9 Muses

art images captivating my very soul

[diegofernandezillustrator]

Diego Fernandez

“465″ (2018)

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[diegofernandezillustrator]

Diego Fernandez

“467″ (2018)

INSTAGRAM (@diegoidef)

[diegofernandezillustrator]

Diego Fernandez

“483″ (2019)

INSTAGRAM (@diegoidef)

[mermaidenmystic]

Plunge boldly into the thick of Life. ~Goethe

1912 ~ Max Klinger (German Symbolist painter, sculptor, printmaker, and writer,  1857-1920)

[mermaidenmystic]

“Siren” ~ 1902 ~ Edgar Maxence (French, 1874-1954)

Read an interesting ‘catalogue note’ of this painting here: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/19th-century-european-art-n08121/lot.66.html

[mermaidenmystic]

Illustrator: John Gilbert (English artist and engraver, 1817-1897)

Source Text: The Works of Shakespeare / Edited by Howard Staunton / The Illustrations by John Gilbert / Engraved by the Dalziel Brothers / Vol. I

Published: London: George Routledge and Sons, 1865

[nobrashfestivity]

Man Ray  Untitled (Solarized Nude) (The Primacy of Matter over Thought) 1932

[admiredphotographers]

Ryan McGinley. Susannah (swamp sticks), 2013.

[ange-rouge]

Ryan McGinley

[koraline-k]

Erwin Blumenfeld- Eyes of Youth, Paris, 1937 ____

Nel tuo abbraccio io abbraccio ciò ch’esiste,

l’arena, il tempo, l’albero della pioggia,

e tutto vive perché io viva:

senz’andare sì lungi posso veder tutto:

vedo nella tua vita tutto ciò che vive.

"Pablo Neruda"

[inland-delta]

Nadezhda Illarionova illustration from Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen

[inland-delta]

Yumikrum, Depths, collage, 2017

[amare-habeo]

Georges De Feure (Georges Joseph Van Sluÿters) (French, 1868 - 1943)

Flowers and fruits, 1893

Watercolors on paper, 38,5 x 13cm (each)

[spongecatbeatpants-deactivated2]

Arantza Sestayo

[amoreperituoiocchi]

 Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, che, come vedi, ancor non m’abbandona…

 art La Nuit, Auguste Raynaud

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Illustrations from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll. Illustrations By Willy Pogany. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1929. “This large paper edition is limited to 200 copies each signed by the Artist. This is number 139.”

[jareckiworld]

Edmond Simpson  - The Unexpected Sinking of The Yellow Submarine  (collage: Brueghel-Edelmann-Johnson-Ross, 2018)