This sensitive study of an aged woman absorbed in her task was originally known as Rembrandt’s Mother Reading (1629), though the attribution is now disputed

The Piano Lesson (1916) flattens Matisse's own living room into interlocking planes of gray, green, and pink. His son Pierre sits at the piano, but the painting is less a domestic scene than a rigorous exercise in architectural abstraction.

Still life with horse's head https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12041

Christ Disputing with the Doctors: A Sketch https://www.artic.edu/artworks/52903/

Sower with Setting Sun-July 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3108963

Northern Renaissance > Italian Renaissance

#FindsFriday This little button brooch dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period. It was found not far from the Museum at Radley Barrow Hills, Radley - the site of an early Anglo- #Saxon settlement. This sort of characterful brooch is nearly always decorated with a human face looking outwards.

The cover-up of the latest murder carried out by Trump's secret police is now underway. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Jester Hairston (1901–2000) #BOTD He arranged and directed choral music for 40 films, wrote songs (“Mary’s Boy Child" and “Amen” from LILLIES OF THE FIELD, which he dubbed for Sidney Poitier) and acted. “He was a very special person” his AMEN co-star Clifton Davis told me in 2019. #TVSky #BlackSky

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Director: David Lean

🌼 Field book of western wild flowers London, C. [sic] P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. [Source]

Tim Buton's Big Fish...absolutely underappreciated. www.polygon.com/tim-burton-b...

Absolutely correct. It's Trump that created the problem.

The Trump Administration = the most corrupt administration

The actor who played the dying mom on The Pitt thought she deserved an Emmy nom so she went out on her own and got one. “Nobody’s got your back but yourself,” she told @davidmackau.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/e...

Legend by Man Ray, 1916 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137341

Patricia Preece (British, 1894–1966) "Still Life of white Cyclamen in decorative Jardiniere", undated. Oil on Canvas, 20 × 16 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

"Falling Stars" (Sternschnuppen) by the German artist Franz von Stuck, painted around 1912.

William Hays (American, b.1956) "Emerald Stream," 2026 Linocut print 9 x 12 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Henning von Gierke (German, b.1947) "Seated Figure with Monet's Nymphaeas," 2014 Oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

David Haley (American, born 1960) Lighting Up, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 16 x 12 inches Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Wilson Hurley (American, 1924-2008) "Massive Thunderstorm over Las Ounas," 1998 Oil on aluminum 36 x 60 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Miles Hyman (American, b.1962) "Semaphore," 2024 Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Christian Vincent (American, b.1966) Untitled, 1999 Oil on canvas 60 x 80 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

"Zemphira's costume for ballet" 1942 Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian-french surrealist painter Museum of Modern Art/NYC #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Siri (1979) by American realist artist, Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009). Tempera on board 64 × 61 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Alekos Kontopoulos (Greek, 1904-1975), Portrait of a Lady, 1931. Oil on canvas, 117 x 90 cm. National Gallery of Art, Athens. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

#MOOD Gothic Edinburgh #Photography

Cornelis Kloos (Dutch, 1895–1976) "Parasol", 1956. Watercolor on Paper, 60 × 40.3 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

*endorsed

The Banjo Lesson, painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1893). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ban...

Vasily Polenov (Russian, 1844–1927) Title: "An Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane", 1882. Oil on Canvas, 30.1 × 23.7 cm. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

"Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders." .. (Albert Camus) .. (cartoon Monte Wolverton) #politics

Charles Burchfield (American, 1893-1967) August Evening, 1916 watercolor and graphite pencil on paper 19 15/16 × 14 in. (50.6 × 35.6 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Charles Burchfield, "Dusty Road in July", 1952-58, Watercolor and charcoal on paper mounted on board, 35" x 50"

Gross. How much do you want to bet that he's a racist Trump voter?

Anxiety 1896 https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/1158846

#TrumpsWarOfChoice Yes MADAM SPEAKER EMERITUS NANCY PELOSI @pelosi.house.gov Thank you Americans are paying the price Broken Promises Never Ending Lies #TrumpsWarOfChoice

David Ligare (American Artist, born 1945) "Symi (Thrown Drapery)", 1979. Oil on Canvas, 152.4 × 142.2 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

WE ARE NOT LETTING THE EPSTEIN FILES GO!!

This implies that Rubio will bow out of 2028 because he thinks JD will win the primary, but I'd bet that Marco is savvy enough to see that no Republican is likely to win after two more years of Trump. Trump wants both to run so he can play game show host kingmaker. www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-pre...

The store on Lincoln Avenue voted to join Trader Joe's United, becoming the first unionized location in Illinois.

Improvisation 28 (Second Version) by Vasily Kandinsky, 1912 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137202

Still unfair to the disease.

Richard Claremont (Australian, b.1965) “Cloud country” Acrylic on board, 60 x 60 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Post heroin, toilet seat snow jobs, there was KKK, jr. At Epstein Island👇🏽

Born 8 July 1937, painter, photographer, printmaker & stage designer David Hockney was best known for his works such as Portrait of an Artist, which became the most expensive piece of art by a living artist ever auctioned, at $90 million. His works have explored many different themes. #DavidHockney

Seth Armstrong (American Artist, born 1983) “Hillside”, 2019 Oil on Paper adhered to Wood, 18 × 24 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Back Street, Gloucester - 1923 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104595