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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 2h

It is #SundayMorning once again &, somewhat later than intended, here's our traditional start to the day: "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from the first Group show at Alex. Reid & Lefevre in 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton Museums. #CecilOsborne #EastLondonGroup

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 2h

Saint Jerome and his lion, bonding meditatively over thoughts of life's vanity in 1548. As painted by Georg Pencz, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3h

Coming in for a landing: angel, by Georg Pencz of Nuremberg in the 1520s. It’s his day today.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 2h

Derailed Coal Tram, c.1941, painting by Vincent Evans, 1896-1976, Welsh artist and former miner (University of South Wales Art Collection Museum).

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 1h

Good morning @theunhurriedreader.bsky.social but 24 hours later on my behalf: my apologies! We went out for most of yesterday & I didn't get back here again until this morning. Here's one which might be appropriate for #SundayMorning: this is "Church Row, Hampstead" by Elwin Hawthorne from c.1935.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

The ads in the Texas-Oklahoma game have been (1) Ken Paxton's kids telling us they love their father, (2) some weird woman insisting James Talarico wants to jail parents who don't let their kids transition, and (3) James Talarico reminding voters that Ken Paxton committed a lot of crimes.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20h

Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 21h

Census at Bethlehem occurring in a Flemish village in winter, as painted by my colleague Pieter Brueghel the Younger (d. OTD 1632) after his famous father's design.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Brunner Mond & Co war memorial. Middlewich, Cheshire. #LestWeForget

Brunner Mond & Co war memorial. Garland.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Brunner Mond & Co war memorial. Middlewich, Cheshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The fourth child of Augustus and Ida John, Edwin was born in Paris. After a brief career as a middleweight boxer he became a watercolourist. He inherited the estate of his aunt Gwen and did much to secure her posthumous reputation. This portrait by his father, is from 1927.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Born (perhaps) on this day in 1564, in Brussels: Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Older son of the great Pieter. Made a good career painting copies of dad’s work for an eager market.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Preaching of John the Baptist to a very international crowd. By Pieter Brueghel the Younger (whose day is today) after his father's composition. He did this a lot, & people loved the results!

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Another #SaturdayMorning has come round again so here's our traditional start to the day & week-end. This is "Interior" by Brynhild Parker that dates from 1930. It was one of 3 pieces by her that was in the collection of Sir David Scott along with another 14 by other ELG artists. #BrynhildParker

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Rollicking peasant wedding dance to liven up your autumn day by my colleague Pieter Brueghel the Younger, whose day is today. Don’t confuse this with his father’s painting!

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mainebogboy.bsky.social @mainebogboy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A post 💔 just now by our dear friend Olena Halushka. Please follow her and repost. Olena is a wise, stong, wonderful, and principled voice for Ukraine.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Chancellor Nicolas Rolin (and his little dog, too) attending the Nativity. As painted by Jean Hey, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Gabriel is talking to the bed, & Mary is very confused, in this Annunciation by Jean Hey, aka the Master of Moulins. It's his day today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anne of France, also quite grumpy, presented by a rather dubious John the Evangelist. By Jean Hey, whose day is today..

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s artist without a (known) birthday: Jean Hey, aka the Master of Moulins. Here, Madeleine of Burgundy, who’s not looking all that pleased to be presented by Mary Magdalene in 1490.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'A Man with a Scythe, Mowing,' was painted by Harry Becker in Wenhaston, Suffolk around 1913. For the next 15 years, Becker observed the slow turn of the agricultural year to emerge as one of the most remarkable interpreters of the English countryside.

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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Saint Jerome looks suspiciously cheerful as he ponders death & end times. Easy for him, he’s a saint! By Jan Massys, whose day is today.

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Gail Savage @savagegl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The death and burial of the immoluments clause of the constitution. The founders anticipated the danger of some future president selling out the country.

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Gail Savage @savagegl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This seems to signify the utter failure of J. D. Vance's college education. Shame on Ohio State and Yale. It's hard to assess this remarkably ignorant statement otherwise.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tormented men of the New Testament #2: John on Patmos, 1563, by Jan Massys.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Died (alas!) on this day in 1575, Jan Massys of Antwerp. Here, a Holy Family w/ problematic dynamic Dad is just not part of the love!

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bar Scene, Spennymoor, County Durham, painting by Norman Cornish, 1919-2014 (Durham County Council).

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tripe Purveyor, painting by Glen Williams, Huddersfield-based artist raised in Rotherham.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This painting was a result of Francis Cadell being turned down to join the British army in 1914. He worked on a farm in Dumfries, Scotland (depicted here) in an attempt to improve his fitness - he later passed the medical board's examination and joined the Royal Scot's Guards.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lower Withington war memorial. Lower Withington, Cheshire. First World War. #LestWeForget

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On the penultimate day of our landscape themed week here's "Litlington, Sussex" by Lilian Leahy along with her preparatory sketch for the view. Both date from 1934. As you'll see from the modern day photo, Lilian would still be able to recognise the scene that she painted. #LilianLeahy

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Saint Jerome removes a thorn from the paw of a very heraldic lion, in an incredibly bleak landscape (although there are neighbors!). From predella of Pistoia Trinity Altarpiece, 1460, by Filippo Lippi.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

John Lavery’s 'The Hall, Argyll House,' (1925) depicts the home of society hostess Sibyl Colefax and her husband Arthur, on the corner of King’s Road and Oakley Street. It is one of Lavery’s 23 portrait interiors.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Unusually healthy mother/child relationship in this Madonna, also w/ totally fab architecture. By Fra Filippo Lippi, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

By Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Two Angels, 1465. Everything about this picture is stunning but I really love the angel smiling at us!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For the day of Fra Filippo Lippi of Florence, a gold-curtained Madonna from 1446 to tie back to yesterday's artist. But the rest of today won't be about gold.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fra Filippo Lippi (a monk, n.b.) stricken by love for his model, as imagined by Paul Delaroche in 1822. Crazy French romantics! I'm sure it wasn't really like that. Or maybe it was.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Collecting the turf, Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland, early 20th century, photo by Rose Shaw.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the 'The Lustre Bowl,' (1908) William Nicholson plays with the shining contrast of the bowl against a dark black background. He would set up a still life and leave it untouched for days, absorbing every element. The flash of light lifts the picture out of the ordinary.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

"Marshall, in short, believed that he was in a safe red seat, and that as long as he stapled himself to Trump’s orange carcass, he could win every primary, never lose his seat, and get fawning coverage whenever he trotted over to appear on Fox News."

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Roger Marshall is running an all time terrible campaign

Red state MAGAs aren’t equipped for real competition and accountability.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Filippo Lippi's wonderfully strange double portrait, 1440. He's not looking at her but into the empty space behind her. Her sleeve spells Faithful - but to whom? Great enigmas on Lippi's day.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/10/2026

We're in federal appeals court today to stop the National Endowment for the Arts from categorically disfavoring projects the government deems to be promoting so-called "gender ideology." The NEA can't penalize artists for their views.

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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

Not that this is news to anyone, but I watched this debate and well...let's just say that the GOP will likely tell candidates to not debate Dems like they did in 2021 & this debate will likely be why. If they haven't outright done so already considering how Paxton is ducking Talarico.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.

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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia

Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The truly spectacular Martelli Annunciation from the church of San Lorenzo. This one is so good -- Mary's gesture, the pure flask of water in its special little niche, the back-up angels, the arches and the space. Wow, Filippo Lippi, A+.

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

'Inside 17B', Finsbury Park (2021) by Liam Devereux liamdevereux.co.uk/shop

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Teenage life, Lancashire, 1957, photo by Bert Hardy.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Children head to school up Bengel Street, Low Hill, Liverpool c.1939 (Mirrorix/Liverpool Echo).

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