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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 12h

And now for something completely different…

The Fisherman in Love ,1892

Ferdinand Julius Fagerlin (5 February 1825 - 19 March 1907)
Swedish-German genre painter.

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 13h

Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

This is not Munch’s work but that of his contemporary

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

"Nevermore." by Charles Addams (1912 – 1988)
published October 29, 1973
Watercolor, ink, and correction fluid on illustration board

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

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Carl Larsson 1853-1919 Sweden

"Esbjörn" (1910) watercolour

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe USA should become Canada’s 11th Province. They have the same gun rights, same social and economic diversity & challenges but somehow refrain from killing each other. Could it be that universal access to healthcare play a positive role?

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

Life is a series of moments, presence in each is a choice and the distinction between existence and happenstance

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

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Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

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Bruno Liljefors, Swedish, 1860–1939

Nocturnal Mood with Wild Ducks, 1901
Oil on canvas
126 × 200 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

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Sophus Jacobsen (Norwegian 1833-1912) He lived in Düsseldorf in 1855 and remained a pupil of Hans Gude at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Sophus Jacobsen had a special fondness for landscape motifs in the moonlight

Night of a full moon over the harbour, 1863

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

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Hans Dahl (Norwegian, 1849–1937, born in Hardanger, Norway)
Midnight Sun over the Fjord, c. 1900
Oil on canvas
100 × 67 cm
Private collection

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

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Sunset over the Fjord," circa 1900

Eilert Adelsteen Normann 1848-1918 Norwegian painter of landscapes who invited Edvard Munch to Berlin, where he painted The Scream. His fjord paintings are credited with making the Norway a popular tourist destination

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

Omg, call the 82 Airborne!!!

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump follows Rwandan Hutu’s who called Tutsi’s“cockroaches”,objectifying them as subhuman, making it easier to massacre them. After the Durham report, Trump wrote: “They are scum, like cockroaches” He called political opponents “vermin”; they’re “living like vermin in the confines of our country.”

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

So much winning it makes me want to puke….
900 US workers laid off so far.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...

Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories

www.nytimes.com

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously? After deciding against trump, Stephen Miller & a trump admin publicly threaten the judge & while she’s walking the dog, the house is engulfed by fire nearly killing her husband; and only NY Post, Economic Times, & Hindustan Times are reporting on it???

m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

Judge Diane Goodstein’s home destroyed in fire after death threats and criticism from Trump aide; ex-senator husband injured

A fire engulfed the South Carolina home of Judge Diane Goodstein. Three people were hospitalized. Her husband, Arnold Goodstein, sustained multiple fractures after jumping from the house. He was airli...

m.economictimes.com

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

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Elsa Beskow (1874 – 1953) Swedish author/illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman & Aunt Green, Aunt Brown & Aunt Lavender.

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

추석 잘 보내세요~~~

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

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Lena Christine Anderson 1939- Swedish children's book author/illustrator.

50 children's books. Long-collaboration w/Christina Björk , books about Storm-Stina , & Linnea (incl Linnea in the painter's garden (Claude Monet ) & about Maja , incl Maja's alphabet

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 5d

www.threads.com/@stevedaubs/...

Steve Daubney (@stevedaubs) on Threads

Watching Colbert last night, and this happened - holy crap 😆

www.threads.com

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 5d

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Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 6d

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