journalofanobody: Springtime in Eskdale (1935) by James McIntosh Patrick cavetocanvas: Piero della Francesca, Polyptych of St Anthony: The Annunciation, c. 1460 The Annunciation - Master of Apollo and Daphne Saw this on Saturday. Beautiful in life, and my favorite of the permanent exhibit at the U of U Art Museum. cavetocanvas: Maurice Denis, A Game of Shuttlecock, 1900 From the Musée d’Orsay: Under trees with mauve trunks, shuttlecock players, who gave the painting its name, are mingled with women picking flowers and bathers in the background. Whether the models are dressed and involved in a contemporary sporting activity, badminton, or nude like timeless nymphs, the scene has the feeling of an unreal idyll. The rhythm of the trunks and the network of branches, which echoes the movement of the rackets, remind us that this large painting is a décor. Maurice Denis painted it for Etienne Moreau-Nélaton, an eminent collector and generous donor to French museums. The artist prepared his composition with an overall sketch, the title of which, The Sacred Wood, admirably sums up the atmosphere of the final painting and recalls Maurice Denis’ debt to Puvis de Chavannes, the painter of The Sacred Wood Dear to the Arts and the Muses, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. oldpainting: RULLEN HUIS  (Rolling Home) Feliz Verchez    London 1969 Oil on Board    12” Oval WABBA COLLECTION Thank you for the submission, Devbarr! cavetocanvas: Maurice Denis, April, c. 1894 blastedheath: loverofbeauty: Peter Doig “Red Boat (Imaginary Boys)” 2004 landyscape: Road out of Mývatn (by mr_student) darksilenceinsuburbia: Ernest Biéler. Les Feuilles mortes (detail), 1899. Oil on canvas, 149.7 x 481.5 cm. courtesy Kunstmuseum Bern. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bieler Walrus with Young - Kananginak Pootoogook Anatoly Fomenko diabolique-mon-ange: FOTÓZZ!hu  forthememoryofepicurus: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Sts. Peter, John the Baptist, Dominic, and Nicholas of Bari (ca. 1481-85) by Piero di Cosimo petticoatguru: BOLTRAFFIO, Giovanni Antonio Portrait of a Young Woman2nd half of the 15th century Castello Sforzesco, Milan Source: Web Gallery of Art