“Scholar” by Petra Frankova, 2021.
Czech artist born 1995.
“Birds of a Feather” by Monique Wales, 2020.
Brandt’s cormorants, on the California coast.
“Autumn on the Hudson River” (aka “Autumn in the Ramapo Valley”), by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1889.
American architect and artist (1823-1900), best known for his Hudson River School landscape paintings.
Image via Mutual Art and John Moran auctions.
“Grace Reading at Howth Bay” Ireland, by Sir William Orpen.
Painted circa 1908-12. (The artist’s wife, Grace Knewstub.)
Irish artist 1878-1931.
Image via Amber Tree, Flickr.
“La Calanque” by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, circa 1936.
One of a quartet of artworks of these rocky inlets (calanques) at different times of day. This one is from Musée d’Orsay.
Excerpt from the museum notes: “…he magnifies this Mediterranean landscape, delighting in the phosphorescent effects. By restricting the field of vision, to the point of eliminating any glimpse of the horizon, he isolates the scene from any precise context. The cliffs are transformed into a precious jewellery box, protecting a mysterious, living liquid.”
“Puer” painting by Peter Birkhäuser, 1960.
Swiss visionary artist 1911-1976.
Excerpt from “The Dream Artist Nobody Knows About” - Eternalised:
“Puer aeternus is eternal youth. This is the boy-god predicted in Revelation as the child who was snatched up to heaven. He is the complete man of the future.Wherever he stretches his hands, new life begins to bloom.
This painting appears in the book Man and His Symbols and symbolises the Self, which does not always take the form of a superior wise old person. Here the Self appears as a marvellous youth. He sits on a white boar-like horse who moves through the dark heavens.
The round object like a sun behind the youth is a symbol of totality and the boy’s four arms recall other “fourfold” symbols that characterise psychological wholeness. Before the boy’s hands hovers a flower – as if he need only raise his hands and a magical flower will appear. He is black because of his nocturnal or unconscious origin.”
Snails and grapes, painting by Will Wilson, 2000.
American artist born 1957.
Copy of just the background of August Malmström’s painting “Dancing Fairies” by Michael Handt, 2021.
The artist’s description:
“Copy of the painting "Dancing Fairies” (1866) by August Malmström, but without the dancing fairies… and a bit rearranged. I always enjoyed the painting, especially the landscape and thought it could be worthwhile to have a painting showing the landscape on its own. It is not meant as a correction, but rather as a tribute and learning experience.“
“Dancing Fairies” by August Malmström, 1866.
Swedish artist 1829-1901.
Alternate image. (Slightly tweaked.)
