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
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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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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
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DIEGO VELAZQUEZ 1599-1660 Nationality - Spanish

An Old Woman Frying Eggs (c1618)

Oil on Canvas