Landscapes by American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). Various collections. Mostly with trees, one with just water.
Family portraits by American painter Eastman Johnson. Living from 1824 to 1906 he studied art in Düsseldorf, The Hague and Paris. One of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Images from the now mostly forgotten 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne which was held in Paris, France when World War II was just a hop, skip and jump away.
Plates from “Recueil de décorations intérieures” which was published for Napoleon and his empress Josephine. All of these from Cahier 1 which appeared in 1801. French. Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, artists.
Engravings from the scientific work “Perspectiva Corporum Regularium” which is remembered for its engravings of polyhedra and was published in 1568 by Wenzel Jamnitzer who worked in Nuremberg. Living from 1507 to 1585, he worked as a court goldsmith when he wasn’t busy doing science.
Blue-green Art Deco stoneware from Sweden. Part of Wilhelm Kåge’s “Argenta” series which he produced for the Gustavsberg Factory.
Rooms to time travel back to and hide in. I for one am not returning. French. Charles Giraud, artist (1819-1892).
More images from the arctic, these being plates made from watercolors from Fridtjof Nansen’s “In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-96” Volume I, published in Leipzig in 1897 by F.A. Brockhaus.
There is also a volume II with more plates. See those soon.
Paintings of life at the top of the world just a bit back. Danish. Harald Viggo Moltke, artist. Living from 1871 to 1960 he was also an author, explorer, and served as a draftsman on four Arctic expeditions.
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