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1665: Fleas
Gerard ter Borch: Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas (1665)
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Children, Dogs, Fleas, Gerard ter Borch, Insects, Netherlands, Painting
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1783: Stones and Broccoli
Thomas Gainsborough: Pastoral Landscape (c. 1783) Gainsborough made his living painting commissioned portraits, and thus could not indulge his passion for landscapes during the day in the open air; instead, he painted them at night by candlelight, arranging stones, broccoli, … Continue reading
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1799: Girl with Portfolio
Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere: Girl with Portfolio (1799)
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1916: The Sun
Edvard Munch: The Sun (1911-1916)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Edvard Munch, Norway, Painting, The Sun
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1901: More Crows
Nicholas Roerich: The Crows (1901)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Crows, Nicholas Roerich, Painting, Russia
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1904: The Rising Sun
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo: Il sole (Il sole nascente) (1904) (source)
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1891: Beach
Georges Lemmen: The Beach at Heist (1891)
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1880: Rainy Moon with Steamboats
Kobayashi Kiyochika: Rainy Moon at Gohonmatsu (1880)
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1660: Peepshow
Samuel van Hoogstraten: Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House (c. 1655-60) (source)
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1914: Wings!
Alvin Langdon Coburn: Wings! (1914)
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