#genre art

[abnormes]

Spirit, George Roux (1885)

[eirene]

The Death of Cleopatra, 1890

John Collier

[lionofchaeronea]

Women Watching Stars, Ōta Chōu, 1936

[leatherandmossprints]

‘The Quiet Pet’ (detail) by John William Godward, c. 1906.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681), "The Letter", (detail), ca. 1660–65

[wadim-hohn]

The Singers, 2020 by Salman Toor (Pakistani-USA)

[from-a-spiders-web]

Reading, 1865 Mosè Bianchi

[galleryofart]

Salome Dancer

Artist: Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929)

Date: 1909

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States

Description

Broad, slashing strokes give powerful shape to this defiant female figure standing with parted legs, a pose more athletic - even pugilistic - than seductive. Her oppositional posturing matched the painter’s contrary aesthetic sensibilities. The Realist painter Henri sought a provocative and timely subject in Salome, the biblical figure who served as her mother’s dutiful pawn in facilitating King Herod’s assassination of John the Baptist. By the late nineteenth century Salome had evolved into a far more aggressive and decadent creature, as witnessed in Oscar Wilde’s notorious play of 1891. That Henri adopted the theme in 1909 suggests his desire to capitalize on Salome’s high currency for controversy, which had been confirmed by the New York Metropolitan Opera’s scandal-provoking performance of Richard Strauss’s Salome (based on Wilde’s play) in 1907. The gleam of amusement that enhances Salome’s haughty expression slyly evokes her complicity in constructing Henri’s own reputation as a radical painter.

[classic-art-favourites]

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, 1942.

[somos-deseos]

Illustrative digital art influenced by Vincent Van Gogh 🎨.

Torre del Palacio de Westminster en Londres, Inglaterra 🎨.

Big Ben es el nombre con el que se conoce a la gran campana del reloj situado en el lado noroeste del Palacio de Westminster, la sede del Parlamento del Reino Unido, en Londres.

[preraphaelitepaintings]

La Belle Jaune Giroflee

Artist: Frederick Sandys (English, 1829-1904)

Date: 1904

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Private collection

[eirene]

Bath time, 1897 Virgilio Tojetti

[lionofchaeronea]

The Lantern Bearers, Maxfield Parrish, 1908

[jeannepompadour]

"Stylish women strolling" by Basile Lemeunier, 1900

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681), "The Music Lesson" (detail), ca. 1668