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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Emile Claus, Flemish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1849. Influence by Claude Monet, he developed a personal style of #Impressionism called Luminism, which devotes great attention to light effects. 🎨 Summer Morning, 1891 / The Gate of Villa Zonneschijn, 1912 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How beautiful it is here, to be sure, but how difficult to paint! It's so clear and pure in its pink and blues that the slightest misjudged stroke looks like a smudge of dirt. ― Claude Monet 🎨 Antibes, 1888 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep, and Autumn was awakened. 🎨 Camille Pissarro, Hyde Park, London, 1890 #Art #Painting #Impressionism #FirstDayOfAutumn

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Joseph Roulin was a postal worker at the Arles train station. Vincent van Gogh went there frequently to send paintings to his brother Theo, and they became good friends. In 1888 and 1889, Vincent painted six portraits of Joseph in the uniform he always proudly wore. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

T. C. Steele, American Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1847. He's one of Indiana’s most beloved artists. His passion was painting landscapes. He was fascinated by the changing light and atmosphere he discovered in outdoor compositions. 🎨 In the Garden 1915 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ― Anna Mary Robertson, better known as Grandma Moses, American folk artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1860. She began painting at age 78, and made some 2000 paintings until her death at age 101. 🎨 Autumn, 1952 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy #InternationalDogDay 🐶 🎨 Claude Monet, 1882 / Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1870 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's “Bal du Moulin de la Galette” (1876) is set in a bustling outdoor dance hall in Montmartre in the heart of Paris. It depicts a typical Sunday afternoon when working-class Parisians dressed up and danced, drank and ate there into the evening. #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Gustave Caillebotte was born #OnThisDay in 1848. He was a passionate Impressionist, but was largely forgotten until his family began selling his paintings in the 1960s. Now we can finally enjoy the treasures he painted. 🎨 The Orange Trees, 1887 / Bathers, 1878 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will. ― Andy Warhol, American artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1928. He was a pioneer and leading figure in the visual art movement known as Pop Art. 🎨 Marilyn Monroe, 1967 / Flowers, 1970 #Art #Painting #PopArt

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Edward Hopper lived most of his adult life in New York City. He depicted the city not as a teeming metropolis, but as the home of isolated individuals, like this woman in a see-through dress pausing on her front steps on a hot summer day. 🎨 Summertime, 1943 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Tree Roots" is Vincent van Gogh's final masterpiece, painted just a few days before his tragic death #OnThisDay in 1890. Andries Bonger, Theo's brother-in-law, described it in a letter: "The morning before his death, he had painted a forest scene, full of sun and life." #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In 1893, Claude Monet purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." In addition to his many water lily paintings, he also painted 18 views of the wooden footbridge. #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Edward Hopper, one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, was born #OnThisDay in 1882. He colorfully painted his love of the sea, countryside and city life, and is also known for his masterful depiction of solitude and melancholy. #Art #Painting #AmericanRealism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself. ― Edgar Degas, French painter, one of the founders of Impressionism, was born #OnThisDay in 1834. More than half of his works depict dancers. 🎨 Two Dancers, 1878 / Dance Studio, 1878 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Rembrandt, Master of the Dutch Golden Age, was born #OnThisDay in 1606. He is considered one of the greatest artists of all time and had a huge influence on other painters throughout history. 🎨 Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild, 1662 / Girl in a Picture Frame, 1641 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1862, His work was heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, which was popular at the time. He is known for his use of decorative elements and gold leaf. It gave his paintings a distinctive, opulent look. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes. ― Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1884. He is best known for his portraits with elongated necks and faces. 🎨 Young Woman in Blue, 1919 / Portrait of Léopold Zborowski, 1916 #Art #Painting #Expressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

People in the Sun (1960) has that quality often found in Edward Hopper's paintings - of people occupying the same scene but looking like they belong to separate worlds. Still, the people seem content, the sun warms their faces and the world spins quietly on its axis. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Camille Pissarro, the Father of Impressionism, was born #OnThisDay in 1830. Because he was the oldest member of the original group of Impressionists, but mainly because of his wisdom and his warm-hearted personality, he became a father figure to many young artists. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

German artist Käthe Kollwitz was born #OnThisDay in 1867. She sculpted "The Grieving Parents" as a tribute to her son Peter, who was killed in World War I. Peter is buried in the cemetery in Flanders where the sculptures stand. The father figure gazes at his grave. #Art #Sculpture #WWI

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Marc Chagall was born #OnThisDay in 1887. He blended traditional Jewish elements with innovations in modern art. His poetic style makes him one of the most popular figurative artists of the 20th century. 🎨 The Betrothed and Eiffel Tower, 1913 / Lovers and Bird, 1961 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

American #Impressionist painter Childe Hassam was very passionate about his native country. He made a series of paintings in which flags adorn the streets. They are among his best known and most beloved works. 🎨 The 4th of July, 1916 / Flags on the Friar's Club, 1918 #Art #Painting #IndependenceDay

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

CoBrA was an art group formed in 1948 by artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam who were inspired by the art of children. One artist was Dutch painter Corneille, born #OnThisDay in 1922. The group already dissolved in 1951, but undoubtedly left its mark on the art world. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, died #OnThisDay in 1464 (birthdate unknown). He was one of the most profound painters of the 15th century and was internationally famed for his expressive details. 🎨 The Archangel Michael, 1446 / The Magdalen Reading, 1438 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. ― M.C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist, the master of optical illusions and tessellations, was born #OnThisDay in 1898. Many of his works are inspired by mathematical principles. 🎨 Two Birds, 1938 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Saddened to hear David Hockney passed away yesterday. The art world has lost a giant! The colorful British artist is one of the most influential of modern times. He taught us to celebrate the beauty of life. He will be missed, but his works and legacy will live on. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Painting is but another word for feeling. ― John Constable, English painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1776. He is best known for his paintings of the English countryside, particularly those of his native region, the Stour Valley, an area that came to be known as Constable Country. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In 1907, Pierre-Auguste Renoir purchased an estate in Cagnes on the Mediterranean near Nice. The estate, with its picturesque farmhouse, groves of olive and orange trees, and views of the hilly countryside, provided him with major motifs for his late landscapes. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Paul Gauguin, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1848. He lived with Vincent van Gogh in Arles in 1888 where he painted Vincent when he painted his famous sunflowers. The two artists found themselves regularly at odds and Gauguin already left after only three months. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart. ― Raoul Dufy, French Fauvist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1877. Most of his colorful works depict leisure activities and urban landscapes. 🎨 Sailboats at Deauville, 1937 #Art #Painting #Fauvism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Mont Sainte-Victoire is a mountain in the south of France. It's not the most spectacular French mountain, but it became famous because it appears in approximately 100 drawings and paintings by Paul Cézanne, who could see it from his home in nearby Aix-en-Provence. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Carl Larsson, one of Sweden’s most beloved artists, was born #OnThisDay in 1853. He is best known for his watercolor paintings of idyllic family life. Most of his works portray his own family and friends. 🎨 Flowers on the Windowsill, 1894 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Claude Monet’s "Woman with a Parasol" (1875) captures a breezy stroll with his wife Camille and their son Jean. The wind lifts her skirt, the sky swirls with motion. Completed in a single outdoor session, this is a celebration of color and light, filled with love. #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

a lone white iris in a sea of blue and green spring has set it free 🎨 Vincent van Gogh, Irises, 1889 #Haiku #HaikuChallenge #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1844. She was the only American and one of only four women to exhibit with the original group of Impressionists in Paris. She almost exclusively portrayed women and children. #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Henri Rousseau was born #OnThisDay in 1844. The self-taught French painter was often mocked for his amateurish technique, clumsy compositions and awkward perspectives, but he persevered and his works now hang in museums around the world. 🎨 Luxembourg Gardens, 1909 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Italian artist Sandro Botticelli died #OnThisDay in 1510 (birthdate unknown). He was one of the first Western artists since classical times to depict non-religious subjects. The idea that art could be for pleasure and not just to serve God, was a breakthrough for Western art. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

"Two Comedians" is a 1966 painting by the American artist Edward Hopper. It was his final painting, executed one year before his death #OnThisDay in 1967 at the age of 84. Hopper depicted himself and his wife on stage in pantomime costume gracefully bowing out. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Georges Braque, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1882. Along with Pablo Picasso, he pioneered Cubism, a 20th-century art movement in which works of art are made up of cubes and other geometrical shapes. 🎨 Still Life with Grapes and Clarinet, 1927 #Art #Painting #Cubism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

William Turner, one of the most beloved English Romantic artists, was born #OnThisDay in 1775. He became known as "the painter of light", because of his interest in brilliant colors as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes. 🎨 The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian master, was born #OnThisDay in 1452. Besides being a masterful painter, he also filled dozens of notebooks with observations, theories and inventions far ahead of his time. 🎨 Mona Lisa, c. 1505 / Vitruvian Man, c. 1490 #Art #Painting #HighRenaissance

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It took Leonardo Da Vinci 4 years to complete The Last Supper (1494–98). It shows Jesus with the 12 Apostles, specifically the moment Jesus declares that one of them will betray him. The mural is still in its original location in a convent in Milan. #Art #Painting #MaundyThursday

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Vincent van Gogh was born #OnThisDay in 1853 in Zundert in the southern Netherlands. He was the eldest of six children. His father was a pastor. His mother was a housewife who loved nature, drawing and watercolors. She gave young Vincent his first drawing lessons. #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Juan Gris, Spanish artist, was born #OnThisDay in 1887. A member of the avant-garde artists working in Paris, he was a leading painter among the cubists, and was particularly fascinated by musical motifs and the shape of musical instruments. 🎨 Still Life, 1920 #Art #Painting #Cubism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Anthony van Dyck, Flemish Baroque painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1599. Known for his portraits of European aristocracy, he eventually became the leading court painter in England 🎨 Lady Thimbelby and Sister, 1637 / Princess Mary and William, Prince of Orange, 1637 #Art #Painting #Baroque

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

William Glackens, American painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1870. Nicknamed the "American Renoir", he was inspired by the work of the Impressionists and popularized the quick brushwork and bright palettes among American audiences. 🎨 Bathers at Bellport, 1915 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Piet Mondrian, Dutch pioneer of abstract art, was born #OnThisDay in 1872. His iconic works not only inspired other artists and art movements, they also remain influential in design and are familiar in popular culture to this day. 🎨 Red, Blue and Yellow, 1930 #Art #Painting

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

American artist Guy Rose was born #OnThisDay in 1867. In 1899, he moved to Giverny, France, where Claude Monet became his friend and mentor. After returning to Los Angeles in 1914, he became one of California's top Impressionist painters. 🎨 Girl in a Wickford Garden #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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Els @elsvhonsebrouck.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Berthe Morisot died #OnThisDay in 1895. She was 54. Her death certificate lists her occupation as “none,” a prejudice she had to battle with throughout her career. But her success helped to remove at least some of the obstacles facing female artists. 🎨 Summer Day, 1879 #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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