#belgian art

Pierrot et SquelettesbyJames Ensor (1860 - 1949, Belgium)

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (1823–1906, Belgium)

Female portraits

Alfred Stevens was a Belgian artist, known for his paintingsofelegant modern women.

heavenpoison:

Louis-Charles Verwée (1832–1882),A Narrative Study Showing a Lady in Contemplation Whilst Squeezing a Lemon into a Glass, Circa 1850, Oil on panel.

life-imitates-art-far-more:

Louis Gallait (1810-1887)
“The Power of Music” (1852)
Oil on panel
Located in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

A letter written by Gallait to William Walters describes the subject of the painting. It is of a brother and sister resting before a tomb. The brother is attempting to comfort his sibling by playing the violin, and she has fallen into a deep sleep, “oblivious of all grief, mental and physical.”

Abel Grimmer - Church interior

circa 1590-1620

oil on panel

private collection

monkeysinarthistory:

Joachim Beuckelaer: Seller of Exotic Animals, c. 1566, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

beautiful-belgium:

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)

“Bruegel’s painting was created the year after Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, arrived in the Netherlands, sent by the Spanish king, Philip II to suppress the Dutch Revolt. The gallows may represent the threat of execution of those preaching the new Protestant doctrine, and the painting may allude to several Netherlandish proverbs. There is a direct allusion to the Netherlandish proverbs of dancing or shitting on the gallows, meaning a mocking of the state. It also alludes to the belief that magpies are gossips, and that gossip leads to hangings. And that the way to the gallows leads through pleasant meadows. It is not known why or for whom the picture was painted. Its date of 1568 makes this painting one of Bruegel’s last works before his death in 1569; indeed, perhaps his final work. Bruegel asked his wife to burn some of his pictures on his death, but told her to keep the Magpie on the Gallows for herself.”

Source

beautiful-belgium:

EYCK, Jan van
Small Triptych (central panel)
c. 1437
Oil on oak, 27,5 x 21,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

art-mysecondname:

Jan Van Eyck - Annuncation, details, c. 1434-1436

Jan Van Beers (1852-1927) 

Souvenir affectueux a ma petite amie Andrée Worth

1884

Charles-Louis Baugniet  -  C'est bien Lui! 

Belgian, 1814-1886 

Oil on canvas

Maurice Wyckaert (Belgian, 1923-1996), t Kwam allemaal terug [It all came back], 1987. Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm.

I SUFFER FROM ASYMPTOMATIC AUTISM

HELLO, MY NAME IS 3 O’CLOCK

30 * 42 cm - Acrylic on canvas, mounted on mdf

I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AUGMENTED MASCULINITY

Acrylic on canvas, mounted on mdf 40 x 40 cm

I’M IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WITH NOTHING IN IT.

Acrylic on mdf 30 * 42cm

After 21 seasons of the PBS version of the Antiques Roadshow, I’m flabbergasted that this item has yet to make an appearance–but I’ll keep watching until it does.

A business in Mission, Kansas, sold the Erotica phone, which is not really surprising–the town became the heartland of American pornography during the mid-1980s. The sudden surge of adult-oriented businesses helped fund Senator Bob Dole’s invention of Viagra.

The European artist is not named in the advertisement, but it appears to be the work of Belgian sculptor Alain Smithee.

The high price–$69.95 in 1984 (not including shipping and handling)–reflects the quality of the item’s craftsmanship. The optional nipples were available for an extra $20, self-installation required.

thunderstruck9:

Michaël Borremans (Belgian, b. 1963), The Knives, 2011. Oil on canvas, 110 x 70 cm.

Berlinde de Bruyckere—Met Tere Huid, 2015-2016, (at Hauser & Wirth New York). Watercolor, pencil, and collage on paper. 2016.