Tag Archives: Painting

1891: Wolf

Ernest Thompson Seton: The Sleeping Wolf (1891)

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1891: After the Deluge

George Frederic Watts: After the Deluge (The Forty-First Day) (1886–1891)

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2008: Hyperrealism

Gregory Thielker: Coming to a Complete Stop (2008) It’s a painting. (source)

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1842: Faustine

Henri Lehmann: Faustine Léo (1842) (sources here and here)

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1918: Gassed

John Singer Sargent: Gassed (1919) (source)

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1870: Storm in the Mountains

Albert Bierstadt: Storm in the Mountains (c. 1870) (source)

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1690s: Cabinet of Curiosities

Domenico Remps: Cabinet of Curiosities (1690s)

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1903: Bicycle as Angel

A model in Hugo Simberg’s studio for his painting The Wounded Angel (1903). A bicycle is playing the part of the angel. Sources here and here.

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1898: The Keeper of the Threshold

Elihu Vedder: The Keeper of the Threshold (1897-1898)

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1902: Orchid and Hummingbird

Martin Johnson Heade: Orchid and Hummingbird near a Mountain Waterfall (1902) The orchid pictured is Cattleya labiata (known also as the Crimson Cattleya or Ruby-lipped Cattleya), which grows in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas in northeastern Brazil. The plant … Continue reading

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