Open Access Art

🔍 Cradleboard, Ute, circa 1890
📍The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Horse Mask, Blackfeet, circa 1890
📍 Denver Art Museum
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Rug, Navajo, circa 1900
📍 Denver Art Museum
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Two Rams, Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), San Ildefonso, 1895
📍 Denver Art Museum
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Buffalo Hunting Scene, White Bird, Cheyenne, Nez Perce, 1894-1895
📍 Denver Art Museum
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Hide Painting of the Sun Dance, c. 1890–1900, Cotsiogo
📍 Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Bandolier bag, 1880s, Winnebago, Artist Unknown
📍Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Public Domain, United States)

🔍 Birchbark Box, Tomah Joseph, circa 1900
📍The Helen Pep Grodka Collection
(Public Domain, United States)

This Thanksgiving, we'd like honor the rich traditions of Native American art. (A thread 🧵).
🔍 Suitcase, Nellie Two Bears Gates (Dakota: Maȟpíya Boǧáŋwiŋ ), 1880–1910
📍Minneapolis Institute of Art
(Public Domain, United States)
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🔍 Thanksgiving, 1628-1928: 300 Years (Pilgrim and Football Player), The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 24, 1928, Joseph Christian Leyendecker
📍 The Saturday Evening Post
(Public Domain)

🔍 Ladies Home Journal, November 1920, S. N. Abbott
📍 University of Michigan
(Public Domain)

🔍 Harper's Round Table, Thanksgiving no. '95, Will Bradley
📍 Library of Congress
(Public Domain)

🔍 Thanksgiving, Puck 1910, B. Baker
📍 Library of Congress
(Public Domain)

🔍 Thanksgiving No. 1895, The Chap-Book, Will H. Bradley
📍Library of Congress
(Public Domain)

🔍 Thanksgiving 1894, Harper's Bazaar, Louis J. Rhead
📍Library of Congress
(Public Domain)

Happy Turkey Day! 🦃
Enjoy some ICONIC Thanksgiving cover art. (A thread 🧵)
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🔍The Pilgrim (November 1904), William Henry Detlef Koerner
(Public Domain)

🦋 Butterflies, Odilon Redon, circa 1910
📍 Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
(Public Domain)

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🔍 Portia Wounding her Thigh, Elisabetta Sirani, 1664
📍Collezioni d'Arte e di Storia della Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio, Bologna
(Public Domain)

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Alexandre Cabanel’s The Fallen Angel (1847) portrays a striking figure of a young man seated on the ground, representing Lucifer after his expulsion from Heaven. His muscular form is draped with a white cloth, and his bare torso gleams under a dramatic light. The angel's head is turned slightly, revealing tear-filled, piercing blue eyes that convey sorrow, defiance, and wounded pride. His golden hair, halo-like in its glow, contrasts with the darker, ominous background. Around him, indistinct forms of other fallen angels can be seen, emphasizing his isolation. Cabanel’s use of detailed anatomy, emotive expression, and a Romantic style captures the tragic beauty and inner conflict of this iconic figure.

🔍 The Fallen Angel (French: L'Ange déchu), Alexandre Cabanel, 1847, (Public Domain)

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Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942, Art Institute of Chicago (Public Domain) Shows a quiet nighttime urban scene, dominated by a brightly lit diner on an empty street corner. Inside the diner, three customers are seated: a man and woman sit together on the right, while a lone man sits apart on the left. A server, dressed in white, stands behind the counter. The diner's large windows and soft interior light contrast sharply with the dark, empty sidewalk and street outside, emphasizing a sense of isolation and urban quiet. Hopper's use of light and shadow creates a cinematic quality, making this painting a hallmark of 20th-century American realism.

🔍 Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942, Art Institute of Chicago
(Public Domain)

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