Art Deco Arcadia from just about a hundred years ago... Thomas Baumgartner — circa 1915

Illustrations of Alphonse Mucha are very satisfying to my eyes, even when I'm not familiar with the story involved. Here, the young lad...

The old days, the old ways, promoted world travel with most compelling graphics. Travel posters were glorious. Isipatana means the plac...

I've seen several different color variations of this piece,  but this is the most pleasing one for me.  Alexander Benois — Chin...

This is "The Night", as it was 99 years ago . . . Gruber_ 1915

I love spooky scenes in art, as long they're not violent. This one is yummy spooky—called Lithuania by Artur Grottger, 1864

This piece is what art elitists would think of as lowbrow art, kitsch, or art for the masses. Yeah . . . so? I think it's a cha...

A handsome character sketch of a handsome rake of a character... Anton von Werner — 1875

This is a freaky cool German ad from 1917. Attention getting, ey?

This art looks like it was drawn by Peter de Sève, for the New Yorker or such. Yet it was drawn by Otto Flechtner some 98 years ago.  Go ...

Riders of the Wind by Elswyth Thane was published in 1927 and was a property that was optioned by The Banner Group. There was an effort t...

A philosopher has some mighty heavy thoughts to ruminate about, needing a solitary and timeless environment to uncover some truth. Look...

Yep, another impressionist painting by Richard Edward Miller. Yep, another green umbrella. Nope, I'm not complaining.

There's something about Impressionists—American Impressionists at that—that liked to paint women with parasols and umbrellas—women with...

California impressionism is easy to recognize and is beautiful to behold. Here, The Green Parasol by Guy Rose, early 1900s.

I can describe most of Georges Barbier's work in two words:  Poetic Sexuality! Georges Barbier

It's always fun to study the little world of The Teeny Weenies by William Donahey. I would think kids, of the contemplative nature, wo...

A mural, done properly, requires lots of sketches and preliminary studies to determine structure and tonal values, as well as composition. ...

"I have heard it related that a a certain time one of the younger cherubim wandered from Heaven in his play and came into the Realm of...

Next time you feel that YOU are having a bad day, think of this guy...