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Henri Manguin painted 'Jeanne in a chaise longue,' in 1905, the pioneering year of the Fauve exhibition at the Salon d'Automne. The most appealing aspect of Manguin's painting lies in his luxuriant sense of colour and depiction of the Mediterranean light.

One of two paintings recently discovered in Beirut by an art historian which are believed to be the work of Artemisia Gentileschi #womensart

Hampstead Heath allotments, 1941. Photo © Hulton-Deutsch Collection.

I was unable to work between December and late March due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a

“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.” - Dorothy Parker, US poet, writer and wit #WomensArt

The Land Girl magazine was launched on 1 April 1940 at the price of 4d to help the girls feel less isolated. It became so popular (selling 21,000 copies a week) that the Ministry of Agriculture decided to fund its production. The last edition was published in March 1947.

Suits, ties and flat caps. A team of smartly dressed window cleaners in the 1920s.

“I shall go into a hare...” The timeless belief that witches could turn themselves into hares to travel across country undetected. #FolkloreSunday #Photo: Frances Crickmore

Not that it was, or is, a question of meeting an imagined evidence threshold. But the state's refusal to apologise does not hold water. 'the state did not actively support these practices'. 'the state's protections were more limited'. 😆🤪🫣

Taken exactly 97 years ago this month - in June 1928 - this beautiful autochrome study of a German garden in Baden is a wondrous riot of colour. I just love the 'twenties outfit with cloche hat and aqua marine scarf! It is all original colour, not colourised. 😍

This C20 Society book, out in September, is going to be absolutely stonking.

Marble head of Aphrodite emerges from the mud in the excavation of the ancient city of Aizanoi in modern day Turkey (or Türkiye). Probably 1st or 2nd century archeotravelers.com/en/2021/11/02/…

If this was the Beeb’s work - Worth the license fee for this alone 👇🏻

Not all brides wear white. Three pink dresses from the 1950s & 1980s part of our wedding exhibition that opens tomorrow 11am to 4pm. We are also open Saturday and Sunday. Free entry. (Don't you love those pink shoes...?)

Last chance to join this botanical illustration & mental health workshop👇. If you could maybe RT to put the workshop in front of more eyes I'd appreciate it so much. Thankyou 🌿

Over 100 species of flowers have been identified scattered at the feet of Flora and Venus in Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera (1482, at bottom right), suggesting that he took considerable interest in making these depictions of the natural world as realistic as possible

The almost photographic detail and crisp colouring in this 1895 watercolour 'St. Ives Bridge, St. Ives in Huntingtonshire,' by William Fraser Garden, is typical of the late 19thC revival of meticulous realism.

Infuriating

Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumna Professor Professor Amanda Vickery for the first of two events on 26 June at Durham University where she will be exploring the visual culture of beauty in Britain. More information here: durham.ac.uk/research/insti…

Prams parked outside Woolworths in Kirkby, Merseyside, in 1964. Reflecting a time when parents commonly left babies unattended while shopping.