Every. single. morning! sobald ich mit Nachrichten konfrontiert werde

Einen emotional support Drachen? Ja, bitte! Wo kriege ich den? #silly #feelingsilly #emotionalsupport #tired #artwork #dragonsofbsky #fertigmitderwelt

Women messing with men's heads du jour: Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist. LOVE her gesture, pose, outfit, height, impatience. No timid girl she! By Carel Fabritius, born OTD 1622.

A Brief History of Fairies - New posting in English on Medium, free to read medium.com/@art.susan/a...

Nette Freunde hat er, der Hagel bsky.app/profile/vara...

Federico Barocci, versatile artist who inspired Rubens, born in Urbino c 1535. He worked under patronage of last Duke of Urbino, Francesco Maria II della Rovere. Portrait of last Duke of Urbino 1572, Galleria degli Uffizi | Drawing of young girl c 1582, Royal Collection Trust

"Cherries" By Ingebjørg Frøydis Støyva, Norwegian, born 1978 Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover

Abbott Handerson Thayer, Flamingos, ca. 1905-1909, Öl auf Holz, Smithsonian American Art Museum #thayer #flamingos #art #artwork #bskyart

Ice skating as a past time in the netherlands was only possible because of the so-called little ice-age. And it was not all fun and games. The colder temperatures in the 16th and 17th century lead to famines, war, and epidemics.

Part two of my "artists with a side job" (english version) is now online medium.com/@art.susan/w... #art #arthistory #painters #RachelRuysch #Spitzweg #HenriRousseau

Adam Elsheimer, Judith Beheading Holofernes 1601-03 Oil on silvered copper (Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London) At just 24.2 x 18.7 cm (9.5 x ,7.4 in), this tiny masterpiece was painted on tinned copper, which helps create the rich colors and luminous effects

St. Paul’s from the River: Morning Sun in Winter Henri Le Sidaner1906/1907 #art #artwork #bskyart #LeSidaner

Gibt es einen Maler, den ihr verabscheut? Aus eigentlich gar keinem Grund? Bei mir ist es Renoir. Aber das bin nur ich. Und dieses Bild von Julie gefällt mir dann doch ganz gut. Wahrscheinlich ist es die Katze. Auguste Renoir, Julie Manet, 1887, Museé d'Orsay, Paris #art #artwork #bskyart

Hello Tuesday. 🖼️ Mouse, Shibata Zeshin.

Joaquin Sorolla celebrates this birth of his daughter Elena, showing just the heads of his wife Clotilde and the newborn as they seem to waft peacefully in a sea of white, as gentle light spreads soft shadows (Mother, 1895-1900)

Kenyan born artist Magdalene Odundo, considered one of the premier ceramicists working today #womensart

Madame de Pompadour en belle jardinière, holding lilies of the valley, symbolic of love, with basket full of roses; painted c 1754, by Charles-Andre van Loo, versatile French Rococo artist, born #OTD 1705; rival of François Boucher, appointed First Painter to Louis XV in 1762. Château de Versailles

Teil 2 ist online. Den ersten Teil gab es schon letzte Woche. little-arthistories.com/2026/kuenstl...

Born in Brussels, on this day, in 1457: Mary of Burgundy, only child of Charles the Bold & hence heiress extraordinaire. Today is for her, her book, and her favorite painter.

Albrecht Altdorfer war der "Erfinder" der Landschaftsmalerei. Er war der erste in Europa, der reine Landschaften malte, ohne jegliches religiöses Beiwerk oder Menschen.

The concept of the brodalisque appeals to me.

New today: english version of last week's blog posting "When One Job isn’t Enough: Famous Painters with Side Jobs (Part 1)" medium.com/@art.susan/w...

Monet hatte die Angewohnheit, ein Motiv mehrfach zu malen, abhängig von den Lichtverhältnissen. Seine Heuhaufen zum Beispiel hat er in 25 Variationen angefertigt. Hier ein paar der winterlichen: Monet, Heuhaufen (Les Meules à Giverny), ab 1890

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Ich frage mich ja, was Maler wie Rousseau damals gesagt hätten, wenn man ihnen erzählt hätte, wie berühmt sie 100 Jahre später sein würden? Winter (L’Hiver), Henri Rousseau, 1907, Öl auf Leinwand, 40.3×52.1 cm, Privatbesitz #art #artwork #rousseau #winter #schnee

Abbott Handerson Thayer, Red Flamingoes, Studie, ca. 1905-1909, Öl auf Holz, Smithsonian American Art Museum #thayer #flamingoes #art #artwork

The Green Lot https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-martin/the-green-lot

River Epte, Giverny https://www.wikiart.org/en/guy-rose/river-epte-giverny-1910-1

In 1888, Van Gogh painted two chairs—his and Gauguin’s. His own, plain and sunlit, held a pipe; Gauguin’s, ornate and shadowed, held a candle and books. Together they became portraits in objects—two temperaments facing each other in paint.

Happy Birthday, Gerhard Richter Der bekannteste deutsche Künstler wird heute 94! Herzlichen Glückwunsch, das ist ein stolzes Alter. Bild: Betty, Gerhard Richter, 1988 #OTD #HappyBirthday #art #artist #GerhardRichter

Schon gewusst: Einige Künstler haben sich nicht nur ihrer Kunst gewidmet, sondern sind Nebentätigkeiten nachgegangen. Ein Glück, dass es sich lediglich um "Lifestyle-Teilzeit" gehandelt hat, sonst wären ihre großartigen Werke nie entstanden. little-arthistories.com/2026/kuenstl...

1/5 Happy Birthday, Carl Spitzweg. Der Maler des Biedermeier und der Meister des spitzen Humors wurde heute im Jahr 1808 geboren. Carl Spitzweg, Der Sonntagsspaziergang, 1841, Öl auf Holz, Museum Carolino Augusteum #OTD #Spitzweg #Biedermeier #art #artworkoftheday #traditionalart #museum

🖼️ Józef Wilkoń

Oh look: #CutenessOverload

Vilhelm Hammershøi Interior with Ida Playing the Piano, 1910 National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo #art #artwork #hammershoi #interiorpainting

NEW ESSAY — Christine Jacobson’s “Typing for Love or Money”, on the neglected efforts of women like Theodora Bosanquet, Véra Nabokov, and Valerie Eliot, who — through their work as typists and editors — had a profound impact on modern literature: publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing...

A new posting on Medium today about two famous but unknown paintings by two of the greatest masters of the Renaissance #renaissance #art #arthistory #LedaAndtheSwan #Michelangelo #Leonardo

Und weil es so schön war und ich gerade das Thema des barmherzigen Samaritaners angesprochen habe, zeige ich hier eine etwas ältere Version des Themas aus dem Codex purpureus Rossanensis, um 550. Die Seiten waren mit Purpur gefärbt. #illumination #buchmalerei #purpur #kunstgeschichte

1/5 "Der Gute Samariter" steht für etwas, das in der heutigen Zeit ein rares Gut ist: Nächstenliebe. Domenico Fetti, Der barmherzige Samariter, 67,3 × 83,5 cm, um 1622, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston #arthistory #art #kunstgeschichte

Died (alas!) OTD in 1678: Antonio de Pereda. Painted the vanity of things of this world. Including your gorgeous table clock! & your gun! All vain.

#BookSky💙📚 #Books My happy place.

1/4 Art Historians living in an ivory tower, right? A bit boring, a bit stiff, of no use in the "real" world? Well, there was a real 007-Arthistorian/double agent who caused a scandal: Sir Anthony Blunt was a double agent who worked for the MI5 and the NKWD in the Soviet Union. #spy #double-agent

Vue du canal Saint-Martin, 1870, by Alfred Sisley, British landscape artist, died #OTD 1899; a founding figure of French Impressionism, he painted en plein air with Monet & Renoir. Musée d’Orsay

John William Waterhouse, The Magic Circle, 1886, Oil on canvas 183 cm × 127 cm (72 in × 50 in), Tate Britain, London #Waterhouse #Pre-Raphaelites #Witch #Art

Vilhelm Hammershøi Interior with potted plant on card table, Bredgade 25 1910 - 1911 Malmö Konstmuseum #Hammershøi #Interior #art

Cat that Reads — Wincenty Sleńdziński, 1860

New Posting is out: Five Fun Facts about Art medium.com/@art.susan/f... #funfacts #art #arthistory

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own #WomensArt Portrait by her sister Vanessa Bell

Father of Europe: Charlemagne, commanding 6’ 4” King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor, warrior, administrator, educational reformer, book lover; died #OTD 814. Bust of Charlemagne, Mosan Gothic silver-gilt reliquary set with gems & intaglios, on fleurs-de-lis base, c 1350, Aachen Cathedral Treasury

Childe Hassam, Rainy Day, Boston, 1885, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio Was ich heute gelernt habe: Das Toledo Museum of Art befindet sich in den USA, nicht in Spanien. Man lernt nie aus, gell? #ChildeHassam #art #artworkoftheday #artwork #cityview