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Jeremy Lipking (1975-)Reclining FigureOil50.8 x 40.64 cm(20” x 16”)Private collection
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Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg (1852-1924)The Oudezijdsvoorburgwal, AmsterdamOil on canvas191978 x 98 cm(30.71” x 3’ 2.58”)Private collection
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Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)Self­ Portrait (Black chalk, white highlights)1825229 x 291 cm(7’ 6.16” x 9’ 6.57”)Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911)OdalisqueOil on canvas1874The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, United States)
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Alphonse Mucha
France Embraces Bohemia
c.1918
Oil on Canvas
122 x 105 cm
Mucha Museum
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The painting itself is a symbolic depiction of the struggle and sufferings of the Czech nation under Astro-Hungarian rule. Mucha was very much a patriot of his Czech homeland and this is one of many images he created representing the history of his Slavic people.
Mucha’s work has had an incredible impact that is still deeply rooted among contemporary artists and illustrators to this day. Artists such as Michael Parkes, James Jean, Kent Williams, Michael Kaluta, and Barry Windsor Smith have created work directly or indirectly influenced by Mucha, which is a testament to his universal appeal.
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Personal favourites / Most notes (August, 2011)

Hey, guys! Sorry for the delay, I’ve just discovered that August’s already over…

Thank you, once more, for following this tumblog. <3

Personal favourites:

1) Self-portrait with red hat, by Leonor Fini

2) Untitled, by Phil Hale

3) Lovers in a Wood, by John Atkinson

4) Untitled (?), by Nicola Samorì

5) Saint Eulalia, by John William Waterhouse

6) Ajax and Cassandra, by Solomon Joseph

7) Portrait of a Lady, by Solomon Joseph


Most likes/reblogs:

1) The Taming of Smeagol, by Donato Giancola

2) Reflection on the Thames, by John Atkinson

3) Quo Vadis, by Alphonse Mucha

4) Untitled, by Frederick Childe Hassam

5) The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (Detail), by John Singer Sargent

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Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 - May 18, 1914)
Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt
1877
97.8 x 130.8&#160;cm
Oil on canvas
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SAMULI HEIMONEN
Puolestasi II, 2009Oil on canvas38 x 42&#160;cm
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SAMULI HEIMONEN
Omin silmin, 2009Acrylic and oil on canvas175 x 145&#160;cm
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John Everett Millais (1829-1896)Glen BirnamOil on canvas1890-1891101.1 x 145.2&#160;cm(3&#8217; 3.8&#8221; x 4&#8217; 9.17&#8221;)Manchester City Art Galleries (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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John Everett Millais (1829 – 1896)
An Idyll of 1745 (The Piper)
1884   
Oil on canvas
140 x 191cm
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Cristopher Lee Donovan
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Teresa OaxacaMancini FiddlerOil on Canvas50 x 72 inches
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Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)Le MendiantOil on canvas1880180.5 x 192.5&#160;cmNy Carlberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)Back of a NudeOil on canvas188833 x 45.7&#160;cm(12.99&#8221; x 17.99&#8221;)Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz
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