
Mary Gregory
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Mary Gregory
@MGregoryWriter
Arts journalist/art critic Member AICA-USA Awards @ NY Press Club, Press Club LI, NYPA. bylines Newsday Observer OurTownNYC TheChief WomanAroundTown LIPulse







A 15th-century medieval illustration of a crocodile.


⏳ There's one month left to experience "Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World!" At the forefront of modern art in early 20th-century Europe, Gabriele Münter constantly pushed boundaries. She revitalized landscape, still life, and portrait painting through bold color and transformed everyday subjects into something extraordinary. Rather than imitating reality, Münter sought to “convey an essence,” carving out a powerful alternative to purely abstract modernism. Get you tickets at the [link in bio.]

Diego Velázquez's masterpiece, "The Waterseller of Seville" (c. 1623), currently housed in the Apsley House in London.







22 Mar 1599: b. Anthony Van Dyck, leading court painter in #England during the 1630s #otd at 'Den Berendans' [Dancing Bear] Grote Markt #Antwerp







Good morning! World Record for Adriaen Van Stalbemt! Found in a cellar in Lille, this work by the Flemish master of the ‘cabinet d'amateur’ genre fetched €1,025,000M, crushing its €100,000/150,00 estimate, after an auction battle won by a lucky European collector.


