Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 20hPortrait of Manuelita Rosas (1851) by Argentinian artist Prilidiano Pueyrredón. This was a commissioned piece of the influential daughter of the then governor of the Buenos Aires Province., Juan Manuel de Rosas. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Still Life with Cat and Birds (c mid 1800s) by Mexican genre painter José Agustín Arrieta, who was also a prolific still life painter. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Painter’s Children in the Japanese Room (1874) by Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny, who died suddenly from an attack of malaria in 1874 leaving many pieces unfinished, including this one. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Descanso (1870) by Uruguayan Realist painter Juan Manuel Blanes 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The School of the Teacher Rafael Cordero (c.1890) by Puerto Rican Impressionist Francisco Oller depicting Rafael Cordero y Molina, the father of public education in Puerto Rico. As an important work in both the of art and popular culture of Puerto Rico, it is in the Puerto Rican Athenaeum. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cardón Cactus (1887) by Mexican polymath José Maria Velasco, who is best known as a painter of Mexican geography. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Zaza, the Dog (c.1730) by Ferench Ricoco painter Jean-Baptiste Oudry who was known for his pictures of animals. This pooch appears to belong to a wealthy patron, based on the fancy collar . 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026City View in Cádiz (1892) by Danish realist painter Peder Mørk Mønsted, who was best known for his detailed landscapes. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Autumn Leaves (1855-56) by English painter John Everett Millais. Done in the garden where he and his family were living in Perth, Scotland, it shows four girls collecting and raking together fallen leaves in a garden. Only the smoke rising from the leaves shows that they are making a bonfire. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hillside Cottage (c1889) by British watercolourist and illustrator Helen Allingham. Among her work were illustrations for periodicals like The Graphic where my buddy Vincent Van Gogh admired and was influenced by her work. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy (1660-63) by Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter de Hooch. De Hooch is famous for his genre pieces, like this one, of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A Maid Milking a Cow in a Barn (c1652-4)by Dutch genre painter Gerard ter Borch. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026View of the Grand Canal: Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo (c. 1743) by Italian urban landscape painter Bernardo Bellotto. He was the student and nephew of the renowned Canaletto, a few of whose views of the Grand Canal in Venice I have shared previously. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Bretonne au bouquet (1892-93) by French painter and pioneer of abstract art Paul Sérusier. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Entrance to the Jardin Turc (1812) by French painter Louis-Léopold Boilly. This piece depicts the boulevard outside the Turkish Garden Café, which catered to the middle-class in Napoleonic era Paris. Keep an eye out for the artist who inserted himself on the right, in spectacles and a top hat. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Wounded Foot (1909) by Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. While on the beach at Valencia, the artist rapidly painted a group of pictures including this piece. Sorolla worked outdoors to capture the momentary effects of light, water, and people in motion. 110
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Feeding the Pigeons by Belgian artists Lievan Herremans. This piece depicts a mother and child feeding the pigeons in St. Mark’s Square, Venice. They’re probably tourists as I doubt the locals would want to encourage the pigeons. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Quiet Contemplation, Interior from Buderupholm (1907) by Danish painter Georg Achen. This piece depicts an interior from Buderupholm, an old manor from the Middle Ages. Achen was one of the more accomplished Naturalists of his generation and from the 1890s he specialized in portraits. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The Orange Seller (1908) by Catalan painter Enric Serra i Auqué, best known for his Neoclassical landscapes. This orange seller doesn’t look too enthused about selling oranges, or maybe it’s just having her portrait taken that bores her. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Angel (Angel Prelude) (1909) by Lithuanian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. In addition to composing about 400 pieces of music as well as many literary works and poems, Čiurlionis has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. 020
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Still Life: Flowers and Fruit (1855) by Prussian-born American painter Severin Roesen. There are over a dozen varieties of fresh flowers and fruit depicted in this piece. No wonder than Roesen had to make it 40”x 50.375” to properly show them all. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855) by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter. It depicts Empress of France, Eugénie de Montijo, and 8 of her ladies-in-waiting. The painting was displayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau during the regime of Eugénie's husband, Napoleon III. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Ulysses and the Sirens (1891) by English painter John William Waterhouse. This piece depicts the part of the Odyssey where Odysseus has been lashed to the mast and his crew have blocked up their ears to attempt to get past the Sirens. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The Accolade (1901) by English painter Edmund Blair Leighton, known for historical genre scenes. Based on the coat of arms on the knight;s back and on the shield, this appears to be a depiction of the knighting of the Polish Duke Henry VI the Good. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Four Women Selling Food (c.1850) by Indian painter Shiva Dayal Lal. This piece Is called a Company painting as it was made by an Indian artist for the British in India. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Still Life with two lobsters, nautilus, and fruit (mid-1600s) by Dutch still-life painter Cornelius de Heem. Cornelius was a member of a large family of still-life specialists. I’m a bit impressed how he’s been able to keep the lobsters from sliding off the plate with it at an angle like that. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Daughter of the English Ambassador Riding in a Palanquin (1896) by Italian painter Fausto Zonaro, who was best known for his paintings of life and history of the Ottoman Empire. This piece depicts the daughter of the English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire on the way to her wedding. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Breakfast in the Open (1913) by Swedish painter Carl Larsson, who was principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life. In this piece his 19yo daughter Lisbeth is depicted leaning dreamily against a silver birch tree. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Midsummer Eve (c 1908) by British painter Edward Robert Hughes, possibly having drawn inspiration from Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. This piece is considered one of the most iconic fairy images, which was a popular genre of painting in the Victorian era. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Donte and Beatrice (1883) by English painter Henry Holiday. This pievce depicts a scene from Dante’s La Vita Nuova where Beatrice, the woman Dante loved, refuses to speak as she passes him on a bridge in Florence. Holiday traveled to Florence to do historical research to be as accurate as possible. 120
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune (no date) by British painter John Hayes (1786-1866). Something whimsical to start off the week. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Studio Interior (1938) by American painter George Ault. Much of his work is classified as realism as Ault painted what he saw around him, simplifying details into flat shapes and planes, in his wife's words,"creating order out of chaos." 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Little Heathland Princess (1889) by German painter Fritz von Uhde, whose style lay between Realism and Impressionism. He is best known for his religious and genre paintings. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Rainy Season in the Tropics (1866) by American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church, a leading figure of the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. His paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views, all of which are depicted in this piece. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis (1818) by French Neo-classical painter Jacques-Louis David. Begun during his exile to Brussels in 1816, this piece, inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, was David’s last to depict a couple from mythology. It now hangs in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026An Old Woman with a Cat (1878) by German painter Max Liebermann, a leading proponent of Impressionism. This piece feels like a softer, kinder Whistler’s Mother. 020
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The Rose Girl (c.1888) by American Impressionist Frederick Childe Hassam. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The Guardian (1894) by Czech painter Raphael von Ambros known for his depictions of the Mideast such as the gentleman portrayed here. 000
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Interior from the manor of Liselund (1903) by Danish painter George Achen. 110
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Beauties in a Spring Storm (c 1838) by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Keisai Eisen who specialized in pictures of beautiful women such as this piece depicting three women who are caught in a strong wind as they make their way under the cherry blossoms. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Sisyphus (1548-9) by Venetian master Titian. This piece was part of a commission from Queen Mary of Hungary, the sister of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The commission also included a depiction of Tantalus and one of Tityus. 011
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Banquet Still Life (1644) by Fleming Adriaen van Utrecht known in part for sumptuous banquet still lifes like this one. I wouldn’t consider this a banquet; it looks more like some table where they stashed ….whatever…during a banquet. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The Ironworkers’ Noontime (1880) by American painter Thomas Anshutz. Painted near Wheeling, WV, the piece depicts several workers on their break in the yard of a foundry. It is one of the most popular of Anshutz' paintings. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Tiger in a Tropical Storm (1891) by French artist Henri Rousseau. Also known as Suprise!, this piece was the first of the jungle paintings for which the artist is chiefly known. It shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, preparing to strike its prey in the middle of a storm. 100
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026In the Harem (1894) by American artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman, who was known for his work involving subjects of North Africa and West Asia. 210
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Girl in a Red Kimono (1893-5) by Dutch painter George Hendrik Brietner. Inspired by the rage of Japonism sweeping the western art world at the time and using working class sixteen year old girl called Geesje Kwak as the model, Breitner focused solely on the vibrancy and the pattern of the kimono. 020
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Cleaning Fish (1913) by American realist painter George Bellows, though best known for his depictions of urban life, he did create over 250 scenes with the sea of as the central subject. 011
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026La Pâtisserie Gloppe (1889) by French painter Jean Béraud known for his numerous paintings of life in Paris and especially its nightlife. Among his works are precisely detailed illustrations of everyday Parisian life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Before the Race (1882-4) by French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas, who created over 300 pieces of art related to horses in his career. He was eager to know them in anatomical detail, so much so that, during the production of this piece, reportedly having a full sized stuffed horse in his studio. 010
Elizabeth D Simpson @elizabethdsimpson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026At the Back of the North Wind (1919) by American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith for an edition of George McDonald’s book of the same name. Considered one of the greatest pure illustrators, her works include those for many magazines, incl. all the Good Housekeeping covers from Dec 1917 -1933. 110
