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  • On the Water

    Venetian Palace by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1914, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Although the title seems to indicate that this work was done in Venice, Italy, it tongue-in-cheek, because it was actually done…

  • Wildlife at Home

    In My Orchard, a wallpaper design by C.F.A. Voysey, 1929, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Another wallpaper design by Voysey, who actually claimed to prefer bare wooden walls to walls covered in paper, certainly…

  • More Strawberries

    Wallpaper design with Strawberries by C.F.A. Voysey, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This is another Victorian design for wallpaper by the architect and designer Charles Voysey. His work was influenced by William Morris and…

  • Strawberry Thief

    The Strawberry Thief by William Morris, 1883. British Arts & Crafts movement artist, designer, and founder William Morris has been featured on this blog before. This is one is his most popular design based…

  • We’re Shocked Too

    The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893, Nasjonalgalleriet, Norway. Yesterday, a version of this iconic artwork broke all auction records when it sold for $119.9 million dollars making it the highest amount a work of…

  • Classic Beauty

    Daybreak by Maxfield Parrish , 1922, Private Collection. Parrish’s father was an artist and he was encouraged by his family to pursue a career as an artist. He had a good deal of success…

  • The Bold Five

    I Saw the Figure Five in Gold by Charles Demuth, 1928, The Metropolitan Museum of Art The subject of this painting is the poet William Carlos Williams whose poem The Red Wheelbarrow is a…

  • Art Done Outside

    Matthew Airent’s Angel by Reverend Howard Finster, 1987, Private Collection. Reverend Howard Finster is categorized as an “Outsider Artist,” which means that he was basically self-taught and that he created his art out of…

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