Colin Jones was once described as ‘The George Orwell of British Photography. He began his career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet, before buying his first camera in Japan whilst running an errand for Margot Fonteyn and then never looked back.

Oof, tonight I am weary. A balm for tired eyes with one of my all time absolute favourites. It is mid #1950s Madame Grès in pink velvet sculpted onto the body. And relax…… #palaisgalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Pablo Picasso Portrait de Marie-Thérèse Walter, 1936.

In this 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic, mallard ducks and purple swamphens fossick for snails (Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome; photo HEN-Magonza)

Black Spot No. 2 https://www.wikiart.org/en/georgia-o-keeffe/black-spot

Jim Holland (b. 1955). Outside, the shining sea.

Susan Point, contemporary Musqueam Coast Salish artist Four Ravens screenprint #MusqueamCoastSalishart #SusanPoint

Barbara Hepworth British artist 1903-1975 Santorin, 1955 Drawing for sculpture #Britishart

Lena Meszaros A Slice of Sun #Art quilt

Pascale Hemery Contemporary French Artist b 1965 From the Height II, 2020 linocut #Frenchart

Pascale Hemery Contemporary French Artist b 1965 Boarding to Brooklyn, 2017 Colour linocut 55 x 40 cm #Frenchart

Piet Mondrian Apple Tree in Blue with Wavy Lines I, 1908 oil on paper mounted on canvas 27.2 x 38.4 cm #Mondrian

Piet Mondrian Row of Eleven Poplars in Red, Yellow, Blue and Green 1908 oil on canvas 69 x 112 cm #Mondrian

Louis Hayet French artist 1864-1940 Musicians, 1889-90 Oil on canvas #Frenchart

The Westbury Quilt Hand embroidered & appliqued red and white quilt made by 6 women from the Hampson family between 1900-03 in Tasmania, Australia. 52 blocks embroidered with proverbs and sayings, & intertwined with blocks depicting favourite farm animals & their pet names #Artcoverlet #Artquilt

Craig Dongoski, USA Alphabet Structure II (2013) ink on wood panel

Scott Prior. Bottles in Kitchen Window. 2015

Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman Laura Ashley was born #OnThisDay in 1925. This empire-line cream cotton Laura Ashley dress, sprigged with blue and green flowers with brown foliage, dates from 1974. Aberdeen Art Gallery collection. #Fashionhistory #LauraAshley

Ernestine Zaumsei Branches and Vines Quilt, 1875 #applique #artquilt

Charles Burchfield, "Pear Tree in September", 1949, Watercolor on paper, 22" x 30"

Charles Burchfield, "Cicada Song in September", 1956, Watercolor on paper, 38 1/8" x 32 1/2"

Be dazzled! Charles Burchfield, "Gateway to September", 1945-1956, Watercolor on joined paper, 42 1/2" x 56"

This is a garment I have shared often for its neat little details but also because it reminds me of my grandmother’s wedding dress. She told me it was blue (it was a wartime wedding) and I picture her when I see this from 1939 #fidmmuseum #FashipnHistory 🗃️🪡

Helen Tyalmuty McCarthy Wadjigan artist b 1972 Kapuk (Burning Rag Ceremony) #AustralianAboriginalArt

Kurt Solmssen Contemporary American painter September, 2012 oil painting 52" x 64" #Americanart

Kurt Solmssen Contemporary American artist Lorenz Road, 2009 Oil painting 50" x 128" Diptych #Americanart

Robert Mapplethorpe American photographer 1946-1989 Orchids, 1987 #Americanphotography

Charles Rosen American artist 1878-1950 Icebound River, c. 1915. Oil on canvas 54 x 64 cm. #Americanart

Amanda Acker Self-taught artist living and working in Onekama, Michigan Off Season, 2022 oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches #Americanart

Amanda Acker Self-taught artist living and working in Onekama, Michigan Blue Canoe, 2017 acrylic, gouache on paper 11"x14" #Americanart

Alice Neel Gladiolas, 1974 Oil on canvas 46 x 32 in.

John Singer Sargent American artist 1856-1925 Open Doorway, Morocco #JohnSingerSargent

John Singer Sargent American artist 1856-1925 Cypresses and Pines #JohnSingerSargent

John Singer Sargent American artist 1856-1925 Three Boats in the Harbour, San Vigilio, 1913 #JohnSingerSargent

Jean Fraipont, Non-conformist, 2011

Cassi Namoda Mozambican artist b. 1988 New Settlement in Manica Province #Mozambicanart

Sheldon Skillie Contemporary Haida artist Shadows Around the Fire #Canadianart #Haidaart

Jim Musil Contemporary American artist Coastal Explorers Acrylic on board #Americanart

Max Ernst German artist 1891- 1976 Configuration, 1974 #Germanart

Emily Carr 1871 - 1945 Canadian artist Gore Avenue Slip, circa 1909 - 1910 watercolour on paper 10 7/8" x 15" #EmilyCarr #Canadianart

In 1895, when Winslow Homer first exhibited this scene of a winter storm at Prouts Neck in Maine, it included two figures crouching on the rocks in the lower left corner. A few years later, he painted over the figures and intensified the spray from the crashing waves.

Piet Mondrian - Golden-Banded Lily - 1909-1910

Marc Chagall The Window, 1924 #Frenchart #MarcChagall

Another view of the Boekhandel Dominicanen.

A 13th century Dominican church was converted into a bookstore in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It's called Boekhandel Domini

Lazaro Rosa-Violan Architectural Designer "Trained as a painter, traveler by conviction, and interior designer by instinct."

Luis Barragán Mexican architect 1902-1988 Cuadra San Cristóbal ranch, Mexico, 1966 #LuisBarragán #Mexicanarchitecture

Neil G. Welliver American artist 1929-2005 Lower Ducktrap, 1978 oil painting #Americanart

Susan Point Contemporary Coast Salish artist Thunderbirds Save Salmon #SusanPoint #CoastSalish #Canadianart

Grant Boland Contemporary Canadian artist Lives and works in Newfoundland Jazz Variation, 2021 Oil on panel 40" x 40" #Canadianart