Image of Pablo Picasso
On this day in 1881, Pablo Picasso was born, destined to paint the world in bold strokes and break artistic boundaries. His legacy reminds us that art can challenge the status quo. 🎨 #history #cronologia #art #Picasso #SpanishArt
Two women sit on a deep window ledge, shown in profile against a dreamlike view of Córdoba, Spain. At right, a dark-haired young woman in working-class dress folds her legs beneath her and raises a tarot card for the other to see. At left, her companion leans back with a long, elegant neck, heavy-lidded eyes, and a face turned inward with melancholy. Their bodies are close, but their moods do not meet. The fortune-teller seems alert, almost sly. The other woman appears distant, absorbed by private sorrow. Spanish artist Julio Romero de Torres stages them with velvety skin, dark hair, and sculptural stillness, setting their figures against a city assembled like emotional theater. In the middle distance, another tiny drama unfolds: a woman seems to reach toward a man as if trying to stop him, while farther back a red-shawled figure lingers in a doorway. The whole scene feels paused between prophecy and aftermath. Romero de Torres was already a celebrated painter by 1920, known for images of women that fused Andalusian identity, symbolism, desire, and unease. Here, he turns card-reading into a meditation on love’s imbalance. The cards are not light entertainment, but are a warning. The museum’s interpretation links the painting to sadness, indifference, and dangers of loving a married man, with the secondary scene acting almost like a cinematic flash of the story behind the sitter’s stress. The layered storytelling matters. the picture is not simply about “fortune” but about emotional knowledge, especially the kind women are left to carry, intuit, and survive. Romero de Torres often used paired women to suggest dualities like sacred and profane, innocence and experience, or hope and resignation. In this work, the contrast is quieter and more human: one woman reads signs, the other lives their consequences. The invented yet recognizable Córdoba behind them turns private heartbreak into civic myth, making female feeling the true monument at the center of the canvas.
“La Buenaventura (The Fortune-telling)" by Julio Romero de Torres (Spanish) - Oil on canvas / 1920 - Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga (Málaga, Spain) #WomenInArt #JulioRomeroDeTorres #RomeroDeTorres #MuseoCarmenThyssenMalaga #arte #BlueskyArt #artText #spanishartist #SpanishArt #FortuneTelling #1920sArt
👏 Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions for their extraordinary contributions to the field of Iberian art history!
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Image credit: Rubén Guerrero, Composición con amarillo P.M, 2015. Photo courtesy of Galería Luis Adelantado.
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Joaquin Sorolla, "Almond Tree in Blossom," oil on panel, c.1888-89; Museo Sorolla. #joaquinsorolla #sorolla #art #arte #pinturas #valencia #spain #spanishart #paintings #oilpainting #nature #spring #landscape #museum #artgallery
Weird picture of the day: Jose Hernandez, 'Mask Of Contempt', 2007.
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The restoration of Velázquez's masterpiece, "Queen Isabel of Bourbon, Riding a Horse," is now complete. This significant refurbishment has revived the splendor of the 17th-century painting, showcasing the queen's regal poise and the artist's exceptional skill. #ArtRestoration #Velázquez #SpanishArt
Discover new perspectives on one of Spain’s most intriguing artists and the vibrant artistic networks of his time.
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I will draw him more, that's a promise 😏.
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Painted around 1913, when Spanish artist Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez was in his mature, widely celebrated period, this painting frames flamenco as lived, private culture rather than staged entertainment. A young woman dances indoors, her body arcing into a bold curve as one arm lifts high and the other gathers her shawl at the waist. Her skin is light-to-medium under warm, artificial light. Her dark hair is dressed with bright red carnations. She wears a wide, dark Cordovan hat tipped at an angle, a short necklace, and a pale fringed shawl (mantón) that ripples across her shoulders and down her torso. Below, a tiered skirt in soft rose tones swings around her legs, edged with lighter ruffles while a white boot peeks out as she steps forward. Behind her, a seated woman accompanies on guitar, her face in shadow, wearing a red blouse and a blue skirt. The setting is humble and domestic with white crockery on a small shelf, an earthenware vessel near the floor, and a small religious image on the wall. A dark shadow to the dancer’s side possibly suggests another figure just out of view like an unseen witness to this intimate performance. The room lacks the showy décor of tourist-oriented cafés; instead, everyday objects and the close proximity between dancer and guitarist evoke a gathering you’re invited into, not a spectacle you buy a ticket for. Bilbao’s lighting does important storytelling as it “spotlights” the dancer’s face and torso, carving her movement from the gray wall, while vivid accents (carnations and violet shadows in the ruffles) heighten the sensuous energy of the moment. In early 20th-century Spain, debates about “modernity” sometimes dismissed traditions like flamenco as backward. Bilbao (Sevillian by birth and deeply attached to Andalusian life) answers by making its beauty undeniable. The result is both portrait and defense depicting a woman’s artistry, rendered as dignity, joy, and force in motion.
“Una bailaora” (A Flamenco Dancer) by Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez (Spanish) - Oil on canvas / c. 1913 - Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga (Málaga, Spain) #WomenInArt #art #artText #GonzaloBilbaoMartinez #GonzaloBilbaoMartínez #Arte #MuseoCarmenThyssenMalaga #SpanishArt #SpanishArtist #MuseoCarmenThyssenMálaga
WIP.
Lycan!Chris 🐺.
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A strange winged creature is in the foreground, while others fly away between stylised blue mountains. The scene suggest a snowy landscape to me but a faintly drawn Bactrian camel is also present, suggesting the steppes of Asia.
Weird picture of the day: 'Angels' by Joan Ponc, 1951.
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Something quick before lunch!
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Two women walk along a windy shoreline of sea, foam, and wet sand at the edge of the surf. Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida places them close in a high, angled view that emphasizes movement across the beach. At left, an older woman in a flowing white dress braces herself against the wind, one hand reaching for her broad hat and veil while the other manages an open white parasol that sweeps across the foreground like a sail. At right, a younger woman in a long white dress walks with a steadier posture, holding a straw hat trimmed with blue-violet ribbon at her side. Their sheer veils and white skirts stream dramatically in sea breeze. Sorolla paints the whites with lavender, blue, and silver tones, so the clothing becomes a surface for light, wind, and reflected water rather than flat white fabric. The painting is often seen as an image of elegance and motion, but its emotional power comes from intimacy. The sitters are Sorolla’s wife, Clotilde García del Castillo, and their daughter María. Sorolla turns a family walk into something monumental. The beach becomes both a real place (Valencia) and a stage for modern life, where fashion, weather, and light collaborate. The white clothing signals bourgeois leisure and early-20th-century seaside dress, yet Sorolla paints it less as status display than as a surface for light and air. The wind-blown veils and hems create a sense of fleeting time … like a moment remembered while it is still happening. Painted in 1909, this work belongs to a breakthrough year for Sorolla, following his major success in the U.S., including the widely celebrated Hispanic Society exhibition in New York. At this moment he was internationally recognized, yet still deeply tied to Valencia’s coast and to painting his family. Clotilde appears repeatedly in Sorolla’s work as companion, muse, and anchor, while María’s presence here marks a generational shift with mother and daughter moving together through light, fashion, and modernity.
“Paseo a orillas del mar” (Strolling along the Seashore) by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish) - Oil on canvas / 1909 - Museo Sorolla (Madrid, Spain) #WomenInArt #JoaquínSorollaYBastida #JoaquinSorolla #JoaquínSorolla #Sorolla #arte #pintura #artText #BlueskyArt #MuseoSorolla #SpanishArt #BeachArt
I'm sure Leon will love that pic 😉.
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Two light-skinned women appear at a rectangular window opening, as if you’re standing just outside the ledge. On the right, a younger woman leans forward with her left forearm stretched along the sill as her right elbow bends so her fist props her chin. She looks directly outward with a small, knowing smile. Her chestnut-brown hair is tied with a red ribbon, and she wears a soft white dress with a wide neckline and the sleeves pushed back to her elbows, exposing her forearms. On the left, a possibly older woman peeks from behind a partially opened shutter. A creamy white shawl covers her hair, and she lifts it to hide the lower half of her face, as if stifling laughter. Behind them, the interior is deep shadow, making their faces and white fabric feel close, vivid, and life-sized. Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo builds the scene on tension via openness versus concealment and invitation versus discretion. The older figure’s covered smile matches period ideas of decorum (especially for women of status) while the younger woman’s direct gaze feels unusually candid. Because their identities are unknown, the picture resists a single reading. Some viewers have imagined a chaperone guarding a young woman’s public appearance while others have viewed the window as a threshold of commerce and flirtation. Murillo heightens that uncertainty by turning the window into a painted frame-within-a-frame, borrowing from Dutch “eye-deceiving” devices that make us feel addressed. Painted in 17th-century Seville, where Murillo was celebrated for both devotional works and scenes of everyday life, this small moment feels like a study in how women are seen and how they choose to look back.
“Dos mujeres en una ventana (Two Women at a Window)” by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish) - Oil on canvas / c. 1655–1660 - National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) #WomenInArt #BartoloméEstebanMurillo #Murillo #NationalGalleryofArt #NGA #SpanishBaroque #BaroquePainting #SpanishArt #arte #artText
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Image credit: Josefa de Obidos, Still Life, 1680, The Meadows Museum
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painting:- 'the blue courtyard, arenys' 1914 by catalan painter and writer santiago rusiñol. an outdoor kitchen in a courtyard. around the perimeter are cupboards and shelving painted a gorgeous vibrant blue. in the background is a blue wall and many pots of flowers and herbs. overhead is a leafy tree and a trellis shading the foreground section of the kitchen. rusiñol painted this in 1914 when he was staying at the home of his friend and publisher antoni lópez in arenys de munt, a hill town in northern catalonia.
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'blue courtyard,arenys' 1914 by catalan painter and writer santiago rusiñol
this is my dream kitchen in my favourite colour...
💙🎨🖌🕊
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They are thoroughly enjoying their Valentine's Day, I'm sure.
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Have you watched The Lighthouse? I did this when I watched it for the first time and wow. I didn’t even remember that I had done sketches of the movie, I think I have a couple more 🤔.
It has already become a habit to watch it from time to time.
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Casi lo tenemos, a ver si lo acabo esta tarde/noche 🥹💛.
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He visto en Tumblr este trend de dibujar así a tus OCs y yo no he podido evitar ponerme a dibujar a Leon con mi Bri.
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Primera pruebita de diseño de Wesker para mi au de sirenas 🧜🏻♂️🫧.
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I promise you I'm working on this 👀🔥.
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More sketches of my boy Ray 🧡.
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Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso, captured in 1961 alongside his sculpture Femme au Chapeau (Woman with a Hat).
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💖✨ Bri x Leon ✨💖
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