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The Last Judgement-Bosch 1505

The Last Judgement-Bosch 1505

Umbrellas: Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1884
 National Gallery, London

Umbrellas: Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1884

 National Gallery, London

Queen Guinevre’s Maying-John Collier c. 1900
Oil on Canvas
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, England 

Queen Guinevre’s Maying-John Collier c. 1900

Oil on Canvas

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, England 

The Stolen Kiss-Jean Honoré  Frangonard  C. Late 1780s
Oil on Canvas 
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

The Stolen Kiss-Jean Honoré  Frangonard  C. Late 1780s

Oil on Canvas 

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Cartouche with the bust of NIcolas Poussin in the garland of flowers. -Daniel Seghers
Circa: 1650-1651
Oil on Canvas
National Museum of Warsaw

Cartouche with the bust of NIcolas Poussin in the garland of flowers. -Daniel Seghers

Circa: 1650-1651

Oil on Canvas

National Museum of Warsaw

Pyramid of Skulls-Paul Cezanne 1901 
Oil on Canvas Private Collection

Pyramid of Skulls-Paul Cezanne 1901 

Oil on Canvas Private Collection

Portrait of Franz Hellens- Amedeo Modigliani
1919 
Private Collection
Oil on Canvas 

Portrait of Franz Hellens- Amedeo Modigliani

1919 

Private Collection

Oil on Canvas 

Vik Muniz: Pictures of Garbage

Vik Muniz: Pictures of Garbage

Vik Muniz: Pictures of Garbage
Portrait of a picker who works at Jardim Gramacho, the largest landfill in South America. All proceeds of the larger prints were donated to the Garbage Pickers Association of Jardim Gramacho.
Medium: Garbage and Recyclable goods collected at Jardim Gramacho. 
Check out his journey to make these portraits in the documentary Wasteland: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268204/

Vik Muniz: Pictures of Garbage

Portrait of a picker who works at Jardim Gramacho, the largest landfill in South America. All proceeds of the larger prints were donated to the Garbage Pickers Association of Jardim Gramacho.

Medium: Garbage and Recyclable goods collected at Jardim Gramacho. 

Check out his journey to make these portraits in the documentary Wastelandhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268204/

Audrey-Ben Slow 

Audrey-Ben Slow 

Bastille-Ben Slow
Had to repost this one. He’s one of my favorite artists. Does absolutely phenomenal portraits. 

Bastille-Ben Slow

Had to repost this one. He’s one of my favorite artists. Does absolutely phenomenal portraits. 

Portrait of Kate Moss-Chuck Close 

Portrait of Kate Moss-Chuck Close 

Raphaelesque Head Exploding (1951)-Salvador Dali

Raphaelesque Head Exploding (1951)-Salvador Dali