The Perfumed Dandy

'Ida in an Interior.' (1897) Amongst his contemporaries, Vilhelm Hammershøi most clearly absorbed aspects of the style of Whistler; both artists worked in muted monochomatic tones, resulting in a style in which mood dominates subject.

L'Allée des Alyscamps à Arles Van Gogh - 1888

Edouard Vuillard's portrait (1912) is of Theodore Duret, heir to a firm of Cognac dealers, a collector, orientalist, and art critic; he was an early champion of Courbet, Manet, and the French Impressionists. He was also very fond of cats.

To bring our Kent themed week to a close, here's a great favourite of mine: "Meopham" by Walter Steggles from 1936. #Meopham #Kent #WalterSteggles #EastLondonGroup

'Union Square, Looking up Park Avenue.' (1975) Fairfield Porter cited Édouard Vuillard as one of his most important influences - he learned to paint in a manner that was 'concrete in detail and abstract as a whole.' This work was painted in the last year of his life.

"Apple Blossoms II". Fairfield Porter. 1974.

Upward (Wassilly Kandinsky)

This is John Allin's painting of the Jewish Soup Kitchen in Brune Street, 1973. Join my Spitalfields Tour to visit the Soup Kitchen and learn the story behind this. thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking

"Le Quais, au Pont Neuf". Eugène Atget. 1923.

'An East Anglian Landscape.' (c1971) In the early 1950s, Denis Wirth Miller settled in the Essex town of Wivenhoe - he considered the ship-building and fishing town a perfect retreat for his work and began to skillfully capture the austere, beautiful Essex flatlands on canvas.

André Lhote ( Français, 1885-1962): “L’Escale”, 1913.

After he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Albert Camus wrote a letter of thanks to his favorite childhood teacher, whom he'd never forgotten. It's beautiful.

"La pointe du Rossignol (Cap Layet)". Théo van Rysselberghe. 1905.

Mark Rothko Untitled (Red)

J.S. Sargent, Strada in Marocco

Gustav Klimt Italian Horticultural Landscape, 1913

Edgar Degas, Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River), 1869

@PompeySteph Nokes has been a firm ally, even at the expense of her own political advancement at times. She may well make a good Speaker one day.

Absolutely delighted to welcome numerous MPs to the first WANP event in Parliament yesterday, in particular the Deputy Speaker, Caroline Nokes, who was one of the first to arrive.

Hans Siebert von Heister (Düsseldorf 1888 - Berlin 1967) Tanz 1921.

The Seine at La Grande Jatte in the Spring #artbots #seurat