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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), “A Young Woman Sleeping (Hendrickje Stoffels)” (c. 1654), brush and brown wash, with some white bodycolour mixed in, with parts of the wash touched with the pen in the hair, and ruled framing lines in pen and brown ink, 20.3 x 24.6 cm.
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), “A Young Woman Sleeping (Hendrickje Stoffels)” (c. 1654), brush and brown wash, with some white bodycolour mixed in, with parts of the wash touched with the pen in the hair, and ruled framing lines in pen and brown ink, 20.3 x 24.6 cm.
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Sunday Sargent.
John Singer Sargent.
A Hotel Room. 1906-1907.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters
#Americanimpressionism
#Sargent #Impressionism
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge
John Singer Sargent.
A Hotel Room. 1906-1907.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters
#Americanimpressionism
#Sargent #Impressionism
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sunday Sargent.
John Singer Sargent.
A Hotel Room. 1906-1907.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters
#Americanimpressionism
#Sargent #Impressionism
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge
John Singer Sargent.
A Hotel Room. 1906-1907.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters
#Americanimpressionism
#Sargent #Impressionism
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge
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By the time James Hamilton Hay painted 'The Falling Star,' (1909) many European artists had popularised the idea a painting could function as a visual poem, something to be felt rather than read literally - a falling star was a common device in Victorian and Edwardian art.
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
By the time James Hamilton Hay painted 'The Falling Star,' (1909) many European artists had popularised the idea a painting could function as a visual poem, something to be felt rather than read literally - a falling star was a common device in Victorian and Edwardian art.
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Trump’s cult of personality will be gone sooner than later.
What happens when the pendulum swings back to the left as hard as ever because these Nazis have no fucking clue what they’re doing?
What happens when the pendulum swings back to the left as hard as ever because these Nazis have no fucking clue what they’re doing?
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Trump’s cult of personality will be gone sooner than later.
What happens when the pendulum swings back to the left as hard as ever because these Nazis have no fucking clue what they’re doing?
What happens when the pendulum swings back to the left as hard as ever because these Nazis have no fucking clue what they’re doing?
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'Man Reading.' (1904) John Singer Sargent's portraits balance looseness and definition, what might be called Old Master-casual;
faces and hands rendered just tightly enough to stay alive. The sitter is Nicola d'Inverno, Sargent's Italian valet and a frequent model.
faces and hands rendered just tightly enough to stay alive. The sitter is Nicola d'Inverno, Sargent's Italian valet and a frequent model.
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
'Man Reading.' (1904) John Singer Sargent's portraits balance looseness and definition, what might be called Old Master-casual;
faces and hands rendered just tightly enough to stay alive. The sitter is Nicola d'Inverno, Sargent's Italian valet and a frequent model.
faces and hands rendered just tightly enough to stay alive. The sitter is Nicola d'Inverno, Sargent's Italian valet and a frequent model.
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"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."
@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc
@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."
@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc
@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc
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One critic, writing in 1911 (the date of this work) commented, George Clausen 'gives us out of very simple elements the most perfect nocturnes, these mark a new and definite advance in his power in taking complete hold of a subject and making it his own.'
October 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
One critic, writing in 1911 (the date of this work) commented, George Clausen 'gives us out of very simple elements the most perfect nocturnes, these mark a new and definite advance in his power in taking complete hold of a subject and making it his own.'
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'Miss Collins.' (1924) William Beckwith McInnes won the Archibald Prize (Australia's prestigious award for portraiture) seven times. Writing in defence of his style of realism: 'in Australia we have not been bitten by Cubism or Futurism or other isms … and I am glad of it'.
October 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
'Miss Collins.' (1924) William Beckwith McInnes won the Archibald Prize (Australia's prestigious award for portraiture) seven times. Writing in defence of his style of realism: 'in Australia we have not been bitten by Cubism or Futurism or other isms … and I am glad of it'.
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New York At Night, 1927, by Tavik F. Simon.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New York At Night, 1927, by Tavik F. Simon.
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In Europe, all swans were white, & the expression “black swans” was used to signify a virtually impossible contradiction in terms ~ until de Vlamingh's Dutch expedition actually saw them when exploring the Swan River, Western Australia in 1696-97. Here’s a 1790 depiction of one
September 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
In Europe, all swans were white, & the expression “black swans” was used to signify a virtually impossible contradiction in terms ~ until de Vlamingh's Dutch expedition actually saw them when exploring the Swan River, Western Australia in 1696-97. Here’s a 1790 depiction of one
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Plate 2 of ‘Urizen’: ‘Teach these Souls to Fly’ http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-plate-2-of-urizen-teach-these-souls-to-fly-n03696
September 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Plate 2 of ‘Urizen’: ‘Teach these Souls to Fly’ http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-plate-2-of-urizen-teach-these-souls-to-fly-n03696
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Procession of white-dressed girls and women, carrying glowing Chinese lanterns, winds its way through Cornish fishing village ~ possibly Newlyn ~ to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 (George Sherwood Hunter)
September 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Procession of white-dressed girls and women, carrying glowing Chinese lanterns, winds its way through Cornish fishing village ~ possibly Newlyn ~ to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 (George Sherwood Hunter)
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My favorite picture of Tolkien, working in his garden while smoking a pipe.
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My favorite picture of Tolkien, working in his garden while smoking a pipe.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Dante in the Empyrean, Drinking at the River of Light http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-dante-in-the-empyrean-drinking-at-the-river-of-light-n03370
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Dante in the Empyrean, Drinking at the River of Light http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-dante-in-the-empyrean-drinking-at-the-river-of-light-n03370
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Gustav Klimt’s brilliance and originality as a draughtsman was only really recognised after his death because during his lifetime he hardly ever sold his drawings and never thought to exhibit them. This work is from around 1897.
August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Gustav Klimt’s brilliance and originality as a draughtsman was only really recognised after his death because during his lifetime he hardly ever sold his drawings and never thought to exhibit them. This work is from around 1897.
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id never seen this piece of Eyvind Earle concept art for Sleeping Beauty before and i'm losing my mind it is so good
April 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
id never seen this piece of Eyvind Earle concept art for Sleeping Beauty before and i'm losing my mind it is so good
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Bill Maher keeps this weak victim shit up, Larry David may end up headlining super bowl halftime.
April 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Bill Maher keeps this weak victim shit up, Larry David may end up headlining super bowl halftime.
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In 1891, the year John Singer Sargent painted this study for the Boston Public Library mural project, his portraits were revered more as paintings than as representations of the sitter. Critics described him as a living old master who towered above his contemporaries.
April 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In 1891, the year John Singer Sargent painted this study for the Boston Public Library mural project, his portraits were revered more as paintings than as representations of the sitter. Critics described him as a living old master who towered above his contemporaries.
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“Nothing Is Real”.
A joyous 1969 Japanese movie poster for The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”.
A joyous 1969 Japanese movie poster for The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”.
March 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“Nothing Is Real”.
A joyous 1969 Japanese movie poster for The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”.
A joyous 1969 Japanese movie poster for The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”.
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they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever
February 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever