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HAMMERSHØI Vilhelm A Room in the Artist's Home 1901


HAMMERSHØI Vilhelm A Room in the Artist's Home 1901
Oil on canvas
Height: 465 mm (18.31 in).  Width: 520 mm (20.47 in).
Statens Museum for Kunst (Den Kongelige Malerisamling)  Copenhagen, Denmark
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BAUER John Tuvstarr is still sitting there 1913


BAUER John Tuvstarr is still sitting there 1913 Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
Height: 25 mm (0.98 in). Width: 25 mm (0.98 in).
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden

John Bauer is known in Sweden for his beautiful, mysterious and evocative fairy tale illustrations. Best known is the tale of the princess Tuvstarr and Skutt the Moose. The Moose takes the princess from the Dream Castle meadow to the great forest. There she meets elves who take her crown away from her. Then the witch of the woods steals her silk dress and in the end the deep tarn takes her golden heart. The princess does not want to leave the pond, but stays with her ​​heart and lose because of that both mind and memory. Google Art Project
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BAUER John The Princess and the Trolls 1913


BAUER John The Princess and the Trolls 1913
Prinsessan och trollen.
Watercolour
Height: 250 mm (9.84 in).
Width: 250 mm (9.84 in).
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

John Bauer was a Swedish artist and illustrator. He is best known for his depictions of trolls, elves and other folkloristic creatures.

Illustration for Helena Nyblom's tale Bortbytingarna (The Changelings) 1913. The story is about a troll father who is so taken with the little princess Bianca Maria that he steals her from her cradle and replaces her with his own troll child instead. 
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VASZARY, Janos (1867—1938) Self-Portrait

VASZARY, Janos (1867—1938) Self-PortraitFull resolution ‎1,063 × 1,217 pixels, file size: 447 KB

Oil on panel 29 cm (11.4 in). x 26 cm (10.2 in).
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VASZARY János Female nude 1901

VASZARY Jánosv Female nude 1901Full resolution ‎1,532 × 1,826 pixels, file size: 436 KB

Oil on canvas  70 cm (27.6 in).  x  60 cm (23.6 in). Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár
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SARGENT John Singer Portrait of Adah Russell (nee Williams) 1908

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Oil on canvas,
106.5 × 77 cm (41.9 × 30.3 in), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
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REDON Odilon Buddha in his youth 1904

REDON Odilon Buddha in his youth 1904 Full resolution ‎2,266 × 3,043 pixels, file size: 3.15 MB

Distemper on canvas, 161.5 cm (63.58 in.) x 122.5 cm (48.23 in.) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam









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REDON Odilon Baroness Robert de Domecy 1900

REDON Odilon Baroness Robert de Domecy 1900Full resolution1,966 × 2,133 pixels, file size: 1.6 MB

Odilon Redon - Baroness Robert de Domecy
Oil on canvas 740 mm (29.13 in). x 680 mm (26.77 in).
Musée d'Orsay

This background is characteristic of Odilon Redon's style. The Japanesque clouds, dusted with iridescent colours, predominantly blue and white, place this meditative figure on the fringe of the cosmos. - Musée d'Orsay
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REPIN Ilya Portrait of Mrs Beatrice Levi 1918

REPIN Ilya  Portrait of Mrs Beatrice Levi 1918
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Canvas 80 x 66 cm

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ZORN Anders Ambassador David Jayne Hill 1911

ZORN Anders Ambassador David Jayne Hill 1911

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Oil on canvas 97 x 77.5 cm
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ZORN Anders Dance in the Gopsmor cottage 1914

ZORN Anders Dance in the Gopsmor cottage 1914

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Dans i Gopsmor-stugan. Oil, 120 x 90 cm, Zornmuséet, Mora
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ZORN Anders Self-portrait in a wolfskin 1915

ZORN Anders Self-portrait in a wolfskin 1915

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Självporträtt i vargskinnspäls. Oil, 90 x 58,5 cm. Zornmuséet, Mora
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LARSSON Carl By the Cellar 1917

LARSSON Carl By the Cellar 1917

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Vid källaren. Watercolor 74 × 52.5 cm (29.1 × 20.7 in)



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JÄRNEFELT Eero Spring Flooding in Tuusulanjärvi, 1913

JÄRNEFELT Eero Spring Flooding in Tuusulanjärvi, 1913692px × 600px
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Eero Järnefelt, Finnish, 1863-1937

Tusby träsk vid vårflöde. Kevättulva Tuusulanjärvellä. Oil on canvas 42,5x48 cm.


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WATERHOUSE John William Gather ye rosebuds while ye may 1909

WATERHOUSE John William Gather ye rosebuds while ye may 1909493 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 100 × 83 cm (39.37 × 32.68 in), private collection

Inspired by the 17th century poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick.

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying."

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KLEE Paul Cat and Bird 1928

KLEE Paul Cat and Bird 1928Medium Large Xlarge
Paul Klee, German (born in Switzerland), 1879-1940. Expressionism. Bauhaus. Surrealism.
Oil and ink on gessoed canvas, mounted on wood, 15 x 21" (38.1 x 53.2 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York

The bird in this picture seems to fly not in front of the cat's forehead but inside it–the bird is literally on the cat's mind.  More about this painting

Tags: klee, paul, cat, bird, 1928, face, mind, thought
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MARC Franz Animals in a Landscape 1914

MARC Franz Animals in a Landscape 1914554 × 600 pixels
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Franz Marc, German, 1880-1916. Expressionism. Der Blaue Reiter.
Painting with Bulls. Oil on canvas, 110.17 cm x 99.69 cm, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA

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GEKKŌ Ogata (1859-1920) Dragon Rising up to Heaven

GEKKŌ Ogata (1859-1920) Dragon Rising up to Heaven
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Photo courtesy of Adam Cuerden.
Ogata Gekkō, Japanese, 1859-1920. Ukiyo-e
Ryu sho ten. Ryu shoten. A dragon ascends towards the heavens with Mount Fuji in the background in this print from Gekkō's Views of Mount Fuji.

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