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Katsushika Hokusai's Orange Orchids woodblock print from circa 1832-1834, showing delicate orange six-petalled orchid blossoms on curved stems against a pale blue-grey background, with dramatic dark green and blue-grey strappy leaves at the base, featuring the artist's signature seal in red on the right side, exemplifying Edo period ukiyo-e botanical art

🌸 Before The Great Wave, Hokusai was perfecting botanical brilliance. His Orange Orchids (c.1832-34) from the "Large Flowers" series shows the master's range beyond landscapes, crisp linework, bold colour, sublime negative space. 🎨🇯🇵 #ArtHistory #FineArt

A vivid tropical landscape painting by Paul Gauguin. In the foreground, two peacocks stroll across green and ochre ground near bright orange flowers. Behind them, a shirtless man raises an axe near a fire and a small pink hut. Two women stand beneath tall trees, with a lush jungle and glowing yellow hills under a pastel sky in the distance.

🌴 Paul Gauguin’s Landscape with Peacocks (Matamoe), 1892, shimmers with tropical colour and quiet tension. A man raises his axe beneath a palm, peacocks wander nearby, and smoke curls into the Tahitian air. 🦚 “Matamoe” means death, but Gauguin paints life in full bloom. 🎨🌺 #ArtHistory #FineArt

Oil painting showing a large group of ballerinas in white tutus standing together on the left facing an authority figure on the right in a dark, atmospheric backstage setting, painted by Dutch artist Nicolaas van der Waay circa 1900s

🩰 Backstage Rebellion: Nicolaas van der Waay's striking 1900s painting captures ballerinas in white tutus confronting their director, a rare glimpse of labour activism in the theatre world. The Dutch master turned rehearsal drama into powerful social commentary. 🎨 🖼️ #ArtHistory #FineArt

Completed 1000-piece Beryl Cook Date Night jigsaw puzzle showing vibrant pub scene with full-figured characters in colourful clothing enjoying drinks, featuring dogs with festive collars, yellow bottles on shelves, and warm burgundy and gold tones throughout the 735mm x 510mm artwork

🎨 Beryl Cook's "Date Night" captures the unfiltered joy of British pub culture in glorious detail! Now available as a 1000-piece jigsaw. 🧩🍺 The self-taught Plymouth artist revolutionised figurative painting with her celebration of body confidence & everyday revelry. #ArtHistory #FineArt

Egon Schiele The Paintings by Taschen coffee table book cover on white background, featuring expressionist portrait with bold blue, orange and black colours, edited by Tobias G. Natter, luxury art book for collectors

Open spread from Egon Schiele Taschen book showing 1914 photograph of the artist alongside Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat 1911 painting with distinctive spotted pattern, high-quality art book interior on white background

📚 The Unbridled Genius of Egon Schiele: TASCHEN's stunning monograph captures a decade of defiance, from provocative self-portraits to haggard, elongated figures that scandalised Vienna. The Expressionist died at just 28, yet his influence spans from Francis Bacon to Tracey Emin. 🎨 #ArtHistory

Paul Klee, Magdalena Before The Conversion, 1938. Gouache on paper showing stylised female figure with oversized head, elongated yellow hair, large earring, and simplified body in bright yellow, pink, light blue blocks. Schematic face features emphatic eyes, visible ear, and red mouth. Decorative dotted and patterned background in pinks, reds, and yellows. Childlike modernist composition with bold colours and hieroglyphic forms typical of Klee's late period.

Paul Klee's 'Magdalena Before The Conversion' (1938) is a masterclass in late modernist symbolism. 🎨 Created during exile from Nazi Germany whilst battling scleroderma, Klee transformed personal suffering into vibrant visual poetry. 🖼️ #ArtHistory #FineArt

19th century Japanese painting by Shibata Zeshin showing a monkey wrapped in red and yellow patterned silk robes examining a small decorative object through a magnifying glass, surrounded by collector's items including a lacquered book, measuring sticks, an inrō case and netsuke toggle against a golden yellow silk background, ink and colour on silk circa 1835

Meet the original art world satirist. 🐵 Shibata Zeshin's 1835 masterpiece "Monkey Posing as a Collector" shows a fashionably draped monkey scrutinising collectibles with a magnifying glass, a cheeky 19th-century commentary on connoisseurship that still resonates today. 🎨 #ArtHistory #FineArt

Utagawa Kuniyoshi ukiyo-e woodblock print from circa 1830 depicting Fujinoe, a female warrior in elaborate blue and yellow patterned kimono with coral accents, wielding both a sword and naginata whilst dynamically deflecting multiple arrows in mid-flight. Her long black hair flows dramatically as she battles two armoured samurai warriors below her. The composition features bold diagonal lines, vibrant traditional Japanese colours, and Japanese text columns in the upper right. Part of Kuniyoshi's "Eight Hundred Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden" series, showcasing Edo-period artistry and progressive female representation.

Before manga, there was Kuniyoshi. ⚔️ This stunning 1830 ukiyo-e print depicts Fujinoe—a legendary female warrior defending Takadachi Castle in 1189. Kuniyoshi was ahead of his time, repeatedly portraying strong, complex women with agency & martial prowess. 💪🎨 #FineArt #ArtHistory

Franz von Stuck's Lucifer (1890), oil on canvas showing a muscular, seated fallen angel with luminous green eyes emerging from darkness, one hand reaching back to touch his black wing, with a faint crescent of light behind him, exemplifying German Symbolist painting

Franz von Stuck's "Lucifer" (1890) is a masterclass in psychological Symbolism. 👁️🖤 The fallen angel isn't monstrous, he's heroic, melancholic, trapped in eternal reflection. Those luminous eyes? Haunting. Stuck often modelled his gods & demons on himself. #FineArt #ArtHistory

Paul Klee, Resting Ships (Ruhende Schiffe), 1927, oil and tempera on cardboard - geometric abstract painting featuring stylised boats with curved orange hulls, triangular sails in multiple colours, modular blue background rectangles, and bright red circular sun or moon in upper right, housed at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

🎨 Paul Klee's 'Resting Ships' (1927) is a geometric gem from his Bauhaus years! The Swiss modernist transforms moored vessels into a mosaic of interlocking colour planes, vibrant oranges, deep blues & that striking red orb. 🚢 Klee reduces sails to triangles & hulls to curves, proving less is more.

Hokusai's Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō woodblock print from circa 1830-1832, showing two large fishing boats with curved hulls navigating Prussian blue waves in the foreground, coastal village and shoreline in the middle ground, and Mount Fuji's snow-capped peak rising majestically in the background against a peachy sky, from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series

🌊 Hokusai was in his 70s when he created this masterpiece from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series. "Tago Bay near Ejiri" showcases fishermen battling turbulent currents in that revolutionary Prussian blue, a pigment newly imported to Japan that transformed ukiyo-e printmaking forever. 🗻

Paul Klee's Strong Dream painting from 1929 showing a large black circular void containing a bright yellow crescent moon on the left and a coral-red circular disc on the right, with a small abstracted reclining figure decorated in yellow, red and blue patterns at the bottom, all set against a dark brown textured background with visible brushstrokes, gouache and watercolour on paper

Paul Klee's "Strong Dream" (1929) distils nocturnal mystery into pure visual poetry. 🌙 A luminous yellow crescent & vibrant red disc hover above a sleeping figure, Bauhaus minimalism meets symbolic dreamscape. Created during his legendary teaching years, it's magic in miniature. #FineArt #ArtHistory

Juan Gris' Portrait of Maurice Raynal oil painting showing a Cubist portrait with fragmented facial features rendered in geometric planes using muted pink, grey and brown tones against a neutral background, demonstrating early Analytical Cubism techniques from 1911-1912

Juan Gris' "Portrait of Maurice Raynal" (c.1911-12) captures the brilliant mind who championed Cubism itself! 🧠 This geometric masterpiece shows the Spanish artist's signature precision, notice how he fragments Raynal's face into angular planes whilst maintaining those subtle colour harmonies. 🖼️

Hokusai's Kajikazawa in Kai Province woodblock print showing a fisherman in traditional dress casting multiple fishing lines from a green rocky promontory into dramatic blue waves of the Fuji River, with Mount Fuji's iconic triangular silhouette rising peacefully in the background under a pale sky, demonstrating the master's use of Prussian blue pigment and bokashi gradation technique

🌊 Hokusai's "Kajikazawa in Kai Province" remains one of art history's most captivating masterpieces. The fisherman's curved pose deliberately mirrors the rolling waves and rocky contours, creating visual harmony that influenced countless Impressionist masters decades later. 🖼️ #FineArt #ArtHistory

Juan Gris Portrait of Pablo Picasso 1912 oil painting showing analytical cubist style with fragmented geometric planes depicting Picasso holding artist palette, rendered in muted blues greys and browns with crystalline composition typical of Gris cubist technique

When One Genius Painted Another: Juan Gris's "Portrait of Pablo Picasso" (1912). This analytical cubism painting shows Gris's signature crystalline precision as he fragments Picasso (palette in hand) into geometric brilliance. Notice how Gris inscribed "Hommage à Pablo Picasso". 🖼️ #ArtHistory

Close-up painting of a tiger's head and upper body emerging from bamboo stalks, featuring intricate golden-orange fur with black stripes rendered in meticulous individual brushstrokes, piercing yellow-green eyes with white whisker highlights, and dramatic foreshortening that makes the tiger appear to leap forward from aged paper background - masterwork by Japanese artist Katayama Yōkoku from the late 18th century Edo period

🐅 Katayama Yōkoku's "Tiger Emerging from Bamboo" (c. late 18th century) showcases the Edo master's revolutionary "fur-line" technique. Each individual hair stroke creates a breathing, dynamic presence that seems to leap from the canvas. 🎨 #ArtHistory #FineArt

James Ensor's 1925 oil painting "Masks" showing a cluster of theatrical carnival faces including painted masks, human visages, and a central skull figure rendered in vibrant reds, pinks, and blues against a green-teal background, demonstrating the Belgian Expressionist's signature grotesque and theatrical style.

James Ensor's haunting "Masks" (1925) reveals the Belgian master's fascination with carnival grotesquery and mortality. 🎭💀 This theatrical tableau of painted faces and masks explores the thin line between performance and authenticity, a motif that influenced both Expressionism and Surrealism. 🎨

Claude Monet's oil painting "The Green Wave" showing dramatic emerald-green ocean waves with white foam crashing around a tilted fishing boat with grey sails, painted in bold brushstrokes characteristic of early Impressionist technique, circa 1866-67

🌊 Monet's "The Green Wave" (c. 1866-67) captures the raw power of the Normandy coast with revolutionary technique. This early masterpiece bridges Romantic drama with emerging Impressionism. 🎨 Critics noted strong Manet influences in its bold composition and high horizon line. #ArtHistory #FineArt

Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Vertumnus oil painting from 1590 showing a composite portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II created entirely from fruits, vegetables, flowers and grains - Renaissance masterpiece featuring pears for cheeks, grapes for hair, corn and wheat stalks, with roses and other seasonal produce forming clothing against dark background

🍎 Giuseppe Arcimboldo's "Vertumnus" (1590) is pure Renaissance genius. This mind-bending portrait of Emperor Rudolf II is composed ENTIRELY of fruits, vegetables & flowers 🍇 From afar: regal emperor. Up close: botanical wonderland! The ultimate optical illusion that predates Photoshop by 400+ years.

Hokusai's "The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō near Ashikaga" woodblock print showing a narrow wooden bridge spanning a deep, mist-filled mountain gorge with jagged cliffs, small shrine structures, and tiny human figures emphasising the dramatic vertical scale and mystical atmosphere of this 1830s Japanese ukiyo-e masterpiece

Hokusai's "Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō" (c.1831-34) perfectly captures the master's genius for blending reality with pure imagination! This dramatic woodblock print from his bridges series shows a fantastical wooden bridge suspended in swirling mountain mists – part topography, part dream.

Japanese woodblock print by Hokusai showing the dramatic curved Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki with numerous pedestrians crossing the wooden arch structure, archers practising with targets in the riverbed below, traditional buildings and trees in the foreground, and Mount Fuji visible in the background under a blue gradient sky, exemplifying Edo period ukiyo-e landscape art

Hokusai's breathtaking Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki (c.1833) showcases the master's genius for balancing monumental architecture with human drama. Part of his legendary "Remarkable Views of Bridges" series, this ukiyo-e masterpiece captures daily life along Japan's historic Tōkaidō route. 🎨 #ArtHistory

Oil painting by Marsden Hartley showing muscular shirtless male boxer with dark hair against vibrant red background, painted in modernist style with simplified facial planes and bold brushstrokes, wearing minimal dark briefs, demonstrating the artist's late figurative period from 1940

🥊🔥 Marsden Hartley's raw, powerful "Madawaska Acadian Light-Heavy" (1940) captures French-Canadian boxer Lionel Daigle with stunning intimacy. The artist's own words: "His body is so fine and dear I could work almost without end from him" 💪 A masterclass in frontal monumentality! 🎨 #QueerArt

Joseph Kutter's 1926 oil painting "Yawning Woman" showing a red-haired woman in bright green blouse yawning whilst leaning on ledge and pulling back curtain, painted in expressionist style with bold brushstrokes, pink flesh tones, and dark mottled background creating psychological intensity

🥱 Discovering Joseph Kutter's "Yawning Woman" (1926) 🎨 Luxembourg's pioneering expressionist transformed an everyday moment into psychological depth through bold brushwork & vivid colour contrasts. The green blouse against dark background creates intimate yet unsettling domesticity. 🖼️ #FineArt

Interior of the Manchester Royal Exchange 1877 oil painting by Frederick Sargent showing panoramic view of grand neoclassical trading hall with ornate domed ceiling, red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, and hundreds of Victorian merchants in dark formal wear gathered on the trading floor beneath elaborate architectural details and arched galleries

Step into Victorian Manchester's beating commercial heart! 🐝 Frederick Sargent's 1877 masterpiece captures the Royal Exchange at its peak, hundreds of cotton merchants bustling beneath soaring domes & gilded columns. This isn't just art, it's a window into Cottonopolis history! 🎨 #FineArt

Jan Toorop The Sea original painting - Dutch master seascape featuring turbulent ocean waves in blue, green and white palette, created with textured brushstrokes and palette knife technique in Katwijk coastal town, now in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam collection, available as fine art print wall art reproduction

🌊 Making Waves: Jan Toorop didn't just paint the sea, he captured her soul. 🎨 This Dutch master wielded his palette knife like Neptune's trident, creating waves so dynamic you can practically feel the sea spray. #FineArt

"Glyn Warren Philpot A Young Breton 1917 oil painting - British artist portrait of young French man in traditional Breton regional costume with black jacket and white shirt, painted during World War I, museum quality fine art reproduction from Tate Collection London

🖼️ The quiet power of Glyn Warren Philpot's "A Young Breton" (1917), a masterpiece of British portraiture that bridges classical technique with modern restraint. This wartime portrait, painted when London was filled with French soldiers, captures dignified humanity amidst historical turmoil. #FineArt

A colourful Japanese woodblock print by Tomioka Eisen. The scene is set indoors, with an artist seated on the floor, applying makeup to their face with a small brush. A second figure, dressed in Western-style clothes and possibly a man, peeks through a drawn curtain in the background, observing the artist. The print is a commentary on themes of identity, performance, and the gaze, and is considered an important example of queer art from the Meiji era.

Tomioka Eisen print is not just a beautiful work of Japanese art, it's a powerful statement on gender, performance, and the gaze.🇯🇵🎨 The print depicts a captivating scene of an artist at work, meticulously applying makeup while a figure in Western attire peers through a curtain. #QueerArt #FineArt 🌈

A powerful close-up painting of Jesus Christ, seen from the chest up, with a sorrowful expression. He wears a crown of sharp thorns from which drops of blood run down his forehead and cheeks. His eyes are red-rimmed and filled with pain, and his lips are parted in a slight grimace. A beard and long brown hair frame his face. He is wearing a red tunic with an ornate gold collar that has intricate patterns and text. Behind his head is a golden halo with a red cross, inscribed with the letters 'IHS' and 'XPS' in a stylised font.

Behold the profound beauty of Fra Angelico's Christ Crowned with Thorns. This powerful painting captures a close-up of Jesus with a sorrowful expression, wearing a crown of thorns from which drops of blood run down his face. A masterpiece of the Early Renaissance. 🖼️ #ArtHistory #FineArt

An oil painting of a muscular man, Maurice Deriaz, from the waist up. His torso is bare, with his chest and stomach well-defined. He has a dark mustache and thick brown hair. He is looking intently to his left, and his arms are crossed at his waist, with his hands gently clasped. A light blue sash with a silver lining is wrapped around his waist. The background is a dark, blurred void, making the man's porcelain-white skin and strong physique the focus.

Gustave Courtois's 1907 portrait of wrestler Maurice Deriaz caused a stir at the Paris Salon! Critics were scandalised by the bare-chested athlete, but the painting is now celebrated for its masterful technique and its subtle yet powerful queer undertones. A timeless piece of art history. #FineArt