Mimirs Art Gallery

scintilleadamantine: Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) Sotto il...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:03 -0500

scintilleadamantine:

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) Sotto il baldacchino (1910).

oldsamovar: Girls by Seraphima Bolonskaya

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:56:14 -0500

oldsamovar:

Girls by Seraphima Bolonskaya

cavetocanvas: Helene Schjerfbeck, A Boy Feeding His Younger...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:50 -0500

cavetocanvas:

Helene Schjerfbeck, A Boy Feeding His Younger Sister, 1881

Girl with a Guitar (Daydreams), 1916-17. Richard E. Miller...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:58:28 -0500

Girl with a Guitar (Daydreams), 1916-17. Richard E. Miller (American, Impressionism, 1875-1943)

cavetocanvas: Judith Leyster, Self Portrait, c. 1633 Judith...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:59:37 -0500

cavetocanvas:

Judith Leyster, Self Portrait, c. 1633

Judith Leyster is pretty awesome. Not only was she a female painter during a time period that didn’t favor women, she was the first ever female to become a master in a Dutch guild, an incredibly high honor. After studying with Frans Hals, Leyster created this painting, considered by many to be her masterpiece, possibly for entrance into a guild. Leyster depicts herself as an artist, and proud of her profession; she documents herself painting in a straightforward way, with her creative hand in the center of the composition. The fiddler in the painting mimics her gesture; infrared technology showed that Leyster originally planned a merry company to be shown on the easel, but she changed it, possibly because she was most well known for that subject matter and wanted to show off her more varied abilities. Leyster incorporates many aspects that Hals taught her, including loose brushstrokes, a spontaneous quality, and a simple backdrop. However, Leyster ended up suing Hals because she claimed that he had taken a pupil away from her. After she married, Leyster largely gave up painting, and only about 30 works of hers have survived.

good-dogwood: The Passing of Robin Hood, 1917, N.C. Wyeth

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:03 -0500

good-dogwood:

The Passing of Robin Hood, 1917, N.C. Wyeth

William Jabez Muckley (British, 1837-1905), “Home Once More”

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:07:45 -0500

William Jabez Muckley (British, 1837-1905), “Home Once More”

thorsteinulf: Antonio Muñoz Degrain - Lovers of Teruel (1884)

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:52:45 -0500

thorsteinulf:

Antonio Muñoz Degrain - Lovers of Teruel (1884)

nataliakoptseva: Bayeu y Subías, Francisco - El Triunfo del...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:26:01 -0500

nataliakoptseva:

Bayeu y Subías, Francisco - El Triunfo del Cordero de Dios

Detail

heaveninawildflower: Never Morning Wore to Evening but Some...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:29:28 -0500

heaveninawildflower:

Never Morning Wore to Evening but Some Heart Did Break by Walter Langley by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Flickr.

Never Morning Wore to Evening but Some Heart Did Break by Walter Langley

In 1882, Langley settled in Newlyn, Cornwall. The subjects of his paintings were typically Cornish fishermen and their families. The title is taken from the Tennyson poem ‘In Memoriam A. H. H’. First published anonymously in 1850, written in memoriam of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam, one verse of which reads:

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor by Frank Cadogan Cowper

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:25:51 -0500

Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor by Frank Cadogan Cowper

everything-isagrace: signorcasaubon: Viktor Vasnetsov -...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:23:25 -0600

everything-isagrace:

signorcasaubon:

Viktor Vasnetsov - Fatherhood (Detail); State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; 1907

I’ve posted this one a few times before, but I never tire of looking at it

really beautiful

paristothepast: The Treasury of Tau Palace, where the...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:32:16 -0600

paristothepast:

The Treasury of Tau Palace, where the cathedral’s sacred art is kept, contains a sapphire talisman that Charlemagne is said to have had sorcerers make for his wife to keep their love constant. Not only are two sapphires, one oval and one square, set in gold, encrusted with emeralds, garnets, amethysts, and pearls, but if you look through the oval sapphire, you actually see a cross said to have been made from a piece of the True Cross and a small piece of the Virgin’s hair.

tierradentro: “Saint Jerome and the Lion”, 1450, Rogier Van Der...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:42:21 -0600

tierradentro:

“Saint Jerome and the Lion”, 1450, Rogier Van Der Weyden.

arthistoryeveryday: The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet (1857)

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:01:10 -0600

arthistoryeveryday:

The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet (1857)

stilllifequickheart: Jan Verhas The Master Painter 1877

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:01:01 -0600

stilllifequickheart:

Jan Verhas

The Master Painter

1877

radioteopoli: “All great art has instinctively selected...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:01:00 -0600

radioteopoli:

“All great art has instinctively selected religious themes, and thus bears witness how deeply the sacramental instinct is rooted in human nature.” —Fr Bernard Leeming, SJ

Holy Communion — Angelo Graf von Courten

alias61: Vittorio Corcos - Sogni (Dreams) (1896)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:00:48 -0600

alias61:

Vittorio Corcos - Sogni (Dreams) (1896)

Photo

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:01:11 -0600

peira: windypoplarsroom: Henri Fantin-Latour: Portrait of Léon...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:00:47 -0600

peira:

windypoplarsroom:

Henri Fantin-Latour: Portrait of Léon Maître (1886)