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Mary Cassatt

On June 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 22

Cabinet of Curiosities

On May 29, 2025 - American

This is a collection of images I have collected and treasure that don’t lend themselves to traditional Art History arrangement. Aboriginal peoples arts and crafts, pottery, random objects from everywhere and every age.

Jarinyanu David Downs, Australian Aboriginal, Wangkajunga/ Walmajarri peoples, Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley, Western Australia, ca. 1925-1995 Whale Fish Vomiting Jonah, 1993 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas Seattle Art Museum

Gunybi Ganambarr, Australian Aboriginal, Ngaymil clan, Yangunbi, born 1973 Mundukul at Baraltja, 2008 Baraltja, 2009 Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark Seattle Art Museum

Hans Leinberger, German sculptor, c.1475/1480 – after 1531 Tödlein/Small Death Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck, Austria

Sea captain figure, ca. 1850 Argillite, stone Haida

Early Christian Artist, Roman Empire Jonah Swallowed by the Wheel, AD 280-290 Marble Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

John Sloan

On May 25, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, august 2

John Sloan, American painter, August 2, 1871 – September 7, 1951

John Sloan in 1891

Renganeschi's Saturday Night, 1912 Oil on canvas, 26 1/4 × 32 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Women’s Page, from the series New York City Life, 1905 Etching on paper, 5 x 7 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

McSorley's Bar, 1912 Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Wake of the Ferry II, 1907 Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in // The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

The Lafayette Oil on canvas, 30 1/2 x 36 1/8 in

Red Kimono on the Roof, 1912, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street, 1928 Oil on canvas, 30 × 40 1/8in Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Everett Shinn

On May 25, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, november 6

Everett Shinn, American painter, November 6, 1876 – May 1, 1953

Everett Shinn, Self-Portrait, c 1901

The Hippodrome, London, 1902 Oil on canvas, 26 5/16 × 35 3/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Canfield Gambling House, New York, 1912 Gouache on paper, 9.2 x 12 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Keith's Union Square, ca. 1902 - 1906 Oil on canvas, 20.3 x 24.2 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Mrs A Stewart Walker in a Fur, 1910 Pastel on paperboard, 27.9 x 14 in

Chinese Restaurant, 1899 Gouache on paper, 8.5 x 13.25 in

The Fight, 1899 Ink and watercolour on paper, 8.25 x 13.25 in

Fleishman's Bread Line,1900 Pastel and watercolour on paper, 8.5 x 13.5 in

The Docks, New York City, 1901 Pastel on paper, 15.5 x 22 in

Nightclub Scene, 1934 Oil on canvas, 36 x 34 in

Washington Square, c1945 Oil on canvas 37.5 x 41.5 in

Window Shopping, 1903 Pastel on paper, 14.25 x 18 in

Broadway, Late Afternoon after the Matinee, 1899 Pastel, charcoal, gouache & watercolor on artist's board, 21.75 x 29.5 in

All Night Café, c1900 Pastel, watercolour and graphite on paper, 9.8 x 13.3 in

Jusepe de Ribera

On May 5, 2025 - 17th Century, American, january 12, Spanish

Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish Painter, January 12, 1591 – September 2, 1652

An Old Man, ca. 1635 Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 × 19 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Denial of Saint Peter, 1616 Oil on canvas, 64.1 in x 91.7 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

The Deposition, 1625 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 50 in // Louvre, Paris, France

Apollo Flaying Marsyas, 1637 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 100.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

George Inness

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, American, may 1

George Inness, American landscape painter, May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894

Home at Montclair, 1892 Oil on canvas, 30.1 inx 45 in // Clark Art Institute, Willaimstown, Massachusetts

George Inness, 1890

The Mill Stream, Montclair, New Jersey, circa 1888 Oil on canvas, 30.5 in x 45 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 x 63 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cecilia Beaux

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 1

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Cecilia Beaux, circa 1888

New England Woman, 1895 Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Twilight Confidencess, 1888 Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 in // Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia

Georges Clemenceau, 1920 Oil on canvas, 47 in x 36.7 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

On April 30, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 10

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American artist, October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924

Prendergast in 1913, photo by Gertrude Käsebier

Grand Canal, Venice, c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13.6 in

Boston Harbor, c.1900 - c.1905 Watercolor on paper, 28.26 x 39.37 cm // Private Collection

Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, c.1911 - c.1912 Pencil, watercolor, paper, 23.16 x 15.25 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Flying Horses, c.1900 - c.1901 Watercolor on paper, 13.6 x 21 in Private Collection

At the Shore (Capri), c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in // Private Collection

Untitled (Kneeling Man), 1891 Watercolor and pencil on paper, 6 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches // Private Collection

Lake, New Hampshire, c.1910 - c.1913 Watercolor on paper, 8.75 x 11.75 cm // Private Collection

Madison Square, 1901 Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper, 15 3/8 × 16 13/16 in // Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Courtyard Scene, Siena, c. 1898-9 Watercolor and graphite on paper Honolulu Museum of Art

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, West Church Boston, between 1900 and 1901 Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 10 15/16 x 15 3/8in Museum of Fine Arts Boston

West Church Boston, between 1900 and 1901 Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 10 15/16 x 15 3/8 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

New England Harbor, between circa 1919 and circa 1923 Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Edward Hopper

On April 20, 2025 - 20th Century, American, july 22

Robert Henri

On April 17, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, july 12

Robert Henri, American painter, June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929

"There are mighty few people who think what they think they think." — Robert Henri

Betalo Rubino, Dramatic Dancer, 1916 Oil on canvas, 77 1/4 × 37 1/4 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

Salome, 1909 Oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida

La Madrileñita, 1910 Oil on canvas, 23 × 19 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Snow in New York, 1902 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Fete du Dieu - Concarneau, 1899 Oil on canvas

Marine with Rocks, 1909 Oil on canvas

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