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  • Happy New Year!

    Fruit Still Life in a Landscape, c. 1872 by Severin Roesen, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Now that is a selection of fruit.

  • Peacock and Fish

    Peacock Tile Panel by William De Morgan, Formally The Peacock House now run by the Richmond Fellowship, London. William De Morgan became involved with the Pre-Raphaelite movement through William Morris. Morris, Burne-Jones and others…

  • Contortion

    An Allegory of Venus and Cupid, c.1550 by Agnolo Bronzino, National Gallery, London. Bronzino’s style is known as Mannerism, a style of exaggeration and poses. The meaning of the allegory is uncertain but figures…

  • Goldie and Bubbles

    Leisure Hours by John Everett Millais, The Detroit Institute of Arts. Late in his career, Millais gave up the idealisim of his youth and the PRB and created very popular and sentimental pieces. He…

  • Bands of Light

    Landscape at Chaponval, 1880 by Camille Pissarro, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Pissarro is the only artist to exhibit his work at all the “Impressionist” shows. Throughout his career he remained true to the Impressionist vision…

  • More Seasonal Themes

    William Adolph Bouguereau, Virgin with Angels, 1900. Bouguereau often included angels, cupids, putti etc in his artwork. His art was very popular during his lifetime and continues to be popular today, as well.

  • Merry Christmas

    The Adoration of the Magi, c.1445 by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

  • Seasonal Themes

    Virgin of the Angels, 1881 by William Adolph Bouguereau, The Getty Museum, Courtesy of Forest Lawn Memorial Park Association. This painting was restored by the conservation specialists the Getty Museum and in exchange for…

  • Adoration on a Large Scale

    The Star of Bethlehem, 1888-91 by Edward Burne-Jones, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, UK. This watercolor was originally a design for a tapestry and is very large roughly 8ft x 12ft and he used…