Georgette Agutte | Still-life, ca. 1913, oil on fiber cement, 112x136x3.8 cm., Musée de Grenoble

Georgette Agutte | Basket if Persimmons, ca. 1912-14, oil on board, 120 x 119 cm., Musée de Grenoble, Gift by Andrée Hayat (Agutte-Sembat family), 2005

Georgette Agutte | Woman with a Cigarette, c. early 1900s, Oil on canvas, 74x 74 cm, Tomaselli Collection, Lyon, France.

Georgette Agutte | Portrait of a Woman with a Flowery Hat in the Garden of the House in Bonnières-sur-Seine, c. 1905, oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm, private collection.

Georgette Agutte | An Asian Woman Sitting, 1912, Tomaselli Collection, Lyon, France #CatsInArt

Georgette Agutte | Le Café dans le jardin,1905, oil on canvas, 93 x 72 cm., musée de Grenoble, Don d'Andrée Hayart, famille Agutte-Sembat, en 2005

Georgette Agutte | The Blue Dress, ca. 1919, oil, 47x39 in., Musée de Grenoble

Georgette Agutte | Her husband Marcel Semblat reading, s.d., 60x60 cm (23.6x23.6 in), Musée de Grenoble

#BOTD Georgette Agutte (17 May 1867 in Paris – 5 September 1922) was a French painter. Self-portrait, s.d., watercolor, gouache and graphite pencil on cardboard, 63.7 x 36 cm, Musée de Grenoble, gift of Andrée Hayart, famille Agutte-Sembat, en 2005, Inv. : MG 2005-4-10

Stella Bowen | Embankment Gardens. London, c. 1938. Oil on composition board, 63.5 x 76.2 cm.. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Elder Bequest Fund 1943

Stella Bowen | Provecal Conversation, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 1936, oil on canvas, 63.7 x 72.3 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Gift of Mary Alice Pelham Thorman AM 2013, niece of the artist

Stella Bowen | Mary Widney. Painted in Paris, 1927. Oil on wood panel, 46 x 37.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. The painting depicts Mary Widney, the wife of Bill Widney; the couple were wealthy patrons known to Bowen with whom she and Ford often played bridge in Paris.

Stella Bowen | Ramon Guthrie, ca. 1928, oil on panel, 46.1 x 37.8 cm., Hood Museum of Art, gifted by Harris Whittemore II Guthrie (1896 – 1973) was an Australian poet, novelist, essayist, critic, painter and professor of French and comparative literature.

Stella Bowen | Ford Madox Ford playing solitaire, 1927. Oil on wood panel, 41.2 x 32.8 cm. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Gift of Ann Croser, Dr Michael Drew, Geoffrey Hackett-Jones, Penelope Hackett-Jones, Dr Michael Hayes and David McKee

#BOTD Esther Gwendolyn "Stella" Bowen (16 May 1893–30 October 1947) was an Australian artist and writer. Self-portrait, 1929, Paris, oil on plywood; Gift of Suzanne Brookman, the artists’s niece, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Vilhelm Hammershøi | Sunshine in the Drawing Room III, oil on canvas, 21.2 x 25.9 in., Nationalmuseum

Vilhelm Hammershøi | Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back, 1903-04, oil on canvas, 23.8x19.8 in., Randers Museum of Art, Denmark

Vilhelm Hammershøi (15 May 1864 – 13 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. Figures by the Window, ca. 1895 oil on canvas 55 x 36 cm. (21.65 x 18.11 in.) private collection

Leena Luostarinen | On the beach, 1982, the Museum of Hämeenlinna. Photo: Reima Diamond.

Leena Luostarinen | Tiger, 1980s art, oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm. Private collection. Photo: Lotta Luostarinen.

Leena Luostarinen | Karkumatkalla, 2011, Mixed media on paper, 54x74 cm The painting exhibits a neo-primitive or folk art influence, characteristic of her work.

Leena Luostarinen | Siblings/Laura Kampaa Maria, 1977 The artwork depicts a domestic scene of one woman styling another's hair, a common subject for the artist who frequently used family and friends as models.

Leena Luostarinen | Leena and Lasse, a double portrait with the artist Lars Olov Wiberg, 1979, oil on the fabric.

#BOTD Leena Luostarinen (15 May 1949 - 28 July 2013) was one of the most important female contemporary painters in Finland. Self-portrait, 1971 She was a skilled painter and a vivid colorist. The power of emotions, charged with myths and romanticism, is tangible in her body of work.

Dress fabric of printed silk, designed by Paule Vézelay for Ascher Ltd., Great Britain, 1947 l- design 1150 r- printed pink silk fabric V&A Museum Collection

Paule Vézelay | Construction, Grey Lines on Pink Ground 1938 Inscribed ‘P. Vézelay 38’t.l., and on reverse ‘P. Vézelay 1938’and ‘1938’. Canvas, 32 x 36 (81.2 x 116)· Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1973. Tate

Paule Vézelay | Five Forms, 1935. Plaster, H 28 x W 38 x D 25 cm, Tate Britain, T07582

Paule Vézelay | Curves and Circles 1930 Oil on canvas 920 x 730 (36 1/4 x 28 3/4), Tate Britain Vézelay was one of the first British artists to explore abstraction.

Paule Vézelay | A Bedroom in Innsbruck, oil on canvas, 87.5 x 80.5 cm., Jerwood Collection, London Her early work was figurative, but apart from her Surrealist-inspired works from the 1930s and her wartime drawings, she was one of the first British artists to commit totally to the abstract movement.

#BOTD Paule Vézelay (Marjorie Watson-WIlliams) (14 May 1892 - 20 March 1984) was a British artist who became an active member of the Parisian avant-garde, and an innovative abstract artist. Self-portrait, oil on canvas, ca. 1927-29, 651 x 543 mm, National Portrait Gallery, London

Justin McCarthy | Three Models, 1961, crayon and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.117

Justin McCarthy | MISS MARGARET PORTER WEARING A SIMPLY DESIGNED BATHING SUIT AT PALM BEACH,1921 Watercolor and pencil on newsprint 11 15/16 x 9" American Folk Art Museum, promised gift of Lee and Ed Kogan, P5.1999.1

Justin McCarthy | Ice Capades, 1967, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1981.136.2

Justin McCarthy | Movie stars, ca. 1961-1964, ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1981.63.7

Justin McCarthy | Elizabeth Taylor & Lassie, Weatherly, Pennsylvania, n.d., Crayon, ink, paint, watercolor on paper in folder, 11 × 3 3/4 in., Collection of the American Folk Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rosenak, 1990.10.6A. Photo by American Folk Art Museum.

#BOTD Justin McCarthy (13 May 1891–14 July 1977) was a self-taught American artist. While studying law, he experienced a severe mental breakdown after failing an exam. This led to a five-year stay in a mental institution, a period that turned out to be transformative for his artistic career.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | The Roseleaf, c. 1865, Pencil on paper, Private collection

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Aspecta Medusa, 1867, Coloured chalks, 55.9 x 52.1 cms, 22 x 20 1/2 ins, Private collection

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Head study of Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) for 'Dante's Dream', 1870, pencil and coloured chalks on duck-egg blue paper, 14 ¼ x 11 5/8 in. (36.2 by 29.5 cm.) (folded); 21 ½ x 24 in. (54 x 61 cm.) (overall sheet size)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Study of Jane Morris as Beatrice for the painting 'Dante's Dream'. Drawing on paper, England, 1870. British Museum

Dante Gabriel Rosetti | Portrait of Marie Spartali Stillman, 1869, red chalk on greenish paper, 24.5x18.5 in., Andrew Lloyd Weber Collection

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Alexa Wilding, 1879, pencil and chalk, 37.4x22 in

#BOTD Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a British poet, illustrator, painter and translator, and a member of the Rossetti family. Self-portrait, 1847 Pencil and white chalk on paper National Portrait Gallery, London

Raoul Hynckes ( Brussels, 11 May 1893 – Blaricum, 19 January 1973) was a Dutch painter of Belgian origin. Le mur blanc avec porte, Beaumont, 1957, Oil on panel, 52 x 65 cm., Museum MORE

Karl Pärsimägi | Girl and the Moon, 1939, oil on canvas, 46 x 33 cm., Tartu Art Museum

Karl Pärsimägi | Farmhouse and a Stove, 1935, oil on canvasm 65.5 x 84 cm., Tartu Art Museum

Karl Pärsimägi | Woman on a Sofa, 1935, oil on board 43.3 x 53.4 cm., Tartu Art Museum

Karl Pärsimägi | Portrait of a Woman, 1936, Oil on canvas, 41.2 × 32.7 cm., Enn Kunila Art Collection

Karl Pärsimägi | House with a Red Roof, 1920–1930s, Oil on canvas, 43.1 × 42.3 cm Enn Kunila Art Collection

Karl Pärsimägi | Woman in a Living Room, 1920–1930s. Oil on cardboard, 42.7 × 52.2 cm., Enn Kunila Art Collection