Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialDavid Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 07/09/2026'Girl reading,' by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770 093 9
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialNicole Jenkins @frillseeker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The exhibition that really stays with em: Marie Antoinette style at the V&A last year. Superb. 0206 20
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026'Morning, Paris Café.' (1926) Guy Pène du Bois’s development as social observer began while he was studying under Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. Henri urged his students to take people who surrounded them as subjects and to capture their essential character. 010914 109
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026'Le Canal au clair de lune, Gisors,' (1901) is a superb example of Henri Le Sidaner's canal paintings. He often painted these waterside settings with an eerie, twilight calm, seeking to explore the transitional moments of the day. 015826 158
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'Autumn Garden.' By the end of the 1890s (the decade this work was painted) Ernest Biéler had become a recognized figure of the Symbolist and Jugendstil, or Swiss Art Nouveau, movements. In the early 20th century, his portraits carried more psychological vim. 3819 81
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Angelo Morbelli was one of the leading exponents of Italian Divisionism. 'In risaia,' was painted between 1898 and 1901; the movements of the figures, the folds of drapery, the reflections of light and shadow on the paddy field gives the work an unexpected sensitivity. 09922 99
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026At first it appears Alcide Davide Campestrini's picture from 1870 is a nicely painted genre scene but look closer and the date. the red blouse. the green dress of the sitter and the white of the newspaper shows politica messaging, it evokes Garibalbi and the unification of Italy 011015 110
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026'The Night Walkers.' (c1842) Night walking was a fashionable activity in 19thC Paris as Honoré Daumier's picture makes out. It also reminds me of the great Northamptonshire poet John Clare who wrote night is 'a pausing truce kind nature gives to all.' 312727 127
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Helene Schjerfbeck's 1887 painting of a mother with her child is a moving and memorable image. It's also a clever portrait of a woman who doesn't look at us directly but her child does. As a late 19thC realist, Schjerfbeck explores the soul most effectively. 410118 101
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026When John Atkinson Grimshaw's 'Lovers in a Moonlit Lane,' was first exhibited in 1837, newspaper reports tell us a 'queue of eager viewers nearly two miles in length,' waited in London's Piccadilly to see it. 517729 177
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026'Music,' (1911) is one of the masterpieces of early Futurism. In it, Luigi Russolo explored a fascination with ‘synaesthesia’ the phenomenon whereby one kind of sensory impression is experienced as another. Here, sounds are ‘seen’ as colours. 05514 55
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#Ootd is this 1961-62 Chanel gold lame dress. The full skirt is created by through tight pleats on the waist that then flow over three organza petticoats. The glamor of the dress is contrasted with her more minimalistic and refined daywear. #Fashionhistory 0848 84
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026For this week's #FridayFrills, we have this 1750s robe a la francaise. The fabric- an ivory and green floral and foliage pattern on pink satin- was from 30 years earlier. The 1720s was known for large botanical themes, slightly exaggerated over more realistic depictions later. 39627 96
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026They also favored symmetry and lace-pattern grid work. The later is a weaving technique used to mimic handmade needlepoint lace or mesh netting. #Fashionhistory 0246 24
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#Ootd is this 1911 Shogren evening dress. It is a gorgeous neoclassical influenced gown. I especially love the small little multicolored flowers on the skirt and net over the bodice. Also, notice that motifs on he bodice and hemline are embroidered in beads. #Fashionhistory 3605 60
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026High Noon - 1949 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0627 62
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Two Girls on a Cliff (Cornwall), c.1920 by English painter Laura Knight #WomensArt #Summer 101728251 1.7K
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Sarah Evans, contemporary landscape painter from Wales #WomensArt #September 5803120 803
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Roxana Halls, Laughing While Leaving, 2017 #womensart 12878160 878
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There is a great deal of woodland nymph to this green 1930s Schiaparelli cloak, the texture of which appears to have moulded itself around the body like a mossy carapace. Where is she off to, hood shrouding her head and keeping the chill from her shoulders? @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 1024435 244
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One of my first encounters with historic dress in the early 1990s was a gown similar to this, two bodices & one skirt to change its status from day to night. I remain fascinated by adaptability in dress. This is a late #1860s version of that ambition @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 615424 154
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026When you have a party to go to but would actually rather be at home with a gin fizz and a good book, this #1930s primrose rayon satin is at once both chic and relaxed once you add the loose draped jacket. Bias cut, cowl necked and oozing glamour #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 914917 149
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's giving The Odyssey: 0405 40
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A lady in red with a great silken swirl of skirt to mark the day of Jacques Fath’s birth, this a cocktail dress designed in the early #1950s. The small black details punctuate the scarlet #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 520538 205
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Blues all the rage in the mid #1870s, different shades & fabric side by side. Its popularity was apparent from new dye technologies, Prussian blue a particular trend. Here, a promenade dress alongside Renoir’s vibrant La Parisienne for all the shades #amhistorymuseum #museumwales #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 411014 110
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The display of Charles James’s 1953 ballgown positions the pink silk gown as a piece of sculpture, an installation to be viewed from many angles. It highlights the structural complexity of his designs in all of its hot pink and pale pink delight #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 724639 246
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Now I’m not saying that I wish summer were over but as an autumn girl at heart I do spot signs of seasonal change and look forward to golden days ahead. This #1890s gown glows with the burnished hues of September #fox_historic_costume #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 915421 154
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Award-winning Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was born #OnThisDay in 1915. She wore this Leah Rhodes designed pale green satin robe à la française style gown, with imitation pearls and appliqué velvet roses, as Clio Dulaine in Saratoga Trunk (1945). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume 35310 53
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is trompe l’oeil at its finest, creating the illusion of sartorial details in whimsical sketch of silk jersey. In the #1970s this became the calling card for Roberta di Camerino, using the fabric as a literal canvas for the details of a garment. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 39912 99
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is taking us somewhere over the rainbow. Adrian designed this cornflower blue cotton dress with a cream bodice, worn with a gingham pinafore, as a 'test' costume for Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Sold by Bonhams. #film #costume 0457 45
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialFrank W. Benson @fwbenson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026the Grey Room www.wikiart.org/en/frank-w-benson/t… 033 3
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialWorn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Worn #onthisday in 1948 by Miss Minnesota, Beatrice Bella (BeBe) Shopp, for the evening gown competition of the Miss America pagaent, which she ultimately won. The ash-blue rayon faille strapless gown sold by Cook's, Inc., has a draped apron effect. #OTD 📷️ Minnesota Historical Society 2223 22
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 meter long medieval masterpiece created by artisan women, is actually an embroidery in crewel (wool yarn) on a linen ground. Depicting the Norman conquest of England, it was made in the 11th century & currently displayed at the British Museum #WomensArt 8855178 855
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialGustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 10/09/2026University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings (Medicine), detail showing Hygieia botfrens.com/collections/109/conten… 05515 55
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Rupture Oil and acrylic on canvas 1.1M x 1.1M #art #handpainted #humanart #painting #tree 441372 413
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Echoes Oil and acrylic on canvas 90 x110cm 424038 240
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialCuffian @cuffianart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026my new painting 🎨 acrylics on canvas 12x12” 913315 133
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialCuffian @cuffianart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A Forest Walk 🎨 acrylic painting on canvas 1.5 x 1 metres 614719 147
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialCuffian @cuffianart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026my new painting 🎨 acrylic on board 10x8” 0284 28
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialLee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Empire Pen sketch and oil and acrylic painting on canvas #art #painting #sketch #drawing (Music by The XX.) 210328 103
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialCuffian @cuffianart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Thank you Monica. I will call this one ‘Cooling Down’ 🙏 011 1
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialDavid Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 25/08/2026 'Autumn,' by Joseph Felon, ca 1874 053 5
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialJohnny Why @inthepocketradio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Rest in peace, Dolly. ♥️🕊️ #DollyParton 3123 12
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialRoxy B. @roxcraft.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On my playlist for today. 🎶❤️✨ youtu.be/HQQFWtw4FIQ?...youtu.beFauré: Pavane, Op. 50 - Radio Philharmonic Orchestra led by Peter Dijkstra - Live Concert HDYouTube video by AVROTROS Klassiek 151 5
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Emilie Flöge (1874-1952), innovative fashion designer who aimed to reform dress designs for women. Though not noted widely by history, she influenced the work of her companion, the artist Klimt and featured in his work #WomensArt 2974207 974
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Girl at Sewing Machine - 1921 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0527 52
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#Photography via The Quiet Botanist. 1317 31
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026‘Walking violin, Mummers’ parade, #Philadelphia.’ #Photography by Otto Bettmann (1917). 0194 19
Reposted by @monica262.bsky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) #Painting, ‘Never Morning Wore to Evening but Some Heart Did Break’ by Walter Langley, 1894. 17414 74
