Charles Edward Perugini (1839-1918)

Charles Edward Perugini (1839-1918), Italian painter based in England.

Charles Edward Perugini, Girl Reading, 1870

Charles Edward Perugini, A Summer Shower, 1888

Charles Edward Perugini, The Ramparts, Walmer Castle; Portraits of the Countess Granville, and the Ladies Victoria and Mary Leveson-Gower

Charles Edward Perugini, Woman with a Floral Wreath in a Leopard Dress

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926)

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926) was associated with the revivalist movement in Russian art although his Symbolist leanings are also evident. Like many Russian artists of the period he was fascinated by fairy tales and folklore.

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov, Sirin and Alkonost (Birds of Joy and Sorrow), 1896

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov, Three Queens of the Underground Kingdom, 1879

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov, A Knight at the Crossroads, 1878

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov, Alyonushka, 1881

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov, Flying Carpet, 1880

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov, Frog Tsarevna (The Frog Princess), 1918

Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926)

Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), German Symbolist painter



Carlos Schwabe, Femme lyre



Carlos Schwabe, Femme au berceau parmi les fleurs ou La Parque, 1900



Carlos Schwabe, Lotte, 1908



Carlos Schwabe, L'Ame du vin



Carlos Schwabe, La vierge aux lys, 1899



Carlos Schwabe, Cloches du soir, 1891

moving to Wordpress

Now that Blogger has a whole new look, and is therefore completely unusable, I'm going to start migrating all my Blogger blogs to Wordpress. This is the new URL - Strange Tears

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1869-1938), French painter

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1869-1938), French painter. Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, Le Chevalier aux Fleurs (The Knight of Flowers), 1894 Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, La moglie dell'artista, 1883 Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, Frontispice de Thaïs d'Anatole France, 1909 Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, La schiava e il leone

Arthur Spooner (1873–1962)

Arthur Spooner (1873–1962)



Arthur Spooner, Nymph in a Wood

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), French painter. Personally I've never cared for his work but I do quite like Immortality.



Henri Fantin-Latour, Tannhauser on the Venusberg



Henri Fantin-Latour, Immortality, 1889

Jules Chéret (1836–1932)

Jules Chéret (1836–1932), French artist, poster designer and lithographer.



Jules Chéret, Happiness, 1900



Jules Chéret, Music, 1898



Jules Chéret, poster for Exposition Universelle 1889, Le Pays des Feés



Jules Chéret, poster for L'Amant des Danseuses Roman Moderniste par Félicien Champsaur



Jules Chéret, poster for Hippodrome, Leona Dare, 1883

Charles Meere (1890-1961)

A painting by English-born Australian-based painter Charles Meere (1890-1961). I like the mix of classical mythology with art deco style.



Charles Meere, Atalanta's Eclipse, 1938

Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964)

Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964), French art deco illustrator and painter whose work demonstrates the links between art nouveau and art deco.



Pierre Brissaud, Madeleine Chéruit dress



Pierre Brissaud, Chéruit robe de garden party, 1913



Pierre Brissaud, Chéruit robe, 1913



Pierre Brissaud, Chéruit manteau de matin, 1914



Pierre Brissaud, Chéruit robe du soir, 1912

Lionel-Noël Royer (1852–1926), French painter

Lionel-Noël Royer (1852–1926), French painter



Lionel-Noël Royer, La Source



Lionel-Noël Royer, Le Triomphe de Vénus



Lionel-Noël Royer, Cupid and Psyche



Lionel-Noël Royer, A Nude Reclining in an Interior



Lionel-Noël Royer, Cytharea



Lionel-Noël Royer, Love and Folly



Lionel-Noël Royer, Femme au Tambourin

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876-1942)

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876-1942), Russian stage designer and illustrator who worked for the Ballets Russes and is best known for his illustration to Russian fairy tales.



Ivan Bilibin, illustration for Marya Morevna 1900



Ivan Bilibin, illustration for Marya Morevna 1900



Ivan Bilibin, illustration for Vasilisa the Beautiful, 1899



Ivan Bilibin, illustration for Vasilisa the Beautiful, 1899

Edward John Poynter (1836-1919)

Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), British artist.



Edward John Poynter, Mrs Langtry, 1878



Edward John Poynter, Cave of the Storm Nymphs, 1903



Edward John Poynter, Israel in Egypt, 1867



Edward John Poynter, Andromeda, 1869



Edward John Poynter, At low tide, 1914



Edward John Poynter, Diadumenè, 1884



Edward John Poynter, Erato the Muse of Poetry