Henri Rousseau The Dream

August 19, 2014 | Art Gallery

Henri Rousseau The Dream (1910)

The Dream is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Henri Rousseau in 1910, one of more than 25 Rousseau paintings with a jungle theme. Essentially he was self-taught and is considered to be a naive or primitive painter. When Pablo Picasso happened upon a painting by Rousseau being sold on the street as a canvas to be painted over, the younger artist instantly recognised Rousseau’s genius and went to meet him. In 1908 Picasso held a banquet in his studio in Le Bateau-Lavoir in Rousseau’s honour.

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Martin Johnson Heade Blue Morpho Butterfly

July 30, 2014 | Art Gallery

Martin Johnson Heade Blue Morpho Butterfly

Martin Johnson Heade was a prolific American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes.

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Ernst Haeckel Sea Anemones

June 25, 2015 | Art Gallery

Ernst Haeckel Sea Anemones Marine Vintage Illustration

The 49th plate from Ernst Haeckel’s natural history book ‘Kunstformen der Natur’ (Art Forms In Nature) of 1904, showing various sea anemones classified as Actiniae.
Victorian era science illustration in lush colors.
Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. They are named for the anemone, a terrestrial flower. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and Hydra.
Movement: Art Nouveau, Art Deco
Artistic scientific underwater animal colorful pattern fine art featuring beautiful sea creatures.

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Paul Gauguin Two Women Of Tahiti

August 26, 2014 | Art Gallery

Paul Gauguin – Parau Api – Two Women Of Tahiti (1892)

Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist whose experimental use of colors and synthetist style were distinguishably different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many modern artists. This beautiful painting depicts two women on the Pacific island of Tahiti on the beach.