OLGA DELLA-VOS KARDAKOVSKAYA 1875-1952 Nationality - Russian

Self-Portrait

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PEDER SEVERIN KROYER 1851-1909 Nationality - Danish

Summer Evening at Skagen

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LIU ZHENGXING b.1952 Nationality - Chinese

Blossomy of Sichuan

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FANNY BRATE 1862-1940 Nationality - Swedish

The Tease (1885)

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EDWARD CHARLES HALLE 1846-1914 Nationality - English

Francesca

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MASANOBU OKUMURA 1686-1764 Nationality - Japanese

Shibai Ukie

This incredible picture recalls the Kabuki theatre in earlier times

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VINCENT van GOGH 1853-90 Nationality - Dutch

Country Road in Provence by Night (1890)

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JOHN La FARGE 1835-1910 Nationality - American

Still Life with Eggplant and Flowers

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FRANK DICKSEE 1853-1928 Nationality - English

The Mirror (1896)

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DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT 1839-1924 American born French

Waiting for the Ferryman

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NICOLAS POUSSIN 1594-1665 Nationality - French

The Empire of Flora (1631)

Flora is the figure standing in the centre of the painting. In Roman mythology she was a goddess of flowers and of spring. Her Greek counterpart was Chloris.

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GERRIT van HONTHORST 1590-1656 Nationality - Dutch

The Matchmaker

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THEO van RYSSELBERGE 1862-1926 Nationality - Belgian

Sunset at Ambletsuse (1899)

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GUSTAVE BOULANGER 1824-88 Nationality - French

La Villette surrounded by the Versailles Troops, May 1871

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HENRI de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC 1864-1901 Nationality - French

In the Salon of La Rue des Moulins (1894)

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DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-82 Nationality - British

Lady Lilith

The painting was begun in 1864 with Fanny Cornforth as the model and completed in 1868. It was repainted in 1872/3 with the face of Alexa Wilding.

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PAULUS MOREELSE 1571-1638

 Two Girls in Pastoral Costume (1622)

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WILLIAM QUILLER ORCHARDSON 1832-1910 Nationality - Scottish

A Marriage of Convenience

JUST TREES

A new series which will be known by the full title of the blog

JUST TREES BUT LOVELY TO LOOK AT

begins today and will then be updated

EVERY DAY

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JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD 1861-1922 Nationality - English

A Souvenir (1920)

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PAUL GAUGUIN 1848-1903 Nationality - French

The Siesta

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MARY CASSATT 1844-1926 Nationality - American-born French

Lilacs in a Window

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LAURENCE ALMA-TADEMA 1836-1912 Nationality - Dutch-born English

The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)

Oil on Canvas

132.7 cm x 214.4cm

The painting shows a group of diners at a banquet, being swamped by drifts of pink rose petals falling from a false ceiling above. The Roman emperor Elagabalus reclines on a platform behind them, wearing a golden robe and a tiara.

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THOMAS MORAN 1837-1926 Nationality - English-born American

Cliffs of Green River (1874)

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VINCENT van GOGH 1853-90 Nationality - Dutch

A Suburb of Paris

STARTING ON MONDAY 16th
THIS BLOG WILL AGAIN BE UPDATED
EVERY DAY

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HARRY ANDERSON !906-96 Nationality - American

A Moonlight Stroll

Tempera on Board

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GUY ROSE 1867-1925 Nationality - American

The Sea View of Cliffs

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Next Post here - WEDNESDAY

NICOLAS POUSSIN 1594-1665 Nationality - French

Summer  (1660/64)

Oil on Canvas

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Next Post - MONDAY

LILLA CABOT PERRY 1848-1933 Nationality - American

In a Japanese Garden (1898/1901)

Next Post - Friday

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JOHN LESLIE BRECK 1860-99 Nationality - American

Susan Hoschede Sewing (1888)

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART
WILL NOW BE UPDATED
MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY

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DIEGO VELAZQUEZ 1599-1660 Nationality - Spanish

An Old Woman Frying Eggs (c1618)

Oil on Canvas

JAN VERMEER 1632-75 Nationality - Dutch

[Beginning Monday 2nd October, 
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART 
will be posted on three days each week
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY]

Mistress and Maid (1666/7)

Oil on Canvas

90.2 cm x 78.4 cm

Please note that my current blogs are all affected by changes this week

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CHARLES EDWARD PERUGINI 1839-1918 Nationality - Italian-born English

Peonies

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POMPEO MARIANI 1857-1927 Nationality - Italian

Cascina Zelata (1896)
Oil on Panel
48.7 cm x 75 cm

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FRANK BERNARD DIXIE 1853-1928 Nationality - English

Portrait of Lady Palmer

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ALBERT JOSEPH MOORE 1841-93 Nationality - English

LIGHTNING AND LIGHT (1892)

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EDMUND TARBELL 1862-1938 Nationality - American

Across the Room

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HENRY SIDDONS MOWBRAY 1858-1928 Nationality - American

Idle Hours (1895)

Oil on Canvas

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JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD 1732-1806 Nationality - French

The Stolen Kiss

Oil on Canvas

45 cm x 56 cm

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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE 1849-1916 Nationality - American

I'm going to see Grandma

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ALBERT BIERSTADT 1830-1902 Nationality - American

Scene in the Sierra Nevada

Oil on Canvas

45.72 cm x 60.96 cm

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JEAN-ETIENNE LIOTARD 1702-89 Nationality - Swiss

Lady Montagu in Turkish Dress (c.1756)

Oil on Copper

16.7 cm x 19.5 cm

No.879

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JOAQUIN SOROLLA y BASTIDA 1863-1923 Nationality - Spanish

Under the awning on the beach at Zarauz (1905)

No.878

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THIS PAINTING WAS ALWAYS THOUGHT TO BE BY REMBRANDT BUT THIS IS NOW DOUBTED

The Man with the Golden Helmet (c.1650)

Oil on Canvas

67.5 cm x 50.7 cm

No.877

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DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-82 Nationality - British

La Pia de Tolomei

Oil on Canvas

104.8 cm x 120.7 cm

No.876

PICTURES TO PLEASE
WAS UPDATED YESTERDAY

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PIETER de HOOCH 1629-after1684 Dutch

Card-players in a Sunlit Room (1658)

Oil on Canvas

77.2 cm x 67.4

No.875

The New Blog

PICTURES TO PLEASE

has been updated today

picturestoplease.blogspot.com

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CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH 1774-1840 Nationality - German

Chalk Cliffs on Rugen (1818)

Oil on Canvas

90.5 cm x 71 cm

No.874

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FANNY BRATE 1861-1940 Nationality - Swedish

Still Life with Fruit (1937)

No.874

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ORAZIO GENTILESCHI 1563-1639

The Lute Player

Oil on Canvas

143.5 cm x 129 cm

No.873

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ADOLPH von MENZEL 1815-1905 Nationality - German

Le Jardin du Luxembourg (1876)

No.872

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EDWARD ARTHUR WALTON 1860-1922 Nationality - Scottish

Autumn Sunshine (1883)

Oil on Canvas

53.4 cm x 71 cm

No.871

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