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Colored pencil, Lui Ferreyra (print sale!)

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Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

Portrait of Edith Schiele

Drawing on paper

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📍Milan, Italy

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CASA BATLLÓ - BARCELONA, ESPAÑA

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Anthony van Dyck (Flemish/Spanish Netherlands, 1599-1641) Portrait d'un homme de qualité avec son fils, 1625-50 Musée du Louvre

The Spanish Netherlands, (c. 1579-1713), Spanish-held provinces located in the southern part of the Low Countries (roughly corresponding to present Belgium and Luxembourg). As Holland represents only a portion of the Netherlands, or "Low Countries," a brief account of the greater includes the less. The Low Countries were included in the empire of Charlemagne and christianized. During the latter part of the Middle Ages the cities of the Netherlands rose to a very high state of prosperity, and some of them became independent republics. Charles V of Spain formally added the Netherlands to the Spanish crown. In 1555 he resigned his rule over the Low Countries to his son Philip II. Charles had persecuted the Protestants, but Philip outdid him in bigotry and cruelty. He was resisted by the Dutch, led by William of Orange. In 1567 the Duke of Alva came from Spain with a large army. Alva's Bloody Council condemned the Netherlanders by wholesale, merely for the sake of their religion and patriotism, and in 1568, sentence of death was pronounced against all the inhabitants of the Netherlands, with only a few exceptions, as heretics. The bloody struggle continued many years, and the Prince of Orange gained ground, but lost it through the terrible massacre of St. Bartholomew. The little town of Alkmaar withstood a great Spanish army and finally drove the besiegers away by cutting the dikes and flooding the country. In 1573 Alva was recalled by Philip II. Leyden, the seat of the ancient university, was also besieged, held out for five months, and was delivered by cutting the dikes. The Dutch navies were nearly always victorious, and the heroic Netherlands, after many struggles and severe trials, made their country a refuge from religious oppression. The Puritans, driven from England, found freedom there, and left Holland only to found colonies in America and elsewhere. The struggle with Spain had to be carried on for centuries. After many ups and downs, the Republic of the Netherlands had another William of Orange, a Stadholder of Holland, until he was called to the English throne, in 1688. The thrifty Dutch established successful colonies in all parts of the world. William I, II, and III were kings of the Netherlands nearly all the 19th century.

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Francis Bacon (UK 1909-1992) Central panel of the ‘Triptych in Memory of George Dyer’ (1971)

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Photo - Nicola Bertellotti

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Hydroelectric Power Plant (1964-68) in Proaza, Spain, by Joaquín Vaquero Palacios

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The Famous Parisian Potheads of the Belle Epoque lol I can smell this picture

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Exlibriskunst und Gebrauchsgraphik. Jahrbuch 1972. Edited by Norbert H. Ott, MA, München Deutsche Exlibris-Gesellschaft Bookplates and calendar designs created by printmaker EMIL ORLIKS for the German art historian Max Lehrs

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Love 🎈

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André Bloc: Sculptures Habitacles (1964)

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Kiki Smith, Untitled, 1992, bronze with patina

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ISSEY MIYAKE: Tidal Wave, autumn/winter 1992