We're all a little 'Saint Sebastian'

28/male. sootonthecarpet's aesthetic blog.

[adriles]

I dont know what helen looks like. I never had the balls to really look at her. I just looked at the trojan walls and said "Wow shes really beautiful"

[disease]

[huariqueje]

Shadow Hide 3 - Line Holtegaard

Danish , b, 1980 -

Oil and acrylic on canvas , 100 x 150 cm.

[weepingwidar]

Anthony Hurd (American, 1975) - You Have This Hold Over Me (2025)

[bestiolin]

oofotyknit

[thephotoregistry]

Daniel Hud

[enchantedbook]

Die Nornen” (“The Norns”) by Franz Stassen, 1917.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865), "Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay" (details), 1863

[bread-in-the-void]

um?

[eggpuffs]

little nemo: adventures in slumberland ニモ [1989]

[subspaceskater]

dusk

[serafphim]

[rabbitkinglune777]

Luna panther (she/her)

[rory-flynn]

wip

[ps1]

via

[fourleafisland]

smile, you're born again

[gardengnosticator]

getting teary eyed thinking about gerda gottlieb's paintings of her wife after she transitioned

[gardengnosticator]

[narcissus-thee-squeekual]

thing is, for a lot of these paintings it wasn’t “after” lily elbe’s transition. there was no after to it. the one op posted was painted in 1928. this was 2 years before lily legally changed her name and began undergoing revolutionary gender affirming procedures. unfortunately she died due to complications of an experimental uterine transplant in 1931.

up until that point, during the day lily continued to dress in masculine clothing and even attended galleries showing gottlieb’s paintings of her. which was kind of iconic. she got to stand in a room full of people who were marveling her beauty, not knowing she was right next to them. it must have been such a cute little secret for them as a couple.

here’s gerda and lilly together

not to mention that for most people there is no real “after” to a transition. especially for these trans historical figures who had to balance identity and safety at all times.

i think having a wife paint these portraits must have felt really amazing for lily. to be able to see herself through the eyes of someone who loved her. i’m very much seconding op on the getting teary eyed.

here are some of my favorite gottleib lily paintings