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Edmond Dulac

On October 15, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, october 22

Edmond Dulac, French artist, October 22, 1882-May 25, 1953

Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edmund Dulac, 1914

Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914

Illustration From "Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross," 1914

Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914

Illustration for "Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest," 1915

Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale"

Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid"

Illustration to "A Little Girl in a Book", from Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell

Frits Thaulow

On October 15, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Norwegian, october 20

Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter, October 20, 1847 – November 5, 1906

Anders Beer Wilse, Frits Thaulow, c 1900 Private collection

"The King," from Akershus Fortress, 1878 Oil on wood board, 12.9 x 22 in // Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway

View of Amerikavej in Copenhagen, 1881 Oil on panel, 29.3 x 47.3 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

River Harbor, 1881 Oil on oak panel Oslo Museum

Rock, Motif from Kragerö, 1882 Oil on panel, 15.7 x 25 in // Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Winter at the River Simoa, 1883 Oil on canvas, 30.9 x 19.5 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Winter on the Canal Pastel on canvas, 28 3/8 x 35 3/4 in // Private collection

Childe Hassam

On October 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 17

Childe Hassam, American painter, October 17, 1859 - August 27, 1935

The Avenue in the Rain, 1917 Oil on canvas, 42 x 22.2 in // The White House, Washington DC

Childe Hassam, View in Montmartre, Paris, 1889 Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper, 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in Princeton University Art Museum

View in Montmartre, Paris, 1889 Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper, 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in // Princeton University Art Museum

Late Afternoon, New York, Winter, c 1900 Oil on canvas, 36.9 x 29 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Church at Old Lyme, 1905 Oil on canvas Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

July Fourteenth, Rue Daunou, 1910 Oil on canvas, 29 1/8 x 19 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Water Garden, 1909 Oil on canvas, 24 x 35.9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Drydock, Gloucester, c 1890 Watercolor over ink and graphite, 13 3/16 in x 19 1/2 in // The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Washington's Birthday — Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street, 1916 Etching, 10.2 x 15.7 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Norman Structure, 1885 Pen and black ink over graphite on board, 10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine, 1890 Oil on canvas, 17.7 x 21.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Childe Hassam, The Gorge, Appledore, circa 1912 Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 13.8 x 19.8 in Brooklyn Museum

The Gorge, Appledore, circa 1912 Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 13.8 x 19.8 in // Brooklyn Museum

Childe Hassam, Back Road, circa 1884 Oil on canvas, 31 x 24.7 in Brooklyn Museum

Back Road, circa 1884 Oil on canvas, 31 x 24.7 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Frédéric Bazille

On August 18, 2025 - 19th Century, december 6, French

Frédéric Bazille, French Painter, December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870

Self-portrait, 1865 Oil on canvas, 43 x 27 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Fortune Teller, 1869 Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in // Private collection

Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes, 1867 Oil on canvas, 31 3/4 x 39 1/4 in // The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Western Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes, 1867 Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 39 3/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Bazille's Studio, 1870 Oil on canvas, 39 x 50 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Reclining Nude, 1864 Oil on canvas, 27.7 x 75 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

The Pink Dress, 1864 Oil on canvas, 57.87 x 43.30 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Studio in the Rue de Furstemberg, 1865 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 25.5 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1867 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 19.7 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Family Reunion, 1867 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 90.5 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Landscape by the Lez River, 1870 Oil on canvas, 54.4 x 79.4 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

Young Woman with Peonies, 1870 Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 29 1/2 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Toilette, 1870 Oil on canvas, 60.2 × 58.4 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Portrait of Edmond Maître, 1869 Oil Unidentified location

Portrait of Paul Verlaine, 1868 Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in // Dallas Museum of Art

Flowers, 1868 Oil on canvas, 51.2 x 37.4 in // Museum of Grenoble, France

Vasily Kandinsky

On August 17, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 4, Russian

Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky, Russian painter, December 4, 1866-December 13, 1944

Adolf Elnain, Vassily Kandinsky, 1925

Small Dream In Red, 1925 Oil on cardboard, 14 × 16.2 in // Bern Kunstmuseum

Untitled, 1941 Gouache, 18.9 × 12.3 in // The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

In Grey, 1919 Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 69.3 in // Musee National Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Composition VIII, 1923 Oil on canvas, 55.1 × 79.1 in // The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Study for "Circles on Black," 1921 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 10 in

Succession, 1935 Oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in // Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Small worlds II, 1922 Four-color lithograph, 14 x 11 inches // Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Blue segment, 1921 Oil on canvas Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Painting with White Border, 1913 Oil on canvas Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Composition VII, 1913 Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 118.1 in // The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Moonlight Night, 1907 Colour lithograph, 8.4 × 7.5 in // The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A Floating Figure, 1942 Oil on wood, 10.2 x 7.9 in Musée Zervos (Maison Romain Rolland), Vézelay, France

Gilbert Stuart

On August 12, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, American, december 3

Gilbert Stuart, American painter, December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828

Self-portrait, circa 1778 Oil on canvas, 16.7 x 12.7 in // Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island

Horatio Gates, ca. 1793–94 Oil on canvas, 44 1/4 x 35 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784 Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Colonel Isaac Barré, 1785 Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 27 3/4 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Portrait of Joseph Brant, 1785 Oil on canvas, 31.6 x 27.6 in // British Museum, London

Sarah Siddons, 1787 Oil on canvas, 29.4 x 24.4 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Robert Livingston, 1793-1794 Oil on canvas, 35.9 x 28.2 in // Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, New York

Catherine Brass Yates, 1793 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 25.1 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of John Jay, 1794 Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 40.1 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Bayard, 1794 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 27.1 in // Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

Colonel James Swan, 1795 Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Abigail Smith Adams, between 1810 and 1815 Oil on canvas, 28.8 x 23.5 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

John Adams, circa 1800/1815 Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Major-General Henry Dearborn, 1812 Oil on panel, 28.1 x 22.4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

William Blake

On August 7, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English, november 28

William Blake, English artist, November 28, 1757-August 12, 1827

The Ancient of Days, 1794 Colour relief etching and white-line etching in blue, black, red and yellow; with added hand colouring

The Inscription over the Gate, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in // Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve, circa 1826 Tempera, gold and mahogany wood, 17 x 12.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

Watercolor Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost, 1807

William Blake, Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Antaeus Setting Down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

William Blake, When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in // The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, 1805 Pen and watercolor, 15.7 × 14 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Blake, The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun, circa 1803 Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, 17.2 x 13.7 in // Brooklyn Museum

Mirth, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

William Blake, Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in // Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

William Blake, Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in Tate Gallery, London

Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Job's Comforters, 1805 Pen and black ink, gray wash, and watercolour, over traces of graphite The Morgan Library, New York

David Delivered out of Many Waters, c.1805 Ink and watercolour on paper, 16.3 x 13.7 in // Tate Gallery

Cerberus, Part of Illustrations to Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 14.6 x 20.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in // The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Jacob's Ladder, 1805 Pen and ink and water color, 14.5 x 11.4 in // British Museum, London

Newton, circa 1804-05 Monotype print, 18.1 x 23.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Last Trumpet, 1780–85 Pen and ink, 8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

William Blake, The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

William Blake, ‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in Tate Gallery, London

‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in // Tate Gallery, London

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The Canterbury Pilgrims, c 1810-1820 Etching and engraving, 13.9 x 37 in British Museum, London

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Merritt Chase

On July 12, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, november 1

William Merritt Chase, American painter, November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916

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Afternoon by the Sea (Gravesend Bay), ca 1888 Pastel on linen

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William Merritt Chase, Mrs Meigs Playing the Piano, 1883

Mrs Meigs Playing the Piano, 1883 Oil on canvas Unknown location

End of the Season, c. 1885 Pastel on paper, 13.8 x 17.7 in // Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley

The Mirror, c.1883 Oil on canvas Private Collection

The White Fence Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in

Portrait of Louis Betts Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in Private Collection

For the Little One, aka Hall at Shinnecock Oil on canvas, 35 x 40 in

Afternoon Shadows Oil on panel

Frank Duveneck

On July 8, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 9

Frank Duveneck, American painter, October 9, 1848 - January 3, 1919

Self-portrait, circa 1877 Oil on canvas, 29.3 x 23.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

The Turkish Page, 1876 Oil on canvas, 42 x 58 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

The Cobbler’s Apprentice, 1877 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 27.8 in // Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.7 x 34.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Portrait of Maggie Wilson, 1898 Oil on cardboard, 15 x 12 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Major Dillard H. Clark, 1877 Oil on canvas Formerly Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Winslow Homer Oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 20 x 15.9 in // Private collection

Reclining Nude, 1892 Oil on canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art

Portrait of Marie Danforth Page, circa 1889 Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 25.2 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Beechwoods at Polling, circa 1876 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Still-life with Watermelon, circa 1878 Oil on canvas, 25 x 38 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Professor Ludwig Loefftz, circa 1873 Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 28.7 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

William Henry Fox Talbot

On July 7, 2025 - 19th Century, English, february 11

William Henry Fox Talbot, British photographer, February 11, 1800 - September 17, 1877

Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot by Antoine Claudet, ca. 1844

Window in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey Made From the Oldest Photographic Negative in Existence, August 1835

Miss Horatia Feilding, Half Sister of W. H. F. Talbot, Circa 1842 A "Calotype", a kind of early photograph

London Street, Reading, c. 1845 Modern positive from Talbot's original calotype negative

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