Posts tagged painting

accidentalformalist:

Francis Alÿs

The Nightwatch

Surveillance cameras observe a fox exploring the Tudor and Georgian rooms of the National Portrait Gallery at night.

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Painting is not meant to decorate apartments, painting is an instrument of war.
Pablo Picasso (via criminalwisdom)

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firsttimeuser:

Two RAAF airmen enjoying a drink, Melbourne, 1945

Chloé, 1875 by Jules Joseph Lefebvre

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timelightbox: Martha Holmes / TIME & LIFE Pictures Jackson Pollock paints in his Long Island studio, 1949. In honor of 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth, TIME presents a gallery of the painter’s life. See more here.

timelightbox:

Martha Holmes / TIME & LIFE Pictures

Jackson Pollock paints in his Long Island studio, 1949.

In honor of 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth, TIME presents a gallery of the painter’s life. See more here.

TIME

The Cicada, 1865-1875Jean-Baptiste Camille CorotFrench, 1796-1875Oil on panel18-1/4 x 14-5/8 in. (46.4 x 37.2 cm)Norton Simon Art Foundation

The Cicada, 1865-1875
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
French, 1796-1875
Oil on panel
18-1/4 x 14-5/8 in. (46.4 x 37.2 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation

kateoplis: Lucian Freud in his studio by his long-time assistant, artist and photographer, David Dawson. I love this photo.

kateoplis:

Lucian Freud in his studio by his long-time assistant, artist and photographer, David Dawson.

I love this photo.

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Toulouse Lautrec by Maurice Guibert, “who seems in fact to have been something of an elongated shadow of the artist in the Paris years.” More information than you might expect is available about this photograph.  Via nevver.

Toulouse Lautrec by Maurice Guibert, “who seems in fact to have been something of an elongated shadow of the artist in the Paris years.” More information than you might expect is available about this photograph.  Via nevver.

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