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by Alexandria | 27 January 2018 · 8:02 am

Victorian Painting

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
refers to the distinctive styles of painting in UK during the reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901

Flaming June, Frederic Lord Leighton pic.twitter.com/O9Mw02f9GR

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
In early years of Victoria’s reign, painting dominated by Royal Academy of Arts & its founder, Joshua Reynolds

The Age of Innocence, Sir Joshua Reynolds pic.twitter.com/rUdr4s9C8Y

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Reynolds and Academy influenced by Italian Renaissance painter Raphael: believed role of artist was to make subjects as noble & ideal as possible

Self-Portraits, Sir Joshua Reynolds pic.twitter.com/x06ez8E0eC

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Industrial Age progress & rise of wealthy middle class changed audience perception of art’s purpose

The Signal, William Powell Frith pic.twitter.com/5D4w7iziJi

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
newly wealthy middle class art market felt art should be as realistic as possible

Nocturne in Black and Gold, Whistler (American born but lived in Britain) pic.twitter.com/6CKtQPUiTZ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
main subjects of paintings previously commission by nobility were portraits of themselves, military topics, historical scenes

Aurora Triumphans, Evelyn de Morgan pic.twitter.com/G7DyJmsDMP

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Academy art seen as stale and outdated by new art patrons who had grown up in Industrial Age

The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke, by Dadd pic.twitter.com/k9j5yPa8NW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, founded by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (L-R), openly rebelled against Academy teaching, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Raphael’s idealized paintings pic.twitter.com/DlrDKkKajY

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Awakening Conscience, William Holman Hunt
Ophelia, John Everett Millais
Proserpine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti pic.twitter.com/9O1HAZs79q

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
PRB founders joined by 4 other painters, making 7 in original group, which now included writers, critics, and poets as well as painters

Love’s Messenger, Marie Spartali Stillman (PRB) pic.twitter.com/czC2g731fA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

The Last of England, Ford Madox Brown (PRB) pic.twitter.com/JUT3yDf61S

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Sidonia von Bork, by Edward Burne-Jones pic.twitter.com/aG8krlMVhV

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

William Morris illustration for manuscript by Burne-Jones pic.twitter.com/PhBd1XuoL5

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

The Fighting Temeraire, JMW Turner pic.twitter.com/G6FJAfrFP5

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Pegwell Bay, Kent, A Recollection, by William Dyce pic.twitter.com/itFI1jBXb4

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

The Roses of Heliogabalus, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema pic.twitter.com/PBob2T48PC

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, Edward Burne-Jones pic.twitter.com/LGGMwjQ12p

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Rather than idealizing subjects, V painters began to believe in importance and accuracy of details

A Private Viewing at the Royal Academy, William Powell Frith pic.twitter.com/oKtKwVHqIH

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Canaries, Albert Joseph Moore pic.twitter.com/j1j1DQIpUc

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Unconscious Rivals, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema pic.twitter.com/qAsLkMCPUW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Ophelia (version 2), Arthur Hughes pic.twitter.com/uY7DI1zF1i

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Industrial Age, increasing mechanization, pollution, 1870 Franco-Prussian War, & French Impressionists led artists away from intense realism in painting

Evening After Rain, Worcestershire, by Benjamin Williams Leader pic.twitter.com/lcCHm6IYDQ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Charles Dickens, by Daniel Maclise pic.twitter.com/HcqFdWMoEZ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Duet, Lucy Madox Brown pic.twitter.com/Jk4lwQMrvT

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Beguiling of Merlin, Edward Burne-Jones pic.twitter.com/fNEOsBPV23

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Queen Esther in Harem, Edwin Long pic.twitter.com/DDPtAS7HbE

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Aesthetic Movement painters felt that middle class buying public was “uneducated” in art taste, which was leading to decline in quality of art

A Hopeless Dawn, Frank Bramley pic.twitter.com/ElXwgNl70P

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Aesthetic Movement painters wanted to ignore ugliness or reality and return to more noble and beautiful subjects

Spring, William McTaggart pic.twitter.com/zrbuh9lYtb

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

La Belle Iseult (sometimes mistakenly labeled Queen Guinevere), William Morris pic.twitter.com/iXW3oLdJOy

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Trust, Charles Burton Barber pic.twitter.com/7P17Kt834r

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

The Vagrants, Frederick Walker pic.twitter.com/kj9tkGK2Qk

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Master Baby, by Sir William Quiller Orchardson pic.twitter.com/TNm0z5VuvC

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Hearts Are Trumps, Sir John Everett Millais pic.twitter.com/2jN01pSXut

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, by Simeon Solomon pic.twitter.com/DWHE8LHT02

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Poor Relations, George Goodwin Kilburne pic.twitter.com/UQJiiTr5Gs

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Monarch of the Glen, Edward Landseer pic.twitter.com/9d1XNaV6tK

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
When Victorian Age ended, many “modern” painters turned against values of Victorian painters

Reflections on the Thames, Westminster, by John Atkinson Grimshaw pic.twitter.com/vjoHGfUT2w

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
European traditions in painting that had been ignored or openly mocked by Victorian painters came into fashion among artists and buyers

On the Thames, James Tissot pic.twitter.com/aE93fDUa0M

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

His Master’s Voice, by Francis Barraud, rejected by Academy but purchased by Gramophone Co and became its trademark pic.twitter.com/L27yKtzbro

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting
Some Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art came “back into fashion” by 1960s counter-culture artists, which restored reputation of Victorian artists in general

Pia de Tolomei, by PRB painter/founder Dante Gabriel Rossetti pic.twitter.com/gvAUjMv1VB

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

#ArtSaturday Victorian Painting

Idyll, Sir Frederick Lord Leighton pic.twitter.com/Hx3vAlTatJ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 27, 2018

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by Alexandria | 24 January 2018 · 11:34 am

Dutch Golden Age Painting

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
roughly spanned the 17th century

Still Life, Frans Snyder pic.twitter.com/fhVKHGdJfn

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
A distinctive feature of period was small number of religious paintings compared to rest of Europe: Dutch Calvinism forbade religious paintings in churches

Still Life with Flowers, Insects, and Shell, Maria van Oosterwijck pic.twitter.com/kK4IhN6wEg

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Though it was acceptable to have religious paintings in private homes during this period, few such paintings were produced

Still Life with Fruit, Dead Game, A Live Monkey, Squirrel, and Cat
Frans Snyder pic.twitter.com/6NdZvL09H7

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Dutch painters concentrated on landscapes and still life paintings

Still Life with Cheese, Bread, and Fruit
Pieter Claesz pic.twitter.com/1FabsHLSzF

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Many artists painted on wood panels, which allowed more precision

Still Life with Flowers in a Vase
Maria van Oosterwijck pic.twitter.com/hEu8GQqDJl

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
The high volume of artwork produced kept prices low. Many artists, even famous ones, had a difficult time earning a living.

Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie
Willem Claeszoon Heda pic.twitter.com/dfzLH2Gg40

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Sub-genre of still life paintings developed featuring dead game, fish, and birds

Banquet Still Life
Abraham van Beijeren pic.twitter.com/KbfA9KXjBi

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Flower still life sub-genre dominated by a few women

Clara Peeters flower still lifes pic.twitter.com/WtPeW9RSic

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Flower still life sub-genre dominated by a few women

Rachael Ruysch flower still lifes pic.twitter.com/t28p1tPblz

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Abraham van Beijeren pic.twitter.com/oDpiuxfJHl

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Adam Bernaert pic.twitter.com/ukKKnNx972

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Three Medlars and a Butterfly
Still Life with Asparagus
Adriaen Coorte pic.twitter.com/9uNPmb37cY

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Orange, Olives, and Pie
Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/rLJvdHGscz

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Vanitas Still Life (also, Skulls on a Table)
Aelbert Jansz van der Schoor pic.twitter.com/0wEEcYIpCS

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Vanitas paintings (to remind viewers that “Life is Short”) which included skulls were very popular

Vanitas Still Lifes
Pieter Claesz
Jan Davidszoon de Heem
Maria van Oosterwijck pic.twitter.com/NBqvNfApGX

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
background colors usually dark, often muted

Still Life with Vase of Flowers
Ambrosius Bosschaert pic.twitter.com/jTnzR31KCD

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Flowers in a Vase
Ambrosius Bosschaert pic.twitter.com/av1P430KyS

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Fruit
Balthasar van der Ast pic.twitter.com/aWbzzOh1mZ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Shells
Balthasar van der Ast pic.twitter.com/dxLPMkVtrC

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Edwaert Collier pic.twitter.com/mJ2x827taF

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Dead Game and Fish
Harmen van Steenwyck pic.twitter.com/fWOZKThRf7

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Young Woman Sleeping
Johannes (also, Johan or Jan) Vermeer pic.twitter.com/bQq5Lv17Mh

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

The Milkmaid
Johannes (also, Johan or Jan) Vermeer pic.twitter.com/CTiBOCUcFD

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes (also, Johan or Jan) Vermeer pic.twitter.com/vyDdOWnDb7

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Lighted Candle
Pieter Claesz pic.twitter.com/nK3BzGve5E

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
watches often appeared in paintings as Vanitas symbol, to remind viewers that “Life is Short”

Still Life with Roemer and Watch
Willem Heda pic.twitter.com/DAZfa1Snnv

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Vanitas Still Life (with watch and skull)
Pieter Claesz pic.twitter.com/AFYAPn7kYq

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

The Violin Player
Gerritt von Honthorst pic.twitter.com/wY6tsFpKtt

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

The Oyster Eater
Jan Steen
(painted on wood, and wood grain shows through on panel behind girl’s head) pic.twitter.com/ijyIdQKacW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Portrait painting thrived due to wealth of mercantile class

Jacob Olycon (and wife) Aletta Hanemans
Franz Hals pic.twitter.com/q8U2n3k50f

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting
Dutch became enormously wealthy from sea-trade
maritime paintings very popular

Landscape with Ships
Salomon van Ruisdael Deventer pic.twitter.com/CiwgC7OkeD

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

The Windmill of Wijk bij Duurstede
Jacob van Ruisdael pic.twitter.com/CNqorneqdW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Winter Landscape
Esaias van de Velde pic.twitter.com/fVBOUIXnv0

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

The Tavern (i.e., Brothel, given woman’s exposed skin)
Gerritt von Honthorst pic.twitter.com/3KzthxqjUb

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Willem Kalf pic.twitter.com/5oAhHXPjd8

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Rembrandt pic.twitter.com/BGGieq0oO3

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

The Drinker
Jan Steen (self-portrait, smoker) pic.twitter.com/m8yQyd8gSd

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Family at Dinner
Jan Steen pic.twitter.com/3bWajY1q0f

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Flowers
Jan Davidszoon de Heem pic.twitter.com/UkhzFXP8cZ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Younger pic.twitter.com/DhmKAJwsNc

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Dead Peacock
Jan Weenix pic.twitter.com/FHH1sMhj3b

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Oysters
Osias Beert the Elder pic.twitter.com/eFHcf4siPe

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Flowers
Jean Joseph Xavier Bidauld pic.twitter.com/yOwkLzo33u

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life (with Dutch Tulip)
Jan Baptist van Fornenburgh pic.twitter.com/JcRak6l0aT

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Drinking Glass, Wanli Porcelain, Pewter Jug, Olives, and Napkin
Jan Janszoon Treck pic.twitter.com/9hH6Fpnilf

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Books
Jan Davidszoon de Heem pic.twitter.com/gC3ufz3HgD

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life with Ewer, Pomegranate, and Vessel (detail)
Willem Kalf pic.twitter.com/z1eXd7vZVp

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Still Life
Willem Claeszoon Heda pic.twitter.com/Vb3e2p3MIX

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

#ArtSaturday Dutch Golden Age Painting

Tulip (Dutch Tulip)
Balthasar van der Ast pic.twitter.com/ZDsU22KcY6

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 2, 2017

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by Alexandria | · 10:56 am

Marianna Wladimirowna (Werewkina) Werefkin

#ArtSaturday Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina (transliteration Marianna Vladimirovna Verëvkina), sometimes spelled Werefkina or Werefkin, 1860 – 1938
Russian Expressionist painter

Self-Portrait, 1883 pic.twitter.com/a5QtvTlzO5

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
W grew up in a wealthy and aristocratic Russian family

Portrait of Vera Ripin, 1881 pic.twitter.com/0pIsJopN0z

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
For meritorious service in Crimean War, her father, a general, was granted the family’s large summer estate in Lithuania, where W had her own studio house

Separate Room pic.twitter.com/JolPv5lqMC

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
As soon as her parents discovered her artistic talent in 1874, they provided professional instruction for Werefkin

Abandoned, 1907 pic.twitter.com/EDCPxby2pS

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
At an early age, Werefkin attracted a great deal of attention for her portraits

Portrait of a Girl in Russian Costume, 1883-88 pic.twitter.com/1msHErrERO

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1880: the most distinguished Realist painter in Russia became her instructor

Autumn, 1907 pic.twitter.com/cLGqlGdZbh

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1888: in a hunting accident, Werefkin shot herself in the right hand, losing at least one finger. She remained crippled in that hand for a lengthy period

Beer Garden, 1907 pic.twitter.com/bWKYaa5jd3

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
Because of her persistence, she was eventually able to draw and paint again with her right hand

Boarding School for Girls, 1907 pic.twitter.com/UWwNoR4PDf

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1892: became involved with an impoverished Russian officer, Jawlensky, with whom she had a 27-year relationship

Funeral, 1907 pic.twitter.com/Z1uaArdpx1

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
Jawlensky wished to be Werefkin’s protégé, but in 1896, she moved with him to Munich and gave up her own painting for 10 years to concentrate on his career

The Country Road, 1907 pic.twitter.com/5q8a28ajtv

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1907: after a year-long tour of France with Jawlensky, Werefkin finally took up painting again

The Storm, 1907 pic.twitter.com/A0861sn0GA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Woman with Billiards Table, 1907 pic.twitter.com/pycmhVFvMN

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
Though together for 27 years, Werefkin never married Jawlensky, partly due to his infidelities, partly due to the fact that, as a married woman, she would have lost her own generous pension from Czar Nicholas II

Woman with Children, 1907 pic.twitter.com/5dq4CVsjI1

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1908: Werefkin began painting and exhibiting with fellow artists (which included Jawlensky)

Ballroom, 1908 pic.twitter.com/3fgV04rllp

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1902: Jawlensky had an affair with the housekeeper, then raped her 9yo helper Helene, who had a child
Werefkin began keeping a journal, Lettres à un Inconnu, written in the form of letters to herself as “an Unknown”

Conversation, 1908 pic.twitter.com/ahmuxYq5KT

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

1908:
Meeting
Sunday Afternoon
Three Women at the Theatre
Garden Party pic.twitter.com/1Thc7317aY

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1909: formed a new artists’ association, continued painting and exhibiting with other artists

Returning Home, 1909 pic.twitter.com/B6UrsG341y

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Autumn Idyll, 1910 pic.twitter.com/nVZLvXaBLK

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
Known for her bright colors

1910:
Evening in Murnau
In the Village
Man with Flock of Sheep
Soirée (also, St. Petersburg Ladies) pic.twitter.com/YY59HQGTln

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

1910:
Talmud Lesson
Prayer pic.twitter.com/OJt7qZmplv

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Women in Black, 1910 pic.twitter.com/pSabd9847J

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

1911:
Baltic Sea
Cliff at Ahrenshoop pic.twitter.com/yNI9H4mHjf

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

1911:
Skaters, 2 versions pic.twitter.com/bkGy0e4QkD

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Fruit Harvest in a Mountain Garden, 1912 pic.twitter.com/a4NEpwi8xw

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

1913:
Card Players
Church of St Anne, Vilnius
Police Post in Vilna pic.twitter.com/J0gtMX4D2I

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

House with a Lantern, 1913 pic.twitter.com/GwDlSUK2Fp

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1914: outbreak of World War I, moved with Jawlensky to Switzerland

Church in St Prex, 1914 pic.twitter.com/UbRFIOpqIx

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Lovers in a Vineyard, 1915 pic.twitter.com/LTOaUtDKYA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Swirling Snow, 1915 pic.twitter.com/Ztipz3f21l

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Ameisenhaufen, 1916 pic.twitter.com/9fPG4gWH7b

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Doorway with Rainbow, at St Prex, 1916 pic.twitter.com/TgSx8ckxwR

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1917: Russian Revolution, lost generous pension from Czar, became impoverished
Fantastic Night, 1917 pic.twitter.com/pk5tZN9F7r

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
1918: Jawlensky refused to support Werefkin, and they separated. She moved alone to Ascona on Lago Maggiore

Snow at Night, 1918 pic.twitter.com/bhUFW2hAFt

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
after 1918, friends supported Werefkin financially

Corn Harvest, 1920 pic.twitter.com/a94KPs1xBw

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Foolish Virgins, 1921 pic.twitter.com/zATTIVP6LQ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

Fantastic Landscape, 1923 pic.twitter.com/PnOuw7KIAb

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Living and the Dead, 1924 pic.twitter.com/bdKAmsPiPK

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Mystical Bride, 1924-25 pic.twitter.com/HHGByErTD6

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

1925:
The Night Shift
The Family
The Yellow Bush pic.twitter.com/Lce3T8uLbA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Pit, 1926 pic.twitter.com/hCLkSKQQRZ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Abandoned, 1929 pic.twitter.com/djBSmByCzf

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Victor, 1930 pic.twitter.com/mhAYN1e5gz

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

After the Storm, 1932 pic.twitter.com/HRJhnJFr40

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin

The Duel, 1933 pic.twitter.com/ApkeDpvXeq

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

#ArtSaturday Werefkin
Werefkin had very difficult financial circumstances the final years of her life; Werefkin lived in a small artists’ colony in Monte Verità until her death in 1938

Self-Portrait at 50 pic.twitter.com/H41EB2dkx0

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 9, 2017

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by Alexandria | 13 January 2018 · 10:46 am

Evelyn de Morgan

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan 1855-1919
English painter influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

de Morgan age 10
de Morgan in Italy pic.twitter.com/gjcJcwrsLQ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family, never had to worry about money, began drawing lessons at age 15

Mercury pic.twitter.com/j8wfDSN78y

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
Parents encouraged her drawing but discouraged art school: art acceptable as hobby for wealthy female, but not as a profession

S.O.S. pic.twitter.com/dKrWYcLPD7

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
On 17th birthday, EdeM wrote in diary: “Art is eternal but life is short”

The Vision pic.twitter.com/O9V7MHZEPV

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
1823: parents allowed EdeM to enroll in Slade School of Art, where she had a scholarship

Music, Sweet Music (also, St Cecilia) pic.twitter.com/evDNORbRiK

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
Scholarship required EdeM to draw nudes in charcoal, but she didn’t like charcoal, so she left art school

Cassandra pic.twitter.com/HYEIHH5aZr

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
In her travels to Italy, fell in love with Renaissance artists, but she particularly loved Botticelli

The Love Potion pic.twitter.com/J0J8YP5t2i

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
EdeM’s admiration of Botticelli’s work particularly evident in Flora, where figure is posed and draped much as Botticelli’s were

Flora pic.twitter.com/iSstX7elUR

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
EdeM noted for her use of rich reds and yellows, as were the Renaissance masters

Angel of Death pic.twitter.com/vB8B08dd9x

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
1883: met ceramicist William de Morgan
1887: married

Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund pic.twitter.com/1DzNPu7Qcq

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
EdeM and husband William traveled widely and were both successful artists, financially and critically

Evelyn and William pic.twitter.com/MV8USNcQ9n

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
paintings dominated by the female form

Ariadne in Naxos pic.twitter.com/gA8RYoWi7m

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

A Soul in Hell pic.twitter.com/IbBu3YKqOT

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Angel Piping Souls into Hell pic.twitter.com/P6eTMEtW83

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Angel with the Serpent pic.twitter.com/L79cVTxsPV

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
males in her paintings androgynous, females athletic

By the Waters of Babylon pic.twitter.com/f6XJi0L5t8

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
favorite model was Jane Hales, sister’s nursemaid, featured in By the Waters of Babylon (previous tweet) and The Dryad

The Dryad pic.twitter.com/SN0LfdOn3X

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Love’s Passing (also featuring Jane Hales) pic.twitter.com/oOKjQU3pmF

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Boreas and Oreithyia pic.twitter.com/bnFySfvKa5

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
Like most Pre-Raphaelites, EdeM painted many figures from Greek mythology

Medea pic.twitter.com/TsPmCgeUC1

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Crown of Glory pic.twitter.com/IUnDxl9OI6

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Daughters of the Mist pic.twitter.com/WXFd9pFMYl

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Demeter Mourning for Persephone pic.twitter.com/OKNDsOmrxP

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Death of the Dragon pic.twitter.com/N4fIXz6T6F

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Deianira pic.twitter.com/QwtNZwUefP

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
1889: a strong feminist, EdeM boycotted Royal Academy (dominated by male instructors and artists) and signed 1889 Declaration in Favour of Women’s Suffrage

Eos pic.twitter.com/xWdzjsUI0Z

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Cadence of Autumn pic.twitter.com/ZPg4wQcnbo

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
EdeM and husband William both pacifists, and openly expressed horror of and opposition to war, including The Boer War and especially World War I

Hope in the Prison of Despair pic.twitter.com/uMDUctNMwA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Earthbound pic.twitter.com/zUdUeAXsQ1

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Captives pic.twitter.com/IMYRwkC0Oq

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Helen of Troy pic.twitter.com/V25MlLlvJ1

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Hourglass pic.twitter.com/1f1sHUu3lW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

In Memoriam pic.twitter.com/hEuFZFqNpZ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Life and Thought Have Gone Away pic.twitter.com/dm3ojWksjJ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Luna pic.twitter.com/ZkNd6X1TW9

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Lux in Tenebris pic.twitter.com/XKmtHKuzg3

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Moonbeams pic.twitter.com/gjUjk6SG9r

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Aurora Triumphans (one of her most famous paintings, along with Medea) pic.twitter.com/zSII3FSIeA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Night and Sleep pic.twitter.com/9Iqvm0jclA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Our Lady of Peace pic.twitter.com/Q5HjUPHL36

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Port after Stormy Seas pic.twitter.com/UbN45b13Jd

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Garden of Opportunity pic.twitter.com/jCpHGFNHu3

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence pic.twitter.com/2E4S6bwWpI

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Martyr (also Nazuraea, which is name above her head) pic.twitter.com/VhByMmobKJ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Mourners pic.twitter.com/GhDR1wIo58

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Passing of the Soul at Death pic.twitter.com/P6LRBFQsML

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Red Cross pic.twitter.com/vij1CAUKz6

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Soul’s Prisonhouse pic.twitter.com/QtOeimvRdn

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Storm Spirits pic.twitter.com/3zUe3WLQU5

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Valley of Shadows pic.twitter.com/mRTqW4BBOs

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Worship of Mammon pic.twitter.com/GqQdcHOVPQ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

The Gilded Cage pic.twitter.com/vuhM0NMua2

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Venus and Cupid pic.twitter.com/i76t8J0aFH

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan

Portrait of husband, William de Morgan, with one of his designed vases pic.twitter.com/MZboyHhkBj

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan
1917: husband William died
1919: EdeM died

(grave of Evelyn and William de Morgan) pic.twitter.com/74rbReWkrW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

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by Alexandria | · 10:16 am

Joan Mitchell

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell 1925-1992
American painter, specializing in abstracts
(all images from https://t.co/RKVIzWiKV9) pic.twitter.com/i0YpCMXjKU

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
born in Chicago to physician father and poet-mother Marion Strobel Mitchell, co-editor (with Margaret Monroe) of Poetry magazine pic.twitter.com/f3xYL07Mbn

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
mother published many famous poets for first time in America, including Ezra Pound and TS Eliot, so Joan met many famous poets, including Dylan Thomas

Untitled, 1969 pic.twitter.com/3MjI3tFzHb

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
father was an amateur artist who took Joan and her sister to country for sketches and watercolors, and introduced them to famous artists. By 5-6, Joan’s favorite painter was Van Gogh

Little Trip, 1964 pic.twitter.com/jqUdMApYk7

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
age 7: taking weekend art classes @ Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, 1967 pic.twitter.com/F4f4CBs1WR

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
age 12: first exhibition, @ her private grammar school
ages 15-17: Joan is an award-winning figure-skater until a knee injury ends her career
age 17: enrolled in School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Heel, Sit, Stay, 1977 pic.twitter.com/sRDlHYdg5N

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1947: graduates with BFA from School of the Institute of Art of Chicago and receives Foreign Traveling Fellowship to study abroad

Tired Children, first public exhibition, wins prize pic.twitter.com/KXbaC3hqB0

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1948: sails to Paris with grammar-school classmate Barney Rosset, whom she will later marry

Untitled, 1950 pic.twitter.com/llRsh35QWJ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1948: travels to Spain and Czechoslovakia, moves to Provence for her health & stays a year, painting

Untitled, 1952 pic.twitter.com/3Imc9HrhSw

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1949: marries Rosset and they return to US where Joan enrolls in art school in Chicago
1950: awarded MFA & has first solo exhibition, featuring paintings done in Provence

City Landscape, Arctic, 1955 pic.twitter.com/ahglRGOveb

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1956: Whitney Museum of American Art purchases Hemlock. Art Institute of Chicago purchases City Landscape (previous tweet)

Hemlock, 1956 pic.twitter.com/UjrZqa4XTF

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1960: painting Skyes (after her Skye terriers) featured on cover of Art News, & Mitchell’s art featured in “The Found Generation”

one of Mitchell’s Sky terriers (L) and Skyes, on Art News pic.twitter.com/Mnzc0qRvyq

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1961 pic.twitter.com/Km70ZclbJx

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Grandes Carrieres, 1961-62 pic.twitter.com/Yy1nqEWQir

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Little Trip, 1964 pic.twitter.com/pCOF8NgKyi

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1964 pic.twitter.com/pzcYSzTRPV

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Chicago, with Frame, 1966 pic.twitter.com/4hjQrsfgXd

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1967: mother dies of cancer, leaving her 2 daughters trust funds
Joan buys an estate in a small village northwest of Paris, over looking the Seine

My Landscape II, 1967 pic.twitter.com/b5w577l21e

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1967: Mitchell paints in her Paris studio during week, and in her estate studio on weekends

Untitled, 1967 pic.twitter.com/25O4t4u2Dl

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1969 pic.twitter.com/70qWBsqiyK

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1971: awarded Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art, Westem College, Miami University, OH

Fields IV pic.twitter.com/WSaAnzPJfp

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Blue Territory, 1971 pic.twitter.com/iuTRNwTe49

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
The Lot, 1971 pic.twitter.com/Le4UQoGwXy

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1973 pic.twitter.com/srT0oWHV8u

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Un Jardin pour Audrey, 1975 pic.twitter.com/AeYdLyrFrO

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1977 pic.twitter.com/63iy68DDrq

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Heel, Sit, Stay, 1977 pic.twitter.com/eacVp0LzA0

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
La Vie en Rose, 1979 pic.twitter.com/5sfZM5lmeN

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1979 pic.twitter.com/CIjbw4qTiC

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Salut Tom, 1979 pic.twitter.com/Dczqk1suOU

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Minnesota, 1980 pic.twitter.com/GSoqOVurJ5

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1981 pic.twitter.com/EtBxzDvKtv

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1981: former psychoanalyst and friend of Mitchell dies of cancer; Mitchell titles painting after EF

Edrita Fried, 1981 pic.twitter.com/yitnUiWjtA

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Merrily, 1982 pic.twitter.com/rYhTdJrPM7

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Pour Iva, 1983 pic.twitter.com/fpWqqBqf49

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Le Grand Vallée XIV, 1983 pic.twitter.com/QDJU2bMOZl

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1986 pic.twitter.com/sIGBdxpYkB

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled (two from 1987) pic.twitter.com/pFCz2GaB6g

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1989 pic.twitter.com/0xwWn7M9dT

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
River, 1989 pic.twitter.com/UhvY90qpbD

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Trees, 1990 pic.twitter.com/mQybi2twem

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Trees, 1990-91 pic.twitter.com/lWKgltrjQo

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Sunflowers, 1990-91 pic.twitter.com/m1BHva9JSK

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1991 pic.twitter.com/iz6jDRZW99

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
Ici, 1992 pic.twitter.com/Pb6QJzLOw4

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

#ArtSaturday Joan Mitchell
1992: dies of lung cancer

(L) with Fourcade, 1980s, with dog 1984, with art 1959 and 1991 pic.twitter.com/FH0oBecz1q

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 6, 2018

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