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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

Marc Chagall

On June 29, 2025 - 20th Century, july 6, Russian

Marc Chagall, Russian painter, July 6, 1887 - March 28, 1985

Cow with a Parasol, 1946 Oil on canvas, 32 x 42 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Dream, 1939 Pastel with gouache on paper Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

The Red Rooster, 1940 Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

The Painter to the Moon Gouache on paper, 12.6 x 11.8 in // Private Collection

The Poet Reclining, 1915 Oil on cardboard, 30.3 x 30.5 in // Tate Modern, London

Blue Lovers, 1914 Oil on cardboard, 19.3 x 17.3 in // Private Collection

Marc Chagall, Self Portrait with Brushes, 1909

Self Portrait with Brushes, 1909 by Marc Chagall

The Drunkard, 1912 Oil on canvas 33.5 x 45.3 in // Private collection

The Cattle Dealer, 1912 Oil on canvas, 38.2 x 79.7 in // Kunstmuseum Basel

Still-Life, 1912 Oil on canvas Private collection

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

Isaac Israëls,

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

Dorothea Tanning

On June 21, 2025 - 20th Century, 21st Century, American, august 25

Dorothea Tanning, American artist, August 25, 1910-January 31, 2012

Midi et Demi (Half past Noon), 1956-1957 Oil on canvas, 51 3/8 x 64 in // Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Still in the Studio, 1979 Oil on canvas, 51 3/16 in x 38 3/16 in // Mount Holyoke Museum of Art, South Hadley, Massachusetts

The Civilizing Influence, 1944 Oil on canvas

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

Auguste Rodin

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

Mary Cassatt

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

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