We're by the sea for today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social

We've chosen the paintings of Alfred Wallis - a self taught artist who first picked up a paintbrush aged 70! Having lived by the sea all his life, his works often feature port landscapes made with household paint on cardboard.

🌊Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for 'John Bellany: Anchored' at Scottish Fisheries Museum!

This small seascape, 'Surge of the Sea, Ardglass', is atmospheric and full of movement. Painted by Hans Iten, the fluent Impressionistic manner is typical of his style.

This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Life by the sea. We’ve chosen Stanhope Forbes’ A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach (1885) from The Box Plymouth. Shortly after arriving in Newlyn, Forbes wrote of the beach at low tide: “Anything more beautiful… I never saw.”

This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange Life by the sea for ‘John Bellany: Anchored’ at the Scottish Fisheries Museum @scottfishmuseum

We love all Alfred Wallis' (1855–1942) maritime paintings, specially
Harbour Scene (verso) c.1935-37
@kettlesyard , University of Cambridge

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊

This work features in the exhibition 👉 https://artuk.org/visit/whats-on/EVENT807398

'Anchored' by John Bellany (1942–2013) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman 📷 Scottish Fisheries Museum

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊

'Beach Scene' by John Henry Mole (1814–1886) from
Royal Watercolour Society

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My pick for today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the theme 'life by the sea'.

'Tarring the Boat' (1873) by Édouard Manet, showing the maintenance and hard work behind maritime life on the beaches of Berck.

Another wonderful pick for today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the theme 'life by the sea'.

'Launching the Boat. Skagen' (1884) by the Swedish painter Oscar Björck, beautifully capturing the strength and daily labor of fishermen facing the tide.

My pick for today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the theme 'life by the sea'.

A beautiful 1894 preparatory study by Joaquín Sorolla for his masterpiece 'The Return from Fishing', capturing a local fisherman and the Mediterranean light.

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊

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'Woman of the North Sea' by John Bellany (1942–2013) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📷 University of St Andrews

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange theme is reflections 🪞

We asked Europeana colleagues to share an artwork from our collections that made them pause and think. From Monet painting the French Riviera to a 1931 glass orb self-portrait - what would you pick?

For today's #OnlineArtExchange theme 'reflections', I choose this striking painting: 'Woman before the Mirror' (1925) by the American artist Ellen Emmet Rand.

I love how the mirror captures her direct gaze, creating a beautiful contrast with the back view of her dress. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'reflections' 🪞

Sir John Lavery’s full-length portraits usually have an air of theatrical formality - however, the warm firelight and Hazel’s unadorned shoulders make 'The Green Coat' a tender and intimate study of his wife.

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'reflections', and we're sharing this work by local artist Bob Rudd, who is inspired by the landscape and architecture of the British Isles, including this view of the River Avon in Chippenham.

🖼️ Wiltshire Avon, Bob Rudd, oil on canvas

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is reflections 🪞

We've chosen two Lake Scenes, each with mountains and trees and a colourful sky reflected in the water. With the composition of each work, these two paintings also appear to be mirror images of each other.

🪞For today's #OnlineArtExchange theme 'reflections', I choose this beautiful detail from 'Young Woman at her Toilet' (1515) by the Venetian master Giovanni Bellini.

The delicate way she looks at her own reflection captures both physical and introspective beauty.
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This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is about reflections.
Reflections are a regular feature in the work of Orcadian artist Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008) A beautiful example of this is Reflections I from the Orkney Islands Council Collection on display at Stromness Academy

Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Reflections. Our choice is Harold Harvey’s Reflections, 1916, from Cyfarthfa Castle. His intimate portrait of his wife Gertrude captures light, mirrors and quiet domesticity—an atmosphere of contemplation.

🪞 Exploring the space between the gaze and the mirror for the #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social

This beautiful piece, "New York Interior" (c. 1921) by Edward Hopper, perfectly captures the essence of intimacy and introspection through 'reflections'.

Whitney Museum of American Art.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'reflections' 🪞

Read more about this painting 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/through-the-looking-glass-with-jean-cooke/

'Through the Looking Glass' by Jean Cooke (1927–2008) 📷 Royal Academy of Arts