Ready for a quiet moment
(and no, I haven't smoked for some 40 years.. it's not mine..;)

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Натюрморт с виноградом .
50×70 см
( холст, масло )
(с)Дмитрий В. Крылов/Demetrius Krylov

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#stilllife #stilllifepainting
#art #artistsonmastodon
#artist #oilpainting
#художник #живопись

"Flower Still Life," Rachel Ruysch, c. 1716-20.

Here's our old friend Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) with another one of her lovely floral still lifes.

The flowers here include poppies, roses, carnations, and I think I see some tulips as well. There's a bee, a moth, and a caterpillar visible as well, and maybe a few other small creatures. Some of the flowers are drooping, and some leaves are brown and have been nibble on by insects.

Ruysch, the daughter of a scientist, depicted flowers and insects with great precision and detail. There's a lot of realism in the individual flowers, but the overall painting is not realistic, as these flowers would not be in bloom at the same time!

I won't go on about her life, having talked about her before, but she had a long and successful career and achieved greater fame and wealth than many other painters of her time, and even today she is regarded as one of the greatest and most talented still life artists of any sex, of any era. All hail Rachel Ruysch!

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.

#Art #RachelRuysch #DutchGoldenAge #FlowerFriday #StillLife #Floral #AllTimeGreatPainters #WomenArtists #ILoveYouRachelRuysch
#WomensHistory #Herstory

#art to start 🎨
...dreaming of mountains

'Still life: Chinese teapot with peanuts'
Artist: Kunlong Wang
#painting #oil #OilPainting #StillLife
(click to see the full painting which is long and thin)

"Still-Life," Robert Duncanson, 1849.

Duncanson (c. 1821-72) was mostly known as a landscape artist of the Hudson River School (and the later, lesser known Ohio Valley School), and still lifes by him are few and far between.

He was the first Black American artist to achieve international renown, and was prominent in abolitionist circles, both in activism and to sell his work.

Self-taught, he first made a living painting portraits, but as his skill and technique grew, and he attracted patrons, he began to focus more on landscapes. He fled to Canada and the UK when the Civil War broke out, and returned to his beloved Cincinnati, Ohio (then an arts hub, called "the Athens of the West") in 1866. He developed dementia (or schizophrenia), possibly as a result of lead poisoning, and passed away in Detroit at the age of 51.

The Taft Museum in Cincinnati now has an artist-in-residence program for contemporary Black American artists in Duncanson's honor.

From the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

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Artist Highlight: Brian Ballard RUA

ArtisAnn Gallery, 70 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AE

Wed – Sat: 11am to 5.30pm

https://artisann.org/collections/brian-ballard

Even better – You can buy art from us and spread the cost over 10 months!
Own Art can be arranged online via our website and you can complete the application, in a few minutes, in the comfort of your own home.

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