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Bridget Riley, Study for Movement in Squares, 1961
Bridget Riley, Movement in Squares, 1961

Edward Lucie-Smith, Bridget Riley, circa 1970
#bridget riley#edward lucie smith#op art#modern art#british artist#British modern art#portrait#movement in squares#black and white#squares#tumblrstyle#tumblr art#tumblrpic#tumblrposts#tumblraesthetic#aesthetictumblr#aesthetic#modern art history#modern aesthetic
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The Death of Icarus, by Alexandre Cabanel
#art detail#classic art#traditional painting#classical art#art history#oil painting#traditional art#art#19th century art#art details#arte#artista#1800s art#20th century art#british art#contemporary art#fine art#academic art#artwork#modern art
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Eileen Agar (Argentine-British 1899-1991), Ladybird, 1936. Gelatin silver print with gouache and ink, 76 × 51 cm.
#art#artwork#modern art#contemporary art#modern artwork#contemporary artwork#20th century art#20th century modern art#20th century contemporary art#portraiture#surrealist#surrealism#surrealist art#photography#British art#modern British art#contemporary British art#British artist#female British artist#female artist#woman artist#Eileen Agar#ladybird#sexuality#female sexuality#avant garde#European avant garde
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FRANCIS BACON / "PAINTING" / 1946 [oil and pastel on linen | 6' 5 7/8" x 52"]
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'Sea Sparkle'. Paul Evans.
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Illustrations from The Mabinogion by Alan Lee (2001)
#alan lee#art#illustration#modern art#english artist#british artist#books#book illustration#mythology#welsh legend#welsh mythology#knight#knights#the mabinogion
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Settee
Designed by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British)
c.1875
The MET (Accession Number: 1975.219a)
#settee#furniture#furnishings#lawrence alma tadema#1870s#1875#art history#19th century#victorian#british#the met#the fabric is modern but imo a pretty excellent reproduction#popular
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Augustus John, The Marchesa Casati, 1919
#Augustus John#oil painting#british art#20th century art#oil on canvas#british painter#20th century#modern art#post impressionism#The Marchesa Casati#1919
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (British/English, 1889-1946) • A Studio in Montparnasse • exhibited 1926 • Tate, Britain
#art#fine art#painting#art history#christopher richard wynne nevison#british/English artist#british modernism#20th century british art#oil painting#tate britain#paintings of interiors#paris#paintings of domestic interiors#art nude#interior with figure#the painted room art blog#art blogs on tumblr#art lovers on tumblr
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#InternationalZebraDay 🦓 :

Orovida Camille Pissarro (British, 1893–1968) Zebras Drinking, 1937 Tempera on canvas, H 74.2 x W 49 cm Manchester Art Gallery 1970.1 via Art UK
#animals in art#animal holiday#20th century art#european art#painting#tempera#zebra#Orovida Camille Pissarro#women artists#1930s#modern art#zebras#International Zebra Day#Manchester Art Gallery#British art#Art UK
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William Morris and John Henry Dearle
The Bullerswood Carpet
1889, London, England
#william morris#john henry dearle#british design#arts and crafts movement#arts and crafts#carpet#carpet design#nature aesthetic#british artist#british art#carpet designer#art history#bullerswood carpet#nature in design#modern art#aesthetictumblr#tumblraesthetic#tumblrpic#tumblrpictures#tumblr art#tumblrstyle#artists on tumblr#aesthetic
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Pierre-Charles Comte, The secret rendezvous
#art detail#classic art#traditional painting#art history#classical art#oil painting#traditional art#art#art details#19th century art#artwork#1800s art#20th century art#academic art#art nouveau#art study#british art#contemporary art#fine art#german art#italian art#modern art#renaissance art#spanish art#victorian art#vintage art
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some more nyo fruk drawings. i don't usually draw digitally like at all or ever unless it's because of @centralcoordinate (hiiiiiiii). the bottom image is mostly about my stupid brainthinkings about the tendency of medieval western europe to behead things in general (always fun!)
#aph england#aph france#nyotalia#nyo france#nyo england#fruk#the top two images are really just a stupid stupid headcanon i thought of with friends about the state of modern british weed#and yes that's supposed to be a horse behind nyo england#my art
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"TWO FIGURES" FRANCIS BACON // 1953 [oil on canvas | 60 x 45 7/8"]
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Head ornament. Saudi Arabia. “Found” in 1975.
Very pretty. ❤️
The British Museum.
#the british museum#Arabia#saudi arabia#Arabian history#Saudi Arabian history#Saudi history#history#middle eastern history#art#culture#traditional clothing#headdress#style#modern history#museum#pretty
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Illustrations from Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales by Kate Baylay (2013)
#kate baylay#art#illustration#modern art#2010s#2010s art#books#book illustration#british art#british artist#gothic#tales
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