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We bought quite a big mid-century oil painting in a brocante in Rouen today. It was pretty cheap and doesn’t seem to be by a recognised artist, but we were really struck by its autumnal, mountain-top vista and the expressionistic, plein air style. (Buy what speaks to you, I say!)
There’s something vaguely Scandinavian about it, perhaps, and the signature, partially covered by the painted frame, could be Stromme or something like that? It doesn’t look like a French surname to me.
The lovely but rather eccentric proprietor of the shop didn’t have any paper or anything similar to wrap it in but eventually he came out with a raggedy but exceedingly bright old towel which he proceed to enshroud the painting in, and then tape it around with neon orange gaffer tape. I carried the four feet long screaming beacon of colour through the streets of Rouen, onto the métro for a 25 minute trip, and from there to our car. This was almost worth the small price of the painting alone…
#BrocantePaintings #UnknownArtist #MidCenturyPaintings #PleinAir #OilPaintings
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#НеизвестныйХудожник #UnknownArtist
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
Vladimir Mother of God
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A mother holds her starving child in a painting by an unknown artist, found under a railway bridge. It reminds us that this hunger exists because of our world.
#StreetArt #UnknownArtist #MotherAndChild #SocialArt #Hunger #Interbeing #ThichNhatHanh #Evanston
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#НеизвестныйХудожник #UnknownArtist Tiles; 17th century
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This made me laugh way more than it should have #StarTrek #Khaaaan #UnknownArtist
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Seen and copied with gratitude to @nak
bar where you can slam a book shut on the bar after you're finished, shout, "Another!" and the barkeep will choose a new book from your TBR list based on what they think you will most enjoy in the moment like some kind of librarian sommelier. #Bookstodon #UnknownArtist
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@Nak Thanks for this A book bar where you can slam a book shut on the bar after you're finished, shout, "Another!" and the barkeep will choose a new book from your TBR list based on what they think you will most enjoy in the moment like some kind of librarian sommelier. #Bookstodon #UnknownArtist
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A book bar where you can slam a book shut on the bar after you're finished, shout, "Another!" and the barkeep will choose a new book from your TBR list based on what they think you will most enjoy in the moment like some kind of librarian sommelier. #Bookstodon #UnknownArtist
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London's National Gallery purchases a painting by an unknown artist for $20M
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/01/national-gallery-buys-mysterious-altarpiece-for-20m
#HackerNews #NationalGallery #UnknownArtist #ArtInvestment #$20M #ContemporaryArt
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#НеизвестныйХудожник #UnknownArtist The panel "Happy Childhood" is a gift to Joseph Stalin for the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from the staff of the Telman Hosiery Factory No. 2; 1939
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"Painting of the Sun, Moon, and Five Peaks," Unknown Korean Artist, 19th or early 20th Centuries.
The product of an unknown artist from Korea's Joseon Dynasty, this painting is also known as a Irworobongdo, and normally was a folding screen that stood behind the Emperor's throne, as a symbol of his majesty and power. The actual meaning of the symbolism here is forgotten and can only be guessed at. It's worth noting that the concept of five peaks has long been important to the royal houses of Korea.
Many of these were produced in the heyday of the Joseon Dynasty, but today only about 20 are extant, none of which are signed. While frequently done as multipanel folding screens, this particular example is done as a single panel. Versions of this always had the sun, moon, and five peaks, but could vary in details, color scheme, and arrangement.
From the National Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul.
#Art #KoreanArt #AsianArt #UnknownArtist #Irworobongdo #Joseon
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"Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine," Unknown Artist, late 13th century.
This scroll painting, from the Kamakura period, depicts a scene from the legendary life of the Shinto deity Tenjin, who originally was a poet, scholar, and statesman named Sugawara Michizane (845–903), who was slandered at court and died in exile.
Various natural disasters occurred after his death, which in Shinto belief indicates a restless and wronged spirit. In 942 his spirit somehow indicated he wanted to be honored at a shrine in Kyoto, where he was deified as Tenjin, a god of agriculture and a patron of the wrongfully accused. His worship later declared him a patron of literature and music.
This scroll shows how a dragon came out of the body of the minister who slandered Michizane, and declared he was wrongfully accused. The minister then dropped dead.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#Art #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #Shinto #UnknownArtist #KamakuraPeriod
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"Woman Pulling Giant Aubergines from a Tree," Unknown Artist, probably Bengali, 19th century.
Here we have a watercolor done in the Kalighat style, from an area of the Bengal region of India....but it's unclear if this is actually from there or only done in the style. There's no provenance on this work and the identity and nationality of the artist are unknown.
Still...gardeners are harvesting their yields now, so this whimsical image is appropriate.
From the Wellcome Library, London.
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"Ressemblance Garantie," Unknown Artist, 19th Century.
I love trompe l'oeil! Here we have a realistic fellow poking his head through a canvas, and seeming to declare that a resemblance is guaranteed.
The artist is unknown, but it's thought that this is taking a dig at photography; "Resemblance guaranteed" was almost a cliche of early portrait photographers. The paintbrush in his hand, and the fact that he's looking at us through a canvas, I think tells us the artist is in favor of painting.
From a private collection.
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How beautiful and pure🎶❤ I can imagine the song🤗🥰 #art #unknownartist
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#UnknownArtist Snuffbox; 18 century
