pechalnii

by Tatyana Biryukova

we spend the greater part of our lives just waiting—for something or someone...

𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔣𝔣𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔩𝔰

sheltered by the boughs...

The Mirror (1911) by Frank Markham Skipworth (English, 1854 – 1929), oil on canvas, 54.5 x 70 cm (21 1/4 x 27 1/2 in), Private Collection

German, 1851-1913

The Enchantress (c. 1901) by Arthur Wardle (British, 1864 – 1949), signed bottom right ‘Arthur Wardle’, oil on canvas, 62 x 43 in. (157.5 x 109.2 cm.), Private Collection

Le Triomphe du Cygne (The Triumph of the Swan),(Detail), (1908), by Léon-François Comerre (French, 1850 – 1916), signed 'Leon Comerre' (lower right), oil on canvas, 63.7 x 99 cm, Private Collection

A Violet Flower (2022) by Gwenneth Barth-White

The Garden of Adonis - Amoretta and Time, (Detail), (1887) by John Dickson Batten (English, 1860 – 1932), oil on canvas, approximately 104 x 127 cm (40.9 x 50 in), Private Collection

The Two Crowns, (Detail), (1900) by Sir Frank Dicksee (English, 1853 – 1928), oil on canvas, 2,311 mm (90.98 in); width: 1,823 mm (71.77 in), Tate Britain

Con la rosa tra le labbra (With the rose between her lips) (1895) by Ettore Tito (Italian, 1859 – 1941), oil on panel, 25.4 cm (10 in) x 41.4 cm (16.2 in), Private Collection

Winter (1880s) by Wilhelm Kray (German, 1828 – 1889) oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 47 1/2 in. (150.6 x 120.7 cm.), Private Collection

by Nikolai Bodarevsky

20 x 25 in

— Wilhelm Kotarbiński (Poland, 1848–1921)