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Once an artist - always an artist, poetry junkie, wishful potter, voracious reader, lover of Indie and Obscure Rock, Jazz, Classical, Science & always the Resistance. đź’Ş
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Henk Helmantel : Still life with Plums and Spanish Can (detail), 1991 Oil on panel Museum Helmantel, Westeremden, NL

The twilight of the Weimar Era. The advanced thinkers, artists, designers, and instructors of the Bauhaus, 1919-33, gather on the roof of their Gropius building for a group portrait. Names of the people in the photo listed in the alt text. 👇

Conrad FelixmĂĽller (German, 1897-1977) : Self-Portrait with Son Titus, 1921 Weimar Era

Paul Klee (Swiss/German 1879-1940) : Modest Home, 1928 Oil on gessoed gauze over plaster 38.7 x 35.5 cm Klee's highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. More info in the alt text 👇

Hilma af Klint : Seeing is Believing (book) Hilma af Klint, Kurt Almqvist Koenig Books, 2017 - Art - 132 pages Thanks to the efforts of various international curators and artists, Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is now widely regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. More in alt text 👇

Otto Piene : Bad Laasphe, Germany, 1928 Degenerate Art

Man Ray (1890-1976) : Acrobat, 1940-45 oil on canvas | 51.5 x 40.5 cm It was painted in 1940 and reworked by the artist in 1945.

Potter : Ryuji Iwasaki

Salvador DalĂ­ : The Maximum Speed of Raphael's Madonna, 1954

Zana Lokmer : 'Feeling Blue' handpainted porcelain plates

Henri Matisse : The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown, plate V from the illustrated book "Jazz", 1947 Medium: Pochoir 16-9/16 Ă— 25-5/16 in | 42 Ă— 64.3 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Joni Mitchell (Canada b.1943) : Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1978 Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell is a musician, producer, and artist. More info in the alt text 👇

Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell CC (Canada) : Self Portrait, 1997 Oil on Canvas

Wassily Kandinsky : Point in the Bow, 1927 Oil on canvas Fleeing Germany and the rise of Nazism, Wassily and Nina Kandinsky went into exile in Paris. Further info in the alt text 👇

Remembering brilliant comedian and original SNL cast member Gilda Radner on the anniversary of her birth in 1946. 🎂

Paul Klee : The Wild Man, 1922

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-93) : Woman in Hat and Gloves, 1963 Oil on canvas 33-3/4 x 36 in | 85.7 x 91.4 cm Richard Diebenkorn Foundation

Georgia O’Keeffe : Evening Star No. III, 1917 Watercolor on paper mounted on board 22.7 × 30.4 cm

Hans Grundig (German, 1901-58) : On the Outskirts, 1926 Grundig was a painter and graphic artist associated with the New Objectivity movement. Weimar Era

Richard Zane Smith “Renowned Potter of Wyandotte Heritage” Missouri 📸 : the artist & galleries

Manolo Valdés : Reina Mariana in blue, 2016 Sculpture, painted wood 174 x 132 x 89 cm A painter, drawer, sculptor, and engraver, Manolo Valdèz is regarded as a major figure of the 2nd half of the 21st century's art.

Roberto Lugo

Vincent van Gogh : Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase, 1887

Fernando Jaramillo : Burbuliatorius Purgatorius, n.d.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) : Thatched Cottages in the Sunshine Reminiscence of the North, 1890

George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) : Girl in a Red Kimono, 1896 Dutch painter and photographer, Breitner was an important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991) : The Frog, 1946 Oil and sand on canvas

Picasso’s Pottery

Alice Bailly : Woman Before a Mirror, 1918

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976) : Dr. Rosa Schapire, 1919 Tate, London Rosa Schapire (1874-1954) was an Austro-Hungarian-born art historian who lived in Germany and England.

Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950) : Family Picture, Frankfurt, 1920 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, NY

Peter Max : Original 5 Women Butterfly, 1969 21.5 x 22.5

Salvador DalĂ­ : Apparition of the Visage of Aphrodite of Cnidos in a Landscape, 1981

Living in Color in London

Paul Klee : Cosmic Journey to Ship, 1917

Pam Carter (Tanzanian/Scottish) : Little Dorma, 2017 More info in the alt text 👇

Gustav Klimt : Forester’s House in Weissenbach II (Garden), 1914 oil on canvas 📸 : Hulya Kolabas for Neue Galerie New York This work is part of the collection of Estée Lauder and was made available through the generosity of Estée Lauder.

Vladimir Kush : Departure of the Winged Ship, 2000 Oil on Canvas | 80” x 100”

“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination, and encourages people to go further.” ~ Keith Haring

Max Ernst : Ambiguous Figures (1 Copper Plate, 1 Zinc Plate, 1 Rubber Cloth...), 1919-20 Collage, gouache, India ink, pencil, and painting over a print