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David Partington

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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 13h

Jean-Antoine Watteau was born on this day 341 years ago. He painted 'Les Deux Cousines' (below) in 1716.

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 16h

'Carnival Eve,' by Ulpiano Checa y Sanz, 1916

David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 1d

'The Reluctant Dragon,' illustration by Maxfield Parrish, 1898

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 1d

Monet’s Poplars series almost didn’t happen because the trees were about to be cut down.
So he purchased them until he finished painting, then sold them back.

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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 2d

Symphony (1920)
by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky

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Joanna🎃 @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social · 15d

Suspense, by Charles Burton Barber, 1894

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 2d

'The Merman's Glass House,' illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1923

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 3d

I'd rather just give the workers a fair contract lasting four or five years.

David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 3d

'A Day of Celebration,' by Fanny Brate, 1902

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Valentine @valent6228.bsky.social · 7d

Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) (1759) - François Boucher (1703–1770) #rococo #portrait

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 4d

'The Danaïdes,' by John William Waterhouse, 1904

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder if that's the sort of thing Bob Hartley would have read, or it's more the sort of thing a crew member had lying around their house.

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Valentine @valent6228.bsky.social · 4d

The Lazy Morning (1900) - Ramon Casas #moderism

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 5d

I love the fact that nothing important happens--she's just walking to the next scene--yet the music and dancers turn it into something ecstatic.

David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 5d

'La Belle Dame sans Merci,' by Frank Dicksee, 1902

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 6d

'Plein Air,' by Ramon Casas i Carbó, 1890ish

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Luc francoeur @lucfrancoeur.bsky.social · 6d

Gloria Swanson behind a veil/
Edward Steichen Photograph

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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 6d

Artist: Frank Weston Benson

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 7d

'The Lady of Shalott,' by John William Waterhouse, 1888

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 13d

Lumière (Light), 1905 by
Frans Van Holder, Belgian, 1881-1919

Oil on canvas
Collection of the Province of Walloon Brabant, on deposit at Musée L, Louvain-la-Neuve
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Alexandre Henri @henrialexandre.bsky.social · 8d

Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865-1915)
Monastery, San Lazzaro, 1907.

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 8d

'Avenue de l'Opéra,' by Camille Pissarro, 1898

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 8d

To avoid marrying her father, this heroine takes her dead mother’s advice & asks him for an impossible, celestial gown. But with the Devil’s aid, he pulls it from a nutshell. #AnotherCinderella #FolkloreThursday #folkyfriday #fairytales #folkloreandfairytales #notdisneyprincess
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A young woman with long, fair hair gets dressed in her poor, shabby bedroom. She is fastening a beautiful silver gown covered all over with stars.

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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 12d

Gustav klimt

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David Partington @davidpartington.bsky.social · 10d

Actress Lillian Russell, 1886

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