Polishing the Brass by Thomas Benjamin Kennington - 1912
memento mori
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just a little scrapbook where i reblog posts on the topic of death and posts that celebrate life and history. no original content. content warning for death, possibly unreality and occaisonally outdated language
Subway Riders in New York City • 1914 • New York Public Library
Francis Luis Mora (Uruguayan-American, 1874-1940) Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite; and etchings and monotypes. He is known for his paintings and drawings depicting American life in the early 20th century; Spanish life and society; historical and allegorical subjects; with murals, easel painting and illustrations. He also was a popular art instructor.
Flowers of the field • 1913 • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Jeanne Cartier • c. 1916 • Yale University Art Gallery - New Haven, Connecticut
Mrs. F. Luis Mora and Her Sister • 1902 • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Las Manolas (Models in Sevilla) • c. 1909 • Private collection
Spanish Color Fantasy • n/d • Private collection
embroidery on blouse, by Elsa Olsson/Fevernest, 2019
some of my favorite paintings of all time are the dozens of self portraits this one dude in the 1800s made of himself in clown paint. like, there's so many. and they're all bangers
this isn't even 25% of them. check out armand henrion for more. yes this is all he ever painted hope you like it
Gothic portrait of a young man (2016)
by Oleksandr Balbyshev