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Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age and Baroque painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1629. He is renowned for his interiors and courtyards, and his masterful use of light. A characteristic element in most of his paintings is an open door or window.
#Art #Painting #Baroque
#Art #Painting #Baroque
December 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age and Baroque painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1629. He is renowned for his interiors and courtyards, and his masterful use of light. A characteristic element in most of his paintings is an open door or window.
#Art #Painting #Baroque
#Art #Painting #Baroque
Wassily Kandinsky was born #OnThisDay in 1866. He felt that paintings didn't need a particular subject, but that shapes and colors alone could also be art. So he started what would become known as Abstract Art.
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Wassily Kandinsky was born #OnThisDay in 1866. He felt that paintings didn't need a particular subject, but that shapes and colors alone could also be art. So he started what would become known as Abstract Art.
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
🎨 Black Lines, 1913
#Art #Painting #AbstractArt
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. The Scream (1893) is his most famous work. According to the artist, it's not the figure that is screaming. The real scream comes from the blood-red sky. And it is one of a few works of art that has its own emoji. 😱
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
December 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. The Scream (1893) is his most famous work. According to the artist, it's not the figure that is screaming. The real scream comes from the blood-red sky. And it is one of a few works of art that has its own emoji. 😱
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
Lucian Freud, best known for his work in portraiture, was born #OnThisDay in 1922. The grandson of Sigmund Freud was born in Berlin, but escaped rising Nazism and went to England where he became a citizen in 1939.
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lucian Freud, best known for his work in portraiture, was born #OnThisDay in 1922. The grandson of Sigmund Freud was born in Berlin, but escaped rising Nazism and went to England where he became a citizen in 1939.
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
🎨 Girl With Leaves, 1948 / Guy Half Asleep, 1982
#Art #Painting
Frederic Bazille was born #OnThisDay in 1841. He was a medical student before his parents permitted him to study painting. As a benefactor of the Impressionists, he played an important role during their formative years. Sadly, he was killed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. #Art #Painting
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Frederic Bazille was born #OnThisDay in 1841. He was a medical student before his parents permitted him to study painting. As a benefactor of the Impressionists, he played an important role during their formative years. Sadly, he was killed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. #Art #Painting
Claude Monet died #OnThisDay in 1926 at the age of 86. At his funeral, a friend removed the black cloth draped over the coffin, stating: "No black for Monet!" and replaced it with a flower-patterned fabric. He is buried in Giverny church cemetery.
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Claude Monet died #OnThisDay in 1926 at the age of 86. At his funeral, a friend removed the black cloth draped over the coffin, stating: "No black for Monet!" and replaced it with a flower-patterned fabric. He is buried in Giverny church cemetery.
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
🎨 Irises, 1917
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
Claude Monet painted “The Magpie” in 1869. It was the first time he used colored shadows and it shocked the art world, so the painting was rejected for exhibition. The technique would later be associated with Impressionism and the painting is now one of Monet's most famous.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
― Georges Seurat, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the technique commonly known as Pointillism.
🎨 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
Vincent van Gogh was Dutch, but he wrote about a third of his letters in French – the international language at the time. He could speak French from an early age, but it was only after he moved to Paris, in 1886, that he completely switched to writing in French.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Everything we see hides another thing. We always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Everything we see hides another thing. We always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
― René Magritte, Belgian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. He is one of the most prominent Surrealist artists.
🎨 Décalcomanie, 1966
#Art #Painting #Surrealism
As long as autumn lasts I won’t have enough hands, canvas or colors to paint the beautiful things that I see.
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As long as autumn lasts I won’t have enough hands, canvas or colors to paint the beautiful things that I see.
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 The Mulberry Tree, 1889
#Art #Painting #AutumnColors
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
― Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. She is best known for her enlarged flower paintings.
🎨 Jimson Weed, 1932 / Lavender Iris, 1951
#Art #Painting
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.
― Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, was born #OnThisDay in 1840. He is known as the father of modern sculpture and is widely regarded as one of the most talented and influential artists of all time.
#Art #Sculpture
― Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, was born #OnThisDay in 1840. He is known as the father of modern sculpture and is widely regarded as one of the most talented and influential artists of all time.
#Art #Sculpture
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.
― Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, was born #OnThisDay in 1840. He is known as the father of modern sculpture and is widely regarded as one of the most talented and influential artists of all time.
#Art #Sculpture
― Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, was born #OnThisDay in 1840. He is known as the father of modern sculpture and is widely regarded as one of the most talented and influential artists of all time.
#Art #Sculpture
Paul Signac, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. He - with Georges Seurat - developed pointillism, a technique in which an image is painted by applying thousands of tiny dots of color.
🎨 View of Cère, 1900 / The Port of Saint-Tropez at Sunset, 1892
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
🎨 View of Cère, 1900 / The Port of Saint-Tropez at Sunset, 1892
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Paul Signac, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. He - with Georges Seurat - developed pointillism, a technique in which an image is painted by applying thousands of tiny dots of color.
🎨 View of Cère, 1900 / The Port of Saint-Tropez at Sunset, 1892
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
🎨 View of Cère, 1900 / The Port of Saint-Tropez at Sunset, 1892
#Art #Painting #Pointillism
How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or visionary?
― Norman Rockwell died #OnThisDay in 1978. He painted scenes from everyday American life, for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
🎨 Triple Self-Portrait, 1960
#Art #Painting
― Norman Rockwell died #OnThisDay in 1978. He painted scenes from everyday American life, for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
🎨 Triple Self-Portrait, 1960
#Art #Painting
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or visionary?
― Norman Rockwell died #OnThisDay in 1978. He painted scenes from everyday American life, for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
🎨 Triple Self-Portrait, 1960
#Art #Painting
― Norman Rockwell died #OnThisDay in 1978. He painted scenes from everyday American life, for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
🎨 Triple Self-Portrait, 1960
#Art #Painting
Gustave Caillebotte painted "Paris Street; Rainy Day" in 1877. He was the youngest of the Impressionists, but unlike Monet or Renoir he used more refined brushstrokes. The painting remained in his family until 1955 and is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Gustave Caillebotte painted "Paris Street; Rainy Day" in 1877. He was the youngest of the Impressionists, but unlike Monet or Renoir he used more refined brushstrokes. The painting remained in his family until 1955 and is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
Monet’s works weren’t initially well received by the Salon de Paris, which continually rejected them. Other artists faced the same lack of recognition. So together they organized their own exhibition, which became known as the first Impressionist exhibition (1874).
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, was born #OnThisDay in 1632. He produced a small number of paintings, of which only thirty-six are known today. He is famed and admired for his masterful use of light and everyday scenes.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, was born #OnThisDay in 1632. He produced a small number of paintings, of which only thirty-six are known today. He is famed and admired for his masterful use of light and everyday scenes.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
Francis Bacon, Irish-born British Expressionist and Figurative painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1909. He is best known for his powerful and somewhat idiosyncratic images.
🎨 Human Figures in Motion, 1965 / Study for a Bullfight, 1969
#Art #Painting #Expressionism
🎨 Human Figures in Motion, 1965 / Study for a Bullfight, 1969
#Art #Painting #Expressionism
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Francis Bacon, Irish-born British Expressionist and Figurative painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1909. He is best known for his powerful and somewhat idiosyncratic images.
🎨 Human Figures in Motion, 1965 / Study for a Bullfight, 1969
#Art #Painting #Expressionism
🎨 Human Figures in Motion, 1965 / Study for a Bullfight, 1969
#Art #Painting #Expressionism
I paint forms as I think them, not as I see them.
― Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1881. He was an innovative artist who experimented with a wide range of styles, and is one of the most influential artists. He also co-founded Cubism.
#Art #Painting
― Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1881. He was an innovative artist who experimented with a wide range of styles, and is one of the most influential artists. He also co-founded Cubism.
#Art #Painting
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I paint forms as I think them, not as I see them.
― Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1881. He was an innovative artist who experimented with a wide range of styles, and is one of the most influential artists. He also co-founded Cubism.
#Art #Painting
― Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1881. He was an innovative artist who experimented with a wide range of styles, and is one of the most influential artists. He also co-founded Cubism.
#Art #Painting
Marc Chagall painted "Autumn in the Village" while living in exile in New York from 1941 to 1948. He was born in Russia in 1887, first moved to France and later fled to the US to escape the Nazi regime. After the war, he returned to France where he died in 1985.
#Art #Painting
#Art #Painting
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Frits Thaulow, Norwegian Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1847. Surprisingly, he is relatively unknown today. His masterful landscapes capturing rivers and villages with dynamic light and spectacular water reflections, deserve more recognition!
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Frits Thaulow, Norwegian Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1847. Surprisingly, he is relatively unknown today. His masterful landscapes capturing rivers and villages with dynamic light and spectacular water reflections, deserve more recognition!
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
Auguste Rodin sculpted The Thinker in 1880. It was originally entitled The Poet, representing Dante - author of the Divine Comedy - leaning forward while meditating on his work. The bronze sculpture of a man lost in thought is one of the most famous works of art ever made.
#Art #Sculpture
#Art #Sculpture
October 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Auguste Rodin sculpted The Thinker in 1880. It was originally entitled The Poet, representing Dante - author of the Divine Comedy - leaning forward while meditating on his work. The bronze sculpture of a man lost in thought is one of the most famous works of art ever made.
#Art #Sculpture
#Art #Sculpture
Childe Hassam, American painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He studied in France where he was influenced by the Impressionists. Upon his return to the US, he settled in New York and spread the ideals of Impressionism among the American audience, popularizing it.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
October 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Childe Hassam, American painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He studied in France where he was influenced by the Impressionists. Upon his return to the US, he settled in New York and spread the ideals of Impressionism among the American audience, popularizing it.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism
#Art #Painting #Impressionism