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Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, august 16, Russian

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer, August 16, 1876 – February 7 1942

Boris Kustodiev , Portrait of Ivan Bilibin, 1901

Koschei the Deathless (from Marya Morevna, 1900)

Illustration for the Epic "Volga", 1903 Lithograph

Illustration for "Wassilissa the Beautiful", 1899

Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908

John Henry Twachtman

On July 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, august 4

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, August 4, 1853 - August 8, 1902

Gertrude Käsebier, John Henry Twachtman, c 1900

Arques-la-Bataille, 1885 Oil on canvas, 60 x 78 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Snow Scene, ca. 1890 - 1895 Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

Icebound, c. 1889 Oil on canvas, 25 5/16 × 30 3/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

John Singleton Copley

On June 29, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, American, july 3

John Singleton Copley, American painter, July 3, 1738 - September 9, 1815

Self-Portrait, between circa 1780 and circa 1784 Oil on canvas, 22.2 in x 22.2 in // National Portrait Gallery, Washington

John Singleton Copley, Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper, 12 7/16 x 9 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper, 12 7/16 x 9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mrs Humphrey Devereux, 1771 Oil on canvas, 40.15 x 31.88 in // Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

Epes Sargent, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 49 13/16 x 40 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Head of a Black Man, 1777 or 1778 Oil on canvas, 20.9 x 16.2 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd, circa 1765-1766 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25.5 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Mrs. George Watson, 1765 Oil on canvas, 49.87 x 40 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mrs. John Amory, circa 1763 Oil on canvas, 49.8 x 40 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Gage, circa 1771 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

Adolph von Menzel

On June 28, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 8, German

Adolph von Menzel, German painter, December 8, 1815 – February 9, 1905

Adolph von Menzel in 1900

Blind Man's Buff, 1867 Oil on canvas, 11.6 x 8.9 in // National Gallery, London

Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens, 1867 Oil on canvas, 19.2 x 27.5 in // National Gallery, London

At the Beer Garden, 1883 Gouache on paper, 5.3 x 7 in // Collection Georg Schäfer

The Studio Wall, 1872 Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 31.1 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Student Torchlight Procession, 1859 Oil on paperboard, 12.2 x 21.3 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

The Bedroom of the Artist in the Ritterstraße, 1847 Oil on canvas, 22 x 18.1 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Living Room With the Artist's Sister, 1847 Oil on paper mounted on millboard, 18.1 x 12.4 in // Neue Pinakothek, Munich

The Balcony Room, 1845 Oil on canvas, 22.8 x 18.5 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Menzel's Sister Emilie, Sleeping, circa 1848 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 18.4 x 23.6 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes), 1875 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 100 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Berlin: Backs of Houses in the Snow, 1847 Oil on paper mounted on millboard, 5.1 x 9.4 in Kunst Museum Winterthur, Germany

The Back Garden, between 1850 and 1860 Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Staircase Hallway With Night Lighting, 1848 Oil on paper, board backing, 14.2 x 8.5 in // Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

Thunderstorm at Tempelhofer Hill, 1846 Oil on paper, 12.2 x 18.5 in // Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany

Gwen John

On June 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, English, june 26

Gwen John, Welsh painter, June 22, 1876 – September 18, 1939

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Chloë Boughton-Leigh, between 1904 and 1908 Oil on canvas, 23 × 15 in // Tate Britain, London

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Girl Holding a Rose, 1915 to 1925 Oil on canvas, 17 7/8 × 14 5/8 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Richard Parkes Bonington

On June 27, 2025 - 19th Century, English, october 25

Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter, October 25, 1802 – September 23, 1828

Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Portrait of Bonington

Rouen, 1825 Watercolor, 7.08 x 9.25 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Venice: the Piazza San Marco, 1828 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 31.6 in // The Wallace Collection, London

On the Adriatic, circa 1826 Oil on cardboard, 11.8 x 16.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Richard Parkes Bonington, Landscape near Quilleboeuf, France, between 1824 and 1825 Oil on canvas, 16.73 x 20.98 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Landscape near Quilleboeuf, France, between 1824 and 1825 Oil on canvas, 16.73 x 20.98 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

On the Coast of Picardy, 1826 Oil on canvas,14.5 x 20 in // The Wallace Collection, London

The Giudecca in Venice, 1826 Oil on board, 9.8 x 12.5 in // Fondation Custodia, Paris

Richard Parkes Bonington, Beached Vessels and a Wagon, near Trouville, France, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 20.39 x 26.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Beached Vessels and a Wagon, near Trouville, France, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 20.39 x 26.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

The Doge's Palace, Venice, 1826 Oil on millboard, 21 1/16 x 24 // Cleveland Museum of Art

Quentin Durward at Liège, Belgium, c 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 24.8 x 20.3 in // Nottingham City Museums & Galleries, UK

Grand Canal, Venice, 1826 Graphite and gouache on paper, 8.1 x 11.4 in // Tate Britain, London

The Salt Marshes Near Trouville, 1826 Watercolor over graphite, 4.25 x 8.74 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Cutter and Other Shipping in a Breeze, from 1827 until 1828 Watercolor, 5.86 x 7.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Richard Parkes Bonington, Abbey St-Amand, Rouen Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, cream, slightly textured wove paper, 7.51 x 5 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Abbey St-Amand, Rouen Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, cream, slightly textured wove paper, 7.51 x 5 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

At the English Coast, 1825 Watercolor on paper, 5.51 x 8.93 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

In the Forest of Fontainebleau, circa 1825 Oil on millboard, 16.61 x 13.62 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Isaac Israëls,

On June 22, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Dutch, february 3

Laura Knight

On June 21, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, august 4, English

Laura Knight, English painter, August 4, 1877 – July 7, 1970

Laura Knight, Self Portrait aka The Model, 1913 Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London

Self Portrait aka The Model, 1913 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50.2 in National Portrait Gallery, London

The Fishing Fleet, c. 1900 Oil on Canvas, 48.4 x 33.1 in // Bolton Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Ethel Bartlett, 1926 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // Atkinson Art Gallery, Bensenville, Illinois

The Last Act, 1929 Oil on canvas, 55 x 42 in // Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Scotland

Jacques-Louis David

On June 21, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, august 30, French

Jacques-Louis David, French painter August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825

Self-Portrait, 1794 (Musée du Louvre)

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus, 1824 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 104.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Marie Antoinette on Her Way to the Guillotine, October 16, 1793 Pen and ink, 6 x 4 in // Louvre Museum

Hand-coloured etching showing a male figure modeling the costume designed by David for legislators, 1794

Jacques-Louis David, Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac, 1816 Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in Clark Art Institute

Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac, 1816 Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in // Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

The Death of Marat, 1793 Oil on canvas, 64.9 x 50.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Auguste Rodin

On June 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, november 12

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