#symbolist

[nemfrog]

A celtic border frames a winged androgynous figure. Der siebente Ring. 1907. Frontispiece illustration by Melchior Lechter.

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[blondebrainpowered]

Gilt-bronze bat chandelier, ca. 1910

Cast by Herman Bergman A.B.

Gilt-bronze, glass, the perimeter applied with flying bats, the satellite pendant lights enclosed by furled bats.

Maker: Swedish lamp company Böhlmarks A.B.

[illustratus]

Towards Pleasure by René Magritte

[7pleiades7]

Dream Idyll (A Valkyrie) (c. 1902) by Edward Robert Hughes (British, 1851 – 1914), signed ‘E. R. Hughes’ (bottom left), gouache and pastel on paper (stretched paper), 109.5 cm (43.1 in) x 79 cm (31.1 in), Unknown Location

[arthistoryanimalia]

Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach (German, 1861-1918)

Symbolist Brooch 'The Cockerel & The Hen' c.1900

Enameled gold w/ pearls, demantoid garnets, rubies, diamonds

H3.4 x W5.2 x D1.2 cm

V & A M.1-2019 (ex-Tadema Gallery)

“Depicting a cockerel in determined pursuit of a hen within a heart-shaped frame of vines, this is a humorous and charming love token, perhaps offering an an interpretation of the proverb ‘the cock croweth but the hen delivereth the egg’.

Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach (1861-1918) was an artist, interior decorator and highly individual designer of jewellery based in Berlin. His work relates closely to the Art Nouveau style prevalent in Paris and Brussels, and he exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Known for his jewelled serpents and winged creatures, this charming, domestic scene offers a more light-hearted aspect of his work.”

[mythical-redon]

By Charles Holloway (american, 1859-1941)

"A man and a woman in the forest"

[nobrashfestivity]

Franz von Stuck, The Sin, 1893

[arizona-peach-tea]

Hugo Simberg, "Death Listens" (1897)