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The centerpiece of the Library of Congress’ Great Hall is the Minerva mosaic depicting the goddess of wisdom, learning, and civilization… (Elihu Vedder, “Minerva of Peace,” 1897, in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; vastphotos.com/photo/librar...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

MOMA’s “Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies” exhibition opened on Sep. 27. Her work weaves landscape, history, poetry and political memory… (Nilima Sheikh, “Home, Land 2,” 2024, mixed tempera and collage on paper, in the Sunita and Vijay Choraria private collection; www.moma.org/calendar/exh...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A student of Bouguereau and Cabanel, Collin painted still-lives, portraits and genre pieces, rendering his subjects en plein air… (Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin, “Morning,” 1884, oil on canvas, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Lord Tennyson’s poem inspired this Pre-Raphaelite work, as clues foretell her fate: swallows fly low as the wind blows her hair and extinguishes the candles… (John William Waterhouse, “The Lady of Shalott,” 1888, oil on canvas, in the Tate Britain collection; www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This print was part of Utagawa’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series. By then he had been a woodblock print artist for 32 years… (Utagawa Hiroshige, “Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine, and Linked Bridge,” 1857, woodblock print; www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hudson River School painters thrived on painting Autumns. Here’s Moran’s vibrant autumnal woodland landscape in Pennsylvania… (Thomas Moran, “Cresheim Glen, Wissahickon, Autumn,” 1864, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A member of the Hudson River School, Bierstadt is known for his sweeping, highly idealized depictions of the American West… (Albert Bierstadt, “Mount St. Helens, Columbia River, Oregon,” 1889, in private collection; www.bonhams.com/auction/2547...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This work is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous” which opened on Oct. 4… (Lee Krasner, “Bald Eagle,” 1955, oil, paper, and canvas collage on linen, in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao collection; www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibitio...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Klimt applies thin, layered oil paints with dabs and strokes to create shimmering, multi-colored textures for leaves, bark, and ground… (Gustav Klimt, “Beech Grove,” 1902, oil on canvas, in the Galerie Neue Meister collection, in Dresden; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Parrish’s works are distinct for their saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. Most of them are in private collections… (Maxfield Parrish, “Autumn Brook,” 1948, oil on board, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Created shortly before his death from pneumonia in 1906, at the age of 67, Cezanne’s late landscapes reflect nature’s raw energy… (Paul Cezanne, “Chateau Noir,” 1904-05, oil on canvas, in private collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Autumn in the Southwest is sparse, but still glorious… (Maynard Dixon, “Lazy Autumn,” 1943, oil on canvas, in the Brigham Young University Museum of Art collection; moa.byu.edu/artwork-of-t...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Brooklyn Museum’s “Cézanne to Modigliani” exhibition opened on Oct. 2, displaying stellar modern art works from the Pearlman Collection… (Vincent van Gogh, “Tarrascon Stagecoach,” 1888, oil on canvas, in the Pearlman Collection; www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Celebrating Henry Lerolle’s birthday (b. 1848) with his most important painting, set in the choir loft of the Saint-François-Xavier church in Paris… (Henry Lerolle, “The Organ Rehearsal,” 1885, oil on canvas, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection; www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Matisse painted this six months after the outbreak of WWII. Art, he told a friend, kept him balanced in light of the tragedy unfolding beyond his studio… (Henri Matisse, “Interior with an Etruscan Vase,” 1940, in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection; www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.153)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

St. Lousian Cornoyer is best known for his park scenes seen through the atmospheric reflections of rain or the soft calm of a snowy blanket… (Paul Cornoyer, “The Plaza after the Rain,” 1908, oil on canvas, in the Saint Louis Art Museum collection; www.slam.org/collection/o...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This work was Manet’s last painting of his favorite model, the fellow painter Victorine Meurent, who also modeled for “Olympia” and “The Luncheon on the Grass”... (Édouard Manet, “The Railway,” 1873, in the National Gallery of Art collection, in Washington, DC; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rai...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for an emperor… (Unknown artist, “The Rubens Vase,” ca. 400 CE, Byzantine Empire, agate and gold in the Walters Art Museum collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:By...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The MFA Boston will be the only venue for “Renoir and Love” in the U.S., with works from the Musée d’Orsay and the National Gallery in London… (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette,” 1876, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay collection, in Paris; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_du_...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A member of the Hudson River School, Beers was one of a few commercially successful professional women landscaper painters of her day… (Julie Hart Beers, “Woodland Creek,” 1877, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art; artbma.org/artwork/wood...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Typical shin-hanga (“new prints”) work, combining the traditional Japanese ukiyo-e collaboration (artist, carver, printer, publisher) with Western-style realism… (photo: Kawase Hasui, “Autumn in Shiobara, Under the Tengu Rock,” 1950, woodblock print; www.potomackcompany.com/auction-lot/...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Corot was one of the first 19th-century French artists to focus on realistic depiction of his native landscape… (photo: Jean-Baptist-Camille Corot, “Wood Gatherers at the Foot of a Large Oak,” 1872, oil on canvas, in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Co...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Krøyer painted his wife in the couple's garden the year their child was born. They rented that house in Skagen for its peaceful surroundings… (photo: Peder Severin Krøyer, “Marie in the Garden,” 1895, oil on canvas, in private collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In Palestinian contemporary art, the olive tree is a central symbol of an unbroken bond to the ancestral homeland, survival, and deep roots… (photo: Maher Naji, “Olive Harvest,” 2017, oil on canvas, in the Palestinian Museum US collection, in Woodbridge, CT; progressive.org/latest/insid...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pollock use of “Autumn” in the title refers to the earthy brown and black tones and the season’s natural, fluid movements… (photo: Jackson Pollock, “Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950,” enamel painting on raw canvas, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection; galeriemagazine.com/lee-krasner-...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Gilded Age was a time of technological and industrial innovations. This work was commissioned for a Kodak ad… (photo: Elizabeth Shippen Green, “New Kodak,” 1906, mixed media on board, in the National Museum of American Illustration collection; americanillustration.org/gilded-age-e...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Matisse’s signature use of non-naturalistic, vibrant color to build mood show his Fauvist approach. In this case painting his wife, Amelie Matisse… (photo: Henri Matisse, “Red Madras Headdress” 1907, oil on canvas, in The Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Zoff was a prominent Austrian mood-impressionist landscape painter. His choice of palette colors for this work show the extent of his skills… (photo: Alfred Zoff, “On the Riviera [Rocky Coast],” 1887-88, oil on canvas, in the Gallery Belvedere collection, in Vienna; artvee.com/dl/an-der-ri...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What I love about this work is Manet’s playful notion that daily chores can be fun… (photo: Édouard Manet, “Laundry,” 1875, oil on canvas, in the Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C...

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wyeth painted nearly 4,000 illustrations in his career. This work was in Kenneth Roberts Little’s book, Trending into Maine, 1938… (photo: NC Wyeth, “The Doryman,” 1933, in the National Museum of American Illustration collection, in Newport, Rhode Island; americanillustration.org/project/nc-w...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the summer of 1918, Isabella rented a cottage in Gloucester, MA. There, her friend Martin painted her reading in the garden… (photo: Martin Mower, “The Fountain,” 1918, watercolor on paper, in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection; www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/c...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A gifted painter, known for intricate scenes of tropical jungles, Isono traveled extensively in the South Pacific, Africa and North America… (photo: Hirō Isono, “The Great Waterfall,” n.d., acrylic on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This work is part of the Mexican Cultural Institute’s new exhibition, “The Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro)” in San Antonio… (my photo: Lucia Zambrano, “México en la piel” (Mexico in my Skin),” n.d.)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fischer’s Danish Impressionism captures the atmospheric light, dusk glows, and bustling city life of Copenhagen… (photo: Paul Gustav Fischer, “Evening Street,” ca. 1920, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=8...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Heinrich was best known for his detailed natural landscapes and mountain studies. He studied art in Dresden and Vienna… (photo: August Heinrich, “Rocky gorge in the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland,” 1820, in the Belvedere Gallery collection, in Vienna; artvee.com/dl/felsensch...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Newfoundlander Post-Impressionist artist painted delicate landscapes and scenes of modern life in mosaic-like color… (photo: Maurice Prendergast, “Rocks, Waves and Figures,” ca. 1902–1904, watercolor with graphite, in The Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Unlike classic quiet luminist works, Bierstadt's show smooth, nearly visible brushstrokes for that clean, realist finish in his expansive landscapes… (photo: Albert Bierstadt, “Kings River Canyon, California,” 1873-74, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.wikiart.org/en/albert-bi...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

O’Keeffe instructed the museum to display the treetop facing the top border, in an ambiguous position. The artist laid down on the bench to paint the tree… (Georgia O’Keeffe, “The Lawrence Tree,” 1929, in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Born in Tofino, British Columbia, Jorgensen studied at the Vancouver School of Art. He currently paints from his Vancouver Island studio… (photo: Paul Jorgensen, “On the Road to Cortona,” 2022, acrylic on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As seasons change I’m reminded that in the early 1930s, Kawase Hasui traveled across Japan capturing the change of its seasons… (photo: Kawase Hasui, “Lake Chuzenji at Nikko,” 1930, in the Art Institute of Chicago collection; www.artic.edu/artworks/159...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Demuth specialized in watercolors, only turning to oils late in his career. He developed a style of painting known as Precisionism… (photo: Charles Demuth, “Piano Mover’s Holiday,” 1919, distemper on composition board, in The Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Visconti’s later neo-realist and impressionist style include broad brushstrokes and vibrant play of light and shadow... (photo: Eliseu Visconti, “On the Way to School,” ca. 1928, oil on canvas, in the National Museum of Fine Arts collection, in Rio de Janeiro; eliseuvisconti.com.br/obra/p552/)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Amaral combines modernist and Cubist influences into bright, saturated colors and simplified, naïve forms that celebrate Brazilian national identity… (photo: Tarsila do Amaral, “Carnival in Madureira,” 1924, in the Pinacoteca de São Paulo collection; www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibitio...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A hsun-ok is a vessel for holding gifts and offerings made by people to Buddhist monks and monasteries… (photo: Unknown Artist, “Ceremonial Alms Bowl with Stand,” 1850-1950, Myanmar, in the Asian Art Museum collection, in San Francisco; searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/1510...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Wyeth was a leading figure in the golden age of American illustration and the patriarch of the famous Wyeth artistic family… (photo: Newell Convers Wyeth, “The Air Mail,” 1938, in the Brandywine River Museum of Art collection in Chadds Ford, PA; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s Hilda Rix Nicholas’ birthday (b. 1884). The pioneer Australian artist traveled through Morocco in the 1910s documenting North African street life… (photo: Hilda Rix Nicholas, “The Moorish Archway,” 1912-14, chalk and pastel on paper; www.facebook.com/female.artis...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The St. Louis Art Museum’s “Women Impressionists and the Land” exhibition explores how central nature imagery was to the artists’ practice. This work is part of it… (photo: Edma Morisot-Pontillon, “Country Souvenir,” 1864; oil on canvas; www.slam.org/press-room/p...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In a letter to his son, he said that at 40 he was learning to paint. At 50, he saw how, but couldn’t do it. At 60, he figured it out… (photo: Camille Pissarro, “Place du Havre and Rue Amsterdam, Morning, Sunlight,” 1893, in the Art Institute of Chicago collection; eclecticlight.co/2019/09/17/p...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A Currier Museum of Art exhibition showcases three contemporary artists who draw inspiration from their New England roots. Glass is one of them… (photo: Margot Glass, “Goldthread #1 (Forest Floor),” 2024, pencil, crayon and wash on paper; www.currier.org/post/radical...)

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H.B. Cavalcanti @hbcf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Mexican Cultural Institute’s new exhibition, “The Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro)” in San Antonio Mexican showcases 21 contemporary Mexican artists… (my photo: Lucia Zambrano, “Tierra de alebrijes / Land of Fantastical Dreamlike Animals,” n.d.)

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