Art is Life

Danae and Zeus detail from Perseus with the head of Medusa c.1545-1554 by  Benvenuto Cellini

Here they are! The nine paintings that got the most notes in 2019:

Jessica Hayllar (English, 1858 - 1940): Oriental Poppy and Coleus in a Cloisonné vase, with a fan on a faux bamboo table

Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750): A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch (1681) 

Marian Ellis Rowan (Australian, 1848 - 1922): Barringtonia (c. 1891) 

Marian Ellis Rowan (Australian, 1848 - 1922): Brunonia australis

Antonietta Brandeis (Czech, 1848 - 1926): Canal in Venice with View of the Back of the Palazzo Rocca 

Kathryn E. Bard Cherry (American, 1860 - 1931): Fish, Fruits, and Flowers (c. 1923) 

Circle of Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750): Roses, marigolds and snap dragons on a ledge with a red admiral butterfly 

Johanna Helena Herolt-Graff (German, 1668 - 1723): A poppy in three stages of flowering, with a caterpillar, pupa and a butterfly 

Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy,

Big, blond and steel blue eyes

Thanks for all Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

‘He/She’, 1978

Photo by © Lynn Goldsmith