A Study in Contrasts

A Quality of Light, A Pattern Disrupted, A Motion, A Balance, A Contradiction

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Seabirds at Sea - Axel Sjoberg

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Elisabeth Sonrel  (1874-1953) - Female Spirits in a Canyon, 1893

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‘The Ship Arrives.’ (Lucky Luck).

Illustration by Henry J. Ford taken from ‘The Crimson Fairy Book’ edited by Andrew Lang. Published 1903 by Longmans, Green & Co.

Collection opensource    archive.org

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Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942)

Girl with Goldenrod

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Two Russian Maidens (1920). Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962). Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper.

In 1914, Goncharova moved to Paris. Invited by gallerist and friend Sergei Diaghilev, she was introduced to the world of stage and costume design. Two Russian Maidens was used as for a poster for J. Povolozky & Cie., c. early 1920s.

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Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (American photographer) 1852 - 1934 Zitkala Sa, Sioux Indian and activist, 1898, platinum print National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States of America  ~ via Female Artists in History

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Illustration by Walter Crane 

from Princess Belle Etoile 

1909

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John White Alexander, Geraldine Russell, 1902 or 1903

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Mallard and Snow-covered Reeds, ca. 1843

metmuseum.org

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Eugène Samuel Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917)

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Howard Pyle (1853-1911), illustration for “Travels of the Soul,” published in Century Magazine (1902). Via Rompedas.

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A Little Sea Baby

By A. Bowerley ( Amelia Bauerle )

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Cate Blanchett by Gary Heery

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Startled Children and Owl - via

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Francois Fressinier 

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Delphin Enjolras - Woman Reading by Lamplight - via

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Francois Fressinier ~ Fragrant Rose