Oil & canvas

Berry picking in the forest during summer German artist: Theodor Blache (1864–1910) Oil on canvas; 66×96.5 cm Private collection Oil & canvas

"Ferry", 1910s Austrian artist: Phillips Fox (1865–1915) Canvas, oil; 141.5×179.2 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Oil & canvas

"Iris", 1895 French artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) Oil on canvas; 46×38 cm Princeton University Art Museum Oil & canvas

"Summer," 1906 American artist: Charles Courtney Curran (1861–1942) Canvas, oil; 60.9×92 cm Private collection Oil & canvas

"Flowers" French artist: Gaston Lecreux (1846 – 1914) Canvas, oil Private collection Oil & canvas

"Pishchany Stone on the Chusovaya River," 1877 Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Vereshchagin Oil on canvas; 72×150 cm V.P. Sukachev Irkutsk Regional Art Museum Oil & canvas

"Summer Day at an Old Manor", 1933 Artist: Stanislav Zhukovsky Canvas, oil Private collection Oil & canvas

"Mother" Artist: Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853–1928) Canvas, oil; 123×98.5 cm Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, England Oil & canvas

"Summer" Danish artist: Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859–1941) Oil on canvas Private collection Oil & canvas

"Little Chef", 1880 French artist: Joseph Bail (1862–1921) Oil on canvas National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro Oil & canvas

“Unexpected” — Repin’s painting is a Russian cultural shorthand. But what’s really happening? A man returns from exile — his family, now distant, frozen in uneasy silence. Soft blue wallpaper, paintings on the walls — yet tension fills the room. Why exile? Repin shows it quietly: portraits of Nekrasov, Shevchenko, and assassinated Alexander II — political dissent now personal. Fear? Hope? Joy? Repin doesn’t say. He reveals complexity — no single emotion fits. He invites, doesn’t dictate. For deeper art stories, visit «Bellini and Bernini» by Diana Troshina — art historian, MSU grad, author of *“World's Greatest Architectural Masterpieces”* — serious, witty, passionate 💃🏽 Oil & canvas #ArtHistory #Repin #RussianArt

"Watering the Flowers" Artist: Johann Baptist Reiter (1813–1890) Oil on canvas; 26×17.5 cm Private collection Oil & canvas

"The Death of Messalina", 1916 Artist: Georges Antoine Rochegrosse Oil on canvas; 125.8×180 cm. Private collection. Messalina, third wife of Emperor Claud đẩy nhịp timClaudius, lived in the 1st century CE. Executed in the Gardens of Lucullus, her death is portrayed in dramatic crimson. She wears a red gown symbolizing passion; her dark hair evokes calm amid fate. A hooded figure, possibly her mother, says: *Your life is over. All that remains is to make its end worthy.* Blood near her body shows her failed suicide. The emperor’s messenger completed the execution with a dagger. Afterward, she was condemned to *damnatio memoriae*—her name erased, images destroyed—a fate for traitors. This painting captures her tragic end. #ArtHistory #RomanEmpire #PaintingMasterpiece Oil & canvas

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Woman with Cat Artist: Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859–1933) Canvas, oil Private collection Oil & canvas

"Young woman with embroidery" Artist: Carl Maria Seyppel (1847 — 1913) Canvas, oil Oil & canvas

Music Artist: Elisabeth Sonrel (1874 — 1953) Canvas, oil Private collection A renowned French painter, her works span multiple styles — Art Nouveau, Symbolism, and Pre-Raphaelite influences. Oil & canvas

"Orange Trees", 1878 Artist: Gustave Caillebotte Canvas, oil; 155×117 cm Museum of Fine Arts, USA Oil & canvas

"Don't Be Discouraged", 1905 Artist: John George Brown (John George Brown) Canvas, oil; 61 × 43 cm Private collection Oil & canvas

"Self-Portrait", 1893 French artist: Édouard Rosset-Granger (1853–1934) Oil on canvas Private collection Oil & canvas