HELIOTROPA

Fedir Tetyanych (1942-2007)—The Infinity Universe [oil on canvas, 1970]

Mauro Ariel Koliva — Orbilex Zy (gel ink on canvas, 2026)

So long live tumblr. Nobody who's gonna hire me to do anything has ever heard of it. It makes for a terrible space to promote your forthcoming book tour. And that's literally why it doesn't suck.

In 1907 and 1910, Maximilian Lenz exhibited at the Secession Vienna together with his long-time student Ida Kupelwieser. In addition to landscapes and flower pictures, the picture “Marionetten” stood out with its complex, quite erotic symbolism. A theme that he will repeat several times, as he did in 1914. It is assumed that the lying beauty is Ida Kupelwieser, who was for a long time unattainable for a love affair or a close liaison for the painter due to her social position as a wealthy entrepreneur’s daughter. The picture can therefore be interpreted as a dream of the painter, who depicts himself on the lower right as a fool, the only figure not hanging by a thread, who watches longingly as the beauty extends her hand to the prince doll. Only years later, in 1926, he would marry Ida just a few months before her death and would finally become the “prince”. (source)

please reblog for more answers! and elaborate in tags even if you didnt pick nuance

For the people in the notes going "why is Boston like this": a) the insults are a way to show you have no ulterior motives when helping someone (and don't need to be thanked or repaid), and b) Boston was settled by the Irish

also worth noting that who you are to them doesn’t matter. they’ll talk to strangers like that and will also talk to their best friends like that. they’re just Like That.

1985 Nissan CUE-X Concept

Sadamasa Motonaga (Japanese, 1922–2011) - Untitled, enamel paint on canvas, 36.80 x 59.70 cm (1965)

John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023) - Goya’s dog and the paella, oil on canvas, 167.00 x 213.00 cm (1986)

Prabhakar Barwe (Indian, 1936–1995) - Ancient River, enamel paint on canvas, 90.50 x 105.20 cm (1982)

Friedrich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000) - Hana No Hana - Die Nasenblume - Konrad Bayers Tod, watercolor, polyvinyl, hemp and oil on paper laid down on canvas, 57.00 x 49.50 cm (1964)

Alice Dalton Brown (American b.1939), Expectation, 2020, Oil on canvas

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