Ronan Barrot - Mary Magdelene, 2004
(Source: wheresdonnie99, via godfatherofgreenbay)
Anonymous portrait of Egon Schiele, 1914
Andy Warhol - Suicide, 1964
Good news!! A collection of the best of the first years of
my ‘Plump Oyster’ comics is currently in development and will be released a few months from now ! It will be a nice big volume of about 200 pages…leaving at least another couple hundred pages for a vol 2 later on. I’ll have more details as things go along for those interested in obtaining it. Here’s a look back at the cover art for book 5…
Chin-San Long (1963)
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Illustrator & Artist:
Rovina Cai
“Buried With Her Tresses”
2013
“Elizabeth Siddal was a poet, painter, Pre-Raphaelite muse, and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.”“When she died of a laudanum overdose in 1862, Rossetti buried a notebook of his poems with her. Years later when her coffin was exhumed, it is said that her corpse was remarkably well preserved, and that the book of poems was tangled in her long coppery tresses, which had continued to grow after her death.”“I recently saw a fantastic exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC [link]. It has been providing me with inspiration for the past couple of months. It’s open until mid-May (I think) & I would highly recommend it for anyone who loves Victorian painting, fantasy art or a penchant for the tragic”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/90a6a20acced6fcd85b08c8e459617d6/tumblr_mmfofhvbL51qeju05o1_500.jpg)
Illustrator & Artist:
Rovina Cai
“Buried With Her Tresses”
2013
“Elizabeth Siddal was a poet, painter, Pre-Raphaelite muse, and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.”
“When she died of a laudanum overdose in 1862, Rossetti buried a notebook of his poems with her. Years later when her coffin was exhumed, it is said that her corpse was remarkably well preserved, and that the book of poems was tangled in her long coppery tresses, which had continued to grow after her death.”
“I recently saw a fantastic exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC [link]. It has been providing me with inspiration for the past couple of months. It’s open until mid-May (I think) & I would highly recommend it for anyone who loves Victorian painting, fantasy art or a penchant for the tragic”
(via chasingeuphoriia)