Vienna's Cabinet of Curiosities

Really old master study sketches; not sure if I shared these before.

Althea by John White Alexander - 1895

An 1898 poster advertising Mucha’s primary printer and lithographer Ferdinand Champenois, of 66 Boulvd. St. Michel, Paris. 

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Detail of Marie Leszczinska, Queen of France, 1747, by Charles-André van Loo (1705-1765)

Cave of the Storm Nymphs, 1903, by Edward Poynter (1836-1919)

Madame Royer by Jean-Marc Nattier

Krishna Gazes Longingly at Radha, Page from the “Lumbagraon Gita Govinda” Series, 19th century

Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen in Becoming Jane - 2007

Young Woman Fastening a Letter to the Neck of a Pigeon | Johann Christian von Mannlich

John Collier - Death of Albine, 1895

Martine Franck - Three “Petits Rats” de l'Opéra de Paris. 1979

“Embraced 12” New porcelain sculpture by Ronit Baranga for Small Works 2017

1861 Franz Xaver Winterhalter - Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse

Aubrey Beardsley (1893) . I’m going to start with Aubrey simply because there’s an interesting anecdote to my own story in relation to him. He was the artist whose work I first really connected with. A pen and ink illustrator of books and novels from the turn of the 20th century, his work echoed Japanese style illustrations and woodcuts but focussed heavily on the bizarre and decadent. In spite of the fact that he died tragically young (just 25), his work had a significant impact, revolutionised graphic art and still feels modern today. This image is just one of a series of illustrations from Oscar Wildes scandalous (for the times) ‘Salome’. A few years ago, struggling to find my place in the urban art scene and searching for something to define my style, I came across an article online about ‘The Aesthetics’. Unknowingly to me, Beardsley was a leading player in the little known movement that supported the ‘emphasis of aesthetic values more than social-political themes’. This statement/manifesto more than anything else helped me realise that I was struggling to fit in because I wasn’t meant to and that I should see it as a positive rather than a negative. The term Urban Aesthetics, which I use to this day to define my work, was coined as a modern-day tribute to that movement and all it stood for. . @findac has TAKEN OVER Beautiful Bizarre socials, check in all day to see some of his favourite pieces!

Light Daughters…