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lionofchaeronea · 5 months ago

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Title: Night Angel Holding a Waning Moon Artist: William Morris (English, 1834-1896) Date: between 1857 and 1869 Genre: religious art Period: Victorian Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; Arts and Crafts Movement Medium: watercolor, ink, graphite, and collage on mold-made paper Dimensions: 34 cm (13.4 in) high x 8.6 cm (3.4 in) wide Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

#art #art history #William Morris #religious art #Christian art #angels #Pre-Raphaelite #Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood #pre-raphaelisme #British art #English art #19th century art #Victorian period #Victorian art #watercolor #Museum of Fine Arts Houston #MFA Houston

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allegorypaintings · 2 months ago

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Allegory of Peace

Artist: Arent de Gelder (Dutch, 1645–1727)

Date: 1685

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States

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thatshowthingstarted · 2 years ago

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Bowl with Fish, Iran, probably Kashan (late 13th–mid-14th century AD).

Stone Paste, Painted in Black Under Turquoise Glaze,

7,9 x 18, 7 cm,

Image Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

#art #history #design #style #archeology #iran #fish #turquoise #bowl #artifacts #archeologie #glaze #kashan #13th century #14th century #museum of fine arts #houston #circle

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portrait-paintings · 2 months ago

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Marcelle Aron (Madame Tristan Bernard)

Artist: Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

Date: 1914

Medium: Distemper on canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States

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baebeylik · 4 months ago

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Catfish Pendant. Greater Chiriqui or Coclé. Panama, 900-1500 CE.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Goldweight Depicting a Catfish. Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples of Ghana. Coastal West Africa. 1700s-1900s CE.

The Art Institute of Chicago.

#the art institute of chicago #museum of fine arts Houston #museum #catfish #animals in art #sculpture #900s #1500s #archaeology #art #culture #history #indigenous history #african history

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rottenstrawberrigirl · 5 months ago

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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld (1861) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)

#orpheus leading eurydice from the underworld #orpheus #eurydice #greek mythology #jean baptiste camille corot #houston museum of fine arts

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life-imitates-art-far-more · 1 year ago

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Jean-Bernard Restout (1732-1797) "Young Woman with a Guitar" (1768) Oil on canvas Located in the Museum of Fine arts, Houston, Texas, United States

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mythologypaintings · 3 months ago

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The Return of Orestes

Artist: Anton von Maron (Austrian, 1733–1808)

Date: 1786, Italy

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States

#mythological art #greek mythology #the return of orestes #mythological scene #mythological characters #male figures #female figures #austrian culture #oil on canvas #fine art #oil painting #anton von maron #european art #austrian painter #museum of fine arts houston #18th century painting #artwork #austrian art

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arthistoryanimalia · 2 years ago

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For #NationalSkunkDay here’s a trio of 1930s tempera paintings from Museum of Fine arts Houston by the San Ildefonso Pueblo’s Martinez family:

1. Popovi Da (Tony Martinez) (1921–71) Untitled (Skunks and Squirrels Under Sky Crescent) 1930s San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States Tempera on wove paper 9 5/16 × 11 1/16 in.

2. Popovi Da (Tony Martinez) Skunk, Ducks, Rooster 1930s San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States Tempera on paper board 9 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.

3. Julian Martinez (1885–1943) Untitled (Skunks and Chickens) 1930s San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States Tempera on paper board 10 × 11 1/16 in.

#animals in art #native american art #indigenous art #Museum of Fine Arts Houston #painting #works on paper #20th century art #1930s #National Skunk Day #skunk #animal holiday

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crownedstoat · 27 days ago

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Edgar Brandt art deco fire screen

#1920’s #art deco #fire screen #Edgar Brandt #museum of fine arts Houston #french style

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lionofchaeronea · 1 year ago

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The Bonaventure Pine, Paul Signac, 1893

#art #art history #Paul Signac #landscape #landscape painting #landscape art #Neo-Impressionism #Pointillism #France #French art #19th century art #oil on canvas #Museum of Fine Arts Houston #MFA Houston

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galleryofart · 7 months ago

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Passing By

Artist: Ernest Martin Hennings (American, 1886–1956)

Date: c. 1924

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States

Description

As tightly woven as a fine tapestry, Passing By shows people of the Taos Pueblo moving through a glade of cottonwoods in the brilliant autumn sun of the Southwest. The figures and landscape are integrated as one.

Exhibited in the 1924 Venice Biennale and the winner of the gold medal in the 1926 exhibition at New York’s National Academy of Design, Passing By is among the finest paintings produced by Taos Society artist E. Martin Hennings. The Taos Society of Artists was the first art colony established west of the Mississippi River, its roots going back to 1898. Following the development of railroad travel and tourism in the Southwest, artists rushed there and embraced Pueblo culture and the dramatic colors and topography of the desert region.

Shimmering like a golden screen shot through with vivid notes of blue, this painting presents a dramatic backdrop of aspen trees against which three Taos Pueblo Indians pass by as if in a timeless procession. All three men are wrapped in woven blankets and wear silver adornment, long braids, and modern clothing. In Passing By, Hennings presents a solemn, dignified image of an enduring native culture.