His finest.

‘Capel Point, Wanstead Flats’. A new painting that I began last January, not yet quite finalised.Thank you to all my followers for your encouragement and support this year. It’s much appreciated. ⁦@thegentleauthor⁩ ⁦@ahistoryinart⁩ ⁦@PaintingsLondon⁩

After an exhibition of John Nash's work in 1922, a critic wrote: 'A painting by John Nash is like a sentence spoken by a gentleman, perfectly enunciated, quiet, complete, yet with a certain reserve about it as of things left unsaid.'

"I shall dance all my life. . . . " -Josephine Baker #HappyNewYear2026 !! 🤍🩶🖤❤️

Fairfield Porter's picture was made Christmas day 1961. He wrote: 'I remembered what Bonnard said Renoir had told him: 'make everything more beautiful. This partly means that a painting should contain a mystery but not for mystery's sake: a mystery that is essential to reality.'

In Felix Vallotton's 'Honfleur in Fog,' (1911) he has chosen an unusual viewpoint by looking down from Mont-Joli to the west of the town and restricted his palette to a few colours; the sandy yellow and dark green lift the mood of the otherwise gloomy atmosphere.

This portrait of the artist Eileen Mayo (1936) by Edith Lawrence was a rare depiction for its day, of a female artist by another female artist. Both were alumnae of the Grosvenor School as well as the Slade having studied there alongside David Bomberg and Stanley Spencer.

A fantastic Gucci ad inspired by the work of Stanley Kubrick.

⭐ Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from the National Gallery ⭐ This large altarpiece by Jan Gossaert is crammed with details, from animals, angels and richly dressed kings and courtiers, they have all come to worship the infant Christ. This is ‘The Adoration of the Kings’,

May I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas & a Happy & Healthy New Year and my thanks for your support here. This is a wood-block print by Elwin Hawthorne, most likely from c.1931, which is the closest thing to an ELG Christmas card! #Christmas #ElwinHawthorne #EastLondonGroup

Merry Christmas to you all & thanks for your continued interest here this year; have a great day! #WinterRavilious for #ChristmasDay - Halstead Road in Snow, Eric Ravilious, 1935. It depicts a scene at Castle Hedingham in #Essex. The original artwork is in a private collection.

Nöel Coward called his style of work ‘touch and Gauguin,’ and although this sounds pretentious, it was his way of describing the colours he used. The majority of his paintings are of Jamaica; he first visited the island with Ian Fleming, in 1948.

'Farm on a Hillside,' (1914) is a superb piece of pictorial design by John Nash. He typically used trees to articulate space and unify a painting in an overall pattern; the clarity of drawing and controlled use of colour add to this painting's appeal.

John Nash's curious picture of two nudists facing fully clothed figures on Dunwich beach, Suffolk was painted in 1919. The tower of All Saints’ Church was the last building of the original village to collapse later that year.

It is twenty seconds to midnight on 24th of December 1899. Miss Isabel Jervis waits by her fire, shrouded by history. Tomorrow will bring Christmas.

Cette extraordinaire statue de la cathédrale de Naumbourg (Allemagne)

Stopping boiling lobsters seems to be triggering all the usual suspects on the right. Care & compassion for animals crosses all boundaries of politics. Anyone justifying this cruelty has no soul

1915 - a wounded soldier carries a Christmas Tree home to his family in Chelsea, London. I've cleaned-up this wonderfully poignant photograph captured 110 years ago. Merry Christmas to all. 🎄

'La toilette.' (1914) Firmin Baes was a master of using pastel, characterized by a velvet-like quality to the surface, a result so finished that it resembles an oil painting. Several artist friends have tried to create this work in oils and failed.

From Tove Jansson's book 'Moominland Midwinter'1957... Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #womensart ❄️ #Midwinter

The Sun Had Closed The Winter's Day 🎨 Joseph Farquharson (1904)