Girl with Beret - Lucian Freud (1951) oil on canvas (d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net)
Self portrait of artist (1946) https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w944h944/collection/TATE/TATE/TATE_TATE_T00422_10-001.jpg
Storyteller - Harrison Begay, gouache on paper (image.invaluable.com)
from wiki - Harrison Begay, also known as Haashké yah Níyá (meaning “Warrior Who Walked Up to His Enemy” or “Wandering Boy”) (November 15, 1914 or 1917 – August 18, 2012) was a renowned Diné (Navajo) painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Begay specialized in watercolors, gouache, and silkscreen prints. At the time...
Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist - Giovanni Bellini (1490–1495) Oil on panel (upload.wikimedia.org)
I really enjoy the contrast in this piece between the precise Mary and the realistic texture of her clothes and the cherubs looking like jelly babies, along with some odd looking kids. I honestly can’t think why they made choices they did.
François Tronchin - Jean-Etienne Liotard (1757) pastel on parchment (upload.wikimedia.org)
Liotard has depicted François Tronchin, a patron of the arts. He examines Rembrandt’s “Lady in Bed”. Items on the desk show his other pursuits - architecture and music. The pastel work in this piece is very precise, especially the wig!
Portrait of Orleans - Edward Hopper (1950) (www.artandobject.com)
Worth The Squeeze - Paul Stone, Oil on canvas board (gallerytop.co.uk)
His other food subjects include lifelike croissant. https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/137291/2880096/image3_670.jpeg
Dressing for The Carnival - Winslow Homer (1877) Oil on canvas (2.bp.blogspot.com)
from the Met Museum: “In this Reconstruction-era painting, Homer evokes the dislocation and endurance of African American culture that was a legacy of slavery. The central figure represents a character from a Christmas celebration known as Jonkonnu, once observed by enslaved people in North Carolina and, possibly, eastern...
The Lute Player - Dirck van Baburen (1622) Oil on canvas (upload.wikimedia.org)
Mine Shaft Mural - Frank Wilson (2008) acrylics on hardboard (images.fineartamerica.com)
A Rookery - William Lionel Wylie (1889) Oil on canvas (www.christies.com)
French Shrimpers- Lionel Percy Smythe, oil on canvas (www.art-gallery.co.uk)
Napoleon in burning Moscow - Albrecht Adam (1841) (upload.wikimedia.org)
Self Portrait at 13 - Albrecht Dürer (1484) silverpoint drawing (upload.wikimedia.org)
Rigolette Seeks to Distract Herself During the Absence of Germain, 1844 - Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865) (www.artrenewal.org)
Piotr Jablonski, "Untitled" (lemmy.world)
Shary Boyle, "Untitled". (lemmy.world)
Winter Sunset - Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (Иван Федорович Шультце) (1877-1932) (3.bp.blogspot.com)
Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool, 1919 - Edward Wadsworth (1989 - 1949) (upload.wikimedia.org)
Dazzle camouflage is a type of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards....
The Horsewoman by Karl Bryullov, 1832 (lemmy.world)
Goodbye! by Alfred Guillou (1892) (lemmy.world)
Essentially French, though of Celtic Brittonic or Breton heritage as these people exist in Brittany, France, Alfred Guillou had his painting debut in 1868. About this time, Guillou and other painters formed the Concarneau Art Colony near Pont-Aven, France, attracting painters such as Charles Cottet and Paul Gauguin. A prime...