monet painted “The Magpie” in 1869. It was the first time he used colored shadows and it shocked the art world, so the painting was rejected for exhibition. The technique would later be associated with Impressionism and the painting is now one of Monet's most famous.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
Vincent van Gogh was Dutch, but he wrote about a third of his letters in French – the international language at the time. He could speak French from an early age, but it was only after he moved to Paris, in 1886, that he completely switched to writing in French.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Everything we see hides another thing. We always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Everything we see hides another thing. We always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
As long as autumn lasts I won’t have enough hands, canvas or colors to paint the beautiful things that I see.
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As long as autumn lasts I won’t have enough hands, canvas or colors to paint the beautiful things that I see.
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
