It bears repeating

danskjavlarna:

Singing waves.  From Totem Tales: Indian Stories Indian Told, Gathered In the Pacific Northwest by W. S. Phillips, 1896.

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danskjavlarna:

From Chatterbox, 1886.

I’ve collected some weird vintage bird imagery, from bird hats to bird people, ghost birds to giant birds.

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cottaqecore:

elle perrucci

(via cottaqewhore)

guggenheim-arts:

Moderation by Vasily Kandinsky, 1940, Guggenheim Museum

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Medium: Oil and enamel on canvas

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1983

rivesveronique:

Margaret Morris movement

(via rivesveronique)

allcatsconstitutethesamefamily:

From Our Cats and All About Them by Harrison Weir, 1889.

They’ve had many lives and many ages: cats I’ve met in my time travels.

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artist-blake:

Frontispiece for “America a Prophecy”, William Blake, 1793, Harvard Art Museums: Prints

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Size: sheet cut to image: 23.3 x 16.8 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Medium: Color relief etching on off white wove paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/276207

helen-frankenthaler:

Green Likes Mauve, 1970, Helen Frankenthaler

artist-vallotton:

My portrait, 1885, Felix Vallotton