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October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
October 1896. Artist: F. Schuyler Mathews (American; 1854–1938). Chromolithograph. Page from a calendar published by L. Prang & Co. (Boston, Mass.). The New York Public Library, Art & Architecture Collection.

#fschuylermathews
#October
#1896
#louisprang
#newyorkpubliclibrary
#nypl
@nypl
@nyplart
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Trump/Hegseth working toward an all-white, all-male military.
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@yoyomaeght

“La Gerbe”, céramique de Henri Matisse.

Sidney et Frances Brody ont commandé à Matisse une œuvre pour le patio de leur maison de LA. La céramique est achevée et installée en 1953.

En 2010 Frances a offert cette œuvre exceptionnelle au LACMA.

#Matisse #henrimatisse
#yoyomaeght
#lacma
September 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Figure in Hammock, Florida.” John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper, 1917. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

#johnsingersargent
#Sargent
#metropolitanmuseum
#metropolitanmuseumofart
#themet
#metmuseum
@metmuseum.org
September 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@gallerianazionaledellumbria

“La Deposizione del Maestro di San Francesco a Perugia regala questo dettaglio fantastico dell’angelo dolente, il cui naturale muoversi nello spazio fa sì che il volto venga coperto dal suo disperato sbracciare”.

#museitalianiu
#gallerianazionaledellumbria
September 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@calderfoundation This is one of four Blériots, which are marked by a group of interconnected horizontal rods that have kinetic elements hanging from them.
 
New Blériot (c. 1950). © 2022 Calder Foundation, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

#Calder
#AlexanderCalder
#CalderFoundation
September 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Art: @jesseduquette.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“The Rockaway Beach.” Alfred Thompson Bricher (American; 1837–1908). Chromolithograph (publisher’s proof), ca. 1870s–90s. Publisher: L. Prang & Co. (Boston). The New York Public Library, Print Collection.

#alfredthompsonbricher
#rockawaybeach
#louisprang
#newyorkpubliclibrary
@nyplart
@nypl
September 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Woman on the Boardwalk, Coney Island, N.Y.” Diane Arbus (American; 1923–1971). Gelatin silver print, 1957.

#ConeyIsland
#DianeArbus
#Arbus
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@clarkart “I will show you the sunset if you will sit by me, but I cannot bring it there, for so much gold is heavy.”

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sunset, 1879 or 1881, oil on canvas. The Clark, 1955.602.

#pierreaugusterenoir
#renoir
#theclark
@clarkart
#clarkartinstitute
September 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Art: @jesseduquette.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Untitled (family picnic on beach, Longboat Key, Florida). Joseph Janney Steinmetz (American; 1905–1985). Gelatin silver print, 1958 (printed later). Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

#JosephJanneySteinmetz
#longboatkey
#harvardartmuseums
#steinmetz
@harvardartmuseums
September 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Shimōsa Province, Chōshi Beach, Tour”; from the series: “Famous Views of 60-odd Provinces.” Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese; 1797–1858). Color woodblock print, 1853. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California.

#utagawahiroshige
#hiroshige
#losangelescountymuseumofart @lacma
September 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Under Parasols at the Beach.” Fashion shot by Louise Dahl-Wolfe (American; 1895–1989) for “Vogue,” January 1963.

#louisedahlwolfe
#dahlwolfe
#vogue
@voguemagazine
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@pinacotecabrera

Luca Carlevarijs raffigura il Ponte Emilio di Roma, “Ponte Rotto” perché crollato parzialmente in seguito alla piena del Tevere nel 1568, con maestose rovine classiche sullo sfondo.

#LucaCarlevarijs
#Carlevarijs
#pinacotecadibrera
September 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@dickinsongallery

The painting is likely to depict Bartholomew Beale (1656–1709), the elder son of Mary Beale (1633–99), one of the first professional women artists in England and a friend of Lely.

@dulwichgallery

#sirpeterlely
#marybeale
September 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@musba_bordeaux

“Jardin au Pyla”, 1935, huile sur toile. Achat de la Ville, 1960. © Photo : L. Gauthier,
🖼️ : Photos in situ : © E. Leroy Cresto

#Marquet
#albertmarquet
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Fritz Wunderlich (September 26, 1930–September 17, 1966)

dgclassics 💬 “What he did – there was no one who came close to him.” - Nicolai Gedda⁠

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#wunderlich #birthday #tenor #opera #operaworld #musica #music #classicalmusic #dgclassics
#fritzwunderlich
#Legend
September 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Pinken in de branding” (Fishing Boats in the Surf). Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch; 1831–1915). Oil on canvas, ca. 1875–85. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

#rijksmuseum
#hendrikwillemmesdag
#Mesdag
@rijksmuseum
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“On the Connecticut Shore.” Louis Kinney Harlow (American; 1850–1913). Chromolithograph (publisher’s proof), ca. 1870s–90s. Publisher: L. Prang & Co. (Boston). The New York Public Library, Print Collection.

#louiskinneyharlow
#Harlow
#connecticut
#louisprang
#newyorkpubliclibrary
@nyplart
@nypl
September 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Patsy Pulitzer (née Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida, ca. 1955. Photo: Slim Aarons (American; 1916–2006). © Slim Aarons.

#patsypulitzer
#palmbeach
#slimaarons
September 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Tchaikovsky score for George Balanchine’s “Diamonds”is radiant with classical brilliance.

#SaraMearns
#AskLaCour
#PaulKolnik
#tchaikovsky
#diamonds
#georgebalanchine
#balanchine
September 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#dmitrishostakovich
#shostakovich
@dgclassics
September 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Miami Beach, 1950 (fashion photograph). Photo: Nina Leen (American, born Russia; 1909–1995).

#miamibeach
#ninaleen
#Leen
September 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM