Inspiratory

"Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror." -Oscar Wilde

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Remedios Varo • Solar Music (detail), 1955

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Cosmic Overture, Daniel Martin Diaz, 2022

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Georges Jules Victor Clairin

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Viriditas V Mixed media 2022 (Lic.: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

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Audrey and Her Goats - Arthur Melville

~1889

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Arthur Melville, The Music Boat, Venice, circa 1904

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Arthur Melville, Autumn, 1893

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Arthur Melville, Brig O’Turk (1893)

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King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, Arthur Melville (Scottish, 1858–1904), 1898

Watercolour on paper

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Gaston Renault (b. 1855)

Daphnis et Chloe, 1881

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Sir James Guthrie (1859-1930) - Cattle in orchard

Oil on canvas, laid on board. Painted c.1886.

25.5 x 35 inches, 65 x 89 cm. Estimate: £40,000-60,000.

Sold Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 7 June 2018 for £32,700 incl B.P.

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Joseph Crawhall (1861 - 1913) - The governess cart.

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Joseph Crawhall (British, 1861-1913), The Moorhen. Watercolour and bodycolour on holland, 31 x 35 cm.

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The Tiger Joseph Crawhall - circa 1894-1906 Private collection Painting - gouache Height: 32 cm (12.6 in.), Width: 49.5 cm (19.49 in.)

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Joseph Crawhall (British, 1861-1913), The Aviary, Clifton, 1888. Watercolour. The Burrell Collection, Glasgow.

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another thing sorta related to that last post

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Miss Diana Chamberlain   -   Sir John Lavery

Irish,  1856–1941

Oil on canvas