Warum ist Edgar Degas‘ Gemälde „Der Absinth“ so fesselnd?

Edgar Degas Gemälde "Der Absinth" oder "In einem Café" wirkt, trotz des gewöhnlichen Motivs, eigenartig fesselnd. Warum fasziniert es uns?

https://little-arthistories.com/2026/04/warum-ist-edgar-degas-gemaelde-der-absinth-so-fesselnd/

Charles Reiffel
Foggy Morning No 2
1895
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#CharlesReiffel #FoggyMorning #19thcenturyart #art #painting
Charles Cottet
View of Venice from the Sea
1896
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#CharlesCottet #Venetianseascape #19thcenturyart #art #painting

Kleine Pause

Ich hätte gerne ein paar Tage Pause. Nächste Woche geht es weiter.

https://little-arthistories.com/2026/04/kleine-pause/

Rain softens the clustered roofs of an abbey farm, each etched line dissolving into mist. Legros’s delicate hatching captures the weight of stillness in rural labor—what details reveal the hands that shaped this land?

#ClevelandMuseumofArt #Etching #19thCenturyArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.565

Oh wow, a 19th-century physicist sketched what he saw from his left eye and called it a "self-portrait." 🎨👀 Groundbreaking! Who knew physicists were also aspiring artists, trying to make 1886's Instagram feed with their deep philosophical #doodles. 📚🤔
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/self-portrait-by-ernst-mach-1886/ #19thCenturyArt #SelfPortrait #Physics #History #HackerNews #ngated
Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach's unique self-portrait, from the perspective of his left eye.

The Public Domain Review

Plum Brandy -- c. 1877 -- National gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Edouard Manet

A favourite picture of mine. I've probably posted it before, but no matter, because I never tire of it, and I hope that you don't either.

#Art #FrenchArt #19thCenturyArt #Manet #PlumBrandy

Vincent van Gogh
Woman Walking Her Dog
1886
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#VincentvanGogh #Impressionism #19thcenturyart #art #painting

Frederick Sandys: Morgan Le Fay – Feen, Teil 3

Frederick Sandys war mit den Präraffaeliten eng verbunden. Er wurde jedoch nie richtig populär, was vermutlich auch an seinen eigenwilligen Frauengestalten lag. Sein berühmtestes Gemälde war "Morgan Le Fay"

https://little-arthistories.com/2026/02/frederick-sandys-morgan-le-fay-feen-teil-3/