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His other food subjects include lifelike croissant. https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/137291/2880096/image3_670.jpeg

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...

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...

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.

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!

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....

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...