Illustration for the series titled 'Book of Death' (Kay Nielsen, 1910)

Giorgio de Chirico. La grande ciminiera, 1958.

oil on canvas

Carnation Vladimir Fedorovich Sidoruk (1925-1997, Ukrainian)

~ John Singer Sargent, "Cora, Countess of Strafford" (1908)

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The Moon from The Moon and the Stars (series), Alphonse Mucha (1902)

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939) • Woman in the Wilderness • 1923 • oil on canvas

© Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Also known as 'Star and Siberia', this painting could be seen to express Mucha's love for Russia and her people.

As a young man, Mucha was strongly influenced by Pan-Slavism and regarded Tsarist Russia as an epitom of Slavic values.

Produced in 1923, this painting may have been Mucha's response to the terrible sufferings endured by the Russian people after the Bolshevik Revolution, which culminated in the Great Famine of 1921. In this painting, a Russian peasant woman, symbolising the suffering of the nation, sits quietly with a gesture of acceptance of her inevitable fate. However, the star shining above her indicates hope and spiritual salvation.

- Mucha Trust

Lilith and Eve - Yuri Klapouh, 1963

Mainie Jellett

Abstract Composition

c. 1922

The Girl by the Window 

oil on canvas 1893

Edvard Munch (b 1843)

“In the dead of night, a young girl in her nightgown stands in a darkened room gazing out at the city. The steep angle of the floor and the deep shadows that obliterate everything in the room, save a suggestion of a piece of furniture at the lower right, create an unsettling and enigmatic scene. Loosely applied, somber brown tones mingle with violets and blues, evoking a feeling of melancholy and anticipation. The window functions as a symbolic barrier, separating the interior from the outside world. The sense of mystery is deepened and complicated by the fact that we cannot see the expression on the girl’s face, nor do we know what she covertly observes. She in turn appears unaware that, as she gazes from behind the curtain at something unknown outside, the artist and implied viewer are watching her.“ -blurb from AIC website

Young King of the Black Isles (Maxfield Parrish, 1906)

Lee Mullican. Chalice of Summer, 1949.

oil on canvas

Pink and White Roses in a Glass Vase Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987, English)

Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee, "Lady Hillingdon" (1905)

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Ivy and Laurel, Alphonse Mucha (1901). Colour lithographies.

Alan Feltus (American, b. 1945) • La nostalgia del figlio (The Nostalgia of the Son) • 1993