Present Joys

“We thank the Lord of heaven and earth
who hath preserved us from our birth
for present joys, for blessings past,
and for the hope of heaven at last.”

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16 posts between January 2011 and March 2014

CCAD students, 1950s. Those drawing horses and easels look eerily familiar, don’t they? And check out those smocks.

zombienormal:

The Three Holy Kings, Piotr Stachiewicz, Die Kunst für Alle, 1908-09.

Via.

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nataliakoptseva:

Alexander Yanov (1857-1918)

The monk painter

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necspenecmetu:

Simon de Myle, The Ark of Noah on Mount Ararat, 1570

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amnhnyc:

It’s Tuesday’s peek into the archives: Mr. Neimeyer colors grasses for use in a diorama, 1934.

For more, check out the Picturing the Museum collection.

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I am a connoisseur of golden-era painting smocks. This one looks like it’s got a sailor’s collar. Fantastic.

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