Breakfast.' (1940) Léon de Smet
painted interiors, still lifes, things on tables, and in cupboards. He painted his family, and when they refused to pose for his work, he made pictures of their absence.

#art #nostrart #artstr

She came from the edges of empire, but history would crown her where the world would have never imagined.

Theodora is no softness nor beauty—she is stillness in decision-making and silence in its consequence. Her power is never loudly proclaimed; she makes herself felt.

This portrait captures her in her moment held in light and shadow—when the mere act of survival turned into sovereignty.

#nostr #art #artstr #painting

#Illustration by John James Audubon, Blue Heron, from 'Birds of America', 1820:
#art #nature #birds #grownostr

#Art by Mauricio Rugendas (Johann Moritz Rugendas), #Valparaíso, 1841 - Rugendas wasn't Chilean, but he lived and painted in the country for eleven years:
#painting #history #Chile

Young Jays (Cyanocitta cristata), #illustration by Ferdinand von Wright (swedish-finnish, 1822-1906):
#art #nature #wildlife

#Art by Hans Fredrik Gude (Norwegian, 1825 -1903), Fjord Landscape:
#painting #nostr #art #grownostr

#Art by Humberto Garrido Bretos, Landscape:
#Chile #painting #nostr

Such a nice post, I'll love seeing more.

Such a nice post

Playa del estero Marga-Marga, Viña del Mar, #Chile, 1968:
#fotografía #historia #nostr

#Art by Charles Anthony Law (1916-1996), Wind Swept Trees, Cross Island:
#Canada #landscape #painting