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by Ogata Kōrin · Japan
Clumps of iris flowers march across a field of pure gold leaf, their green blades and deep indigo-blue blooms repeating like a rhythm across the surface. There's no ground, no horizon, no water shown at all — just the plants themselves, floating on that shimmering gold, which flattens all sense of…
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1836-1902France
French painter James Tissot built his early reputation on scenes of modern life, rendered with a fashionable, detail-rich precision, as seen in Tea, a study of contemporary leisure. But his later years brought a dramatic shift toward religion: Saint Joseph Seeks a Lodging in Bethlehem and What Our Lord Saw from the Cross show him abandoning secular subjects to illustrate the life of Christ, driven by a deepening turn toward faith and spiritualism.
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GYRTH RUSSELL (1892-1970) Sailing boats in harbour oil on canvas signed 74.5 x 59cm
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D LINTON (CONTEMPORARY) Seated nude in the style of Picasso oil on canvas signed and dated 2013 unframed
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Irises
by Ogata Kōrin
