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Misanthrope plagued by smugmoids
Love the depiction of wing movement
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Beautiful use of negative space
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Seihō was one of the founders of the Nihonga 'Japanese painting' style, which combined traditional Japanese subjects and materials with European artistic techniques and conventions.

🐦 Painted and embroidered screen depicting a group of sparrows, Seihō Takeuchi (1864 - 1942), 1910–1920. EA2013.35.a
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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He described this picture as 'a study of a magnificent curved staircase and balustrade, leading to a grand façade that would reduce a millionaire to a worm'.

See this piece on display in Gallery 65 on Level 3M.

☀️ A balustrade, John Singer Sargent, 1906. WA1929.7
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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This piece is typical of the Rinpa style of painting. The Rinpa School emerged in Kyoto in the early 1600s and is distinctive for its dramatic compositions and bold use of gold and colours.

🍁🍃Screen with autumn and winter flowers, Watanabe Shikō (1683 - 1755). EA1970.175
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Outdoors, in art museums, old buildings or gardens, everything else, I hate
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hibiscus mutabilis, aka Confederate Rose, a somewhat unfortunate name from today's perspective
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM