Jeanne Moreau by Sabine Weiss

Blue Poppies (1908) Odilon Redon.

Zinaida Serebriakova painted 'Bleaching Linen,' a few months before the October Revolution in 1917 - as always with her work of this period there's a sense of Nicolas Poussin's influence, a style that would change after the Soviet period as Serebriakova struggled to sell her work

Today I've cleaned-up a really gorgeous autochrome portrait of Suzanne Lumière (daughter of Louis, one of the brothers who invented the autochrome process in 1903), which captures such amazing light! The glass plate photo was taken around 1906 & is original colour, not

Made in 1881, Georges Seurat's drawing offers us a view of the Hôtel des Invalides, the complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement in Paris containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an old soldiers' home.

Circles in a Circle (1923) Wassily Kandinsky.

November 5th, Eric Ravilious, 1933. It depicts the view from Eric and Tirzah’s flat in Stratford Road, Kensington, #London. The original artwork is in a private collection. #BonfireNight #fireworks #5november

Painted in 1913, 'Corner of the Church of San Stae, Venice,' John Singer Sargent has abandoned the 18thC panoramic tradition and painted a cropped version of the church, creating a more visually dynamic and arresting viewpoint.

This is "South Hackney Church" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. Previous conversations on our social media platforms have identified it as being St John of Jerusalem Church on Lauriston Road. #AlbertTurpin #Hackney #EastLondonGroup

'The Aldwych, London.' (1955) Charles McCall's London is often made up of views from a corner of a city street - his paintings have a strong sense of colour and painterliness just like his mentor Samuel Peploe.

When Whistler showed 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket,' in 1875, he outraged the chief moralist of art John Ruskin: 'I... never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.' And so a lawsuit began.

'Playa de Valencia,' was painted at the end of the summer of 1910 by Sorolla on El Cabañal beach, Valencia - it centres on one of his familiar motifs, fishermen landing the day's catch.

SEP / SWISS COTTAGE  Photography from my 2026 Calendar There are many unique signs to discover as you explore the London Underground network. I love the 'way out' roundel at the foot of the escalators at Swiss Cottage tube station.

This is "The Window" by Archibald Hattemore from 1931 which was the last year that Arch exhibited with the Group. The painting was once owned by the American fashion designer, Bill Blass. #ArchibaldHattemore #EastLondonGroup

Ruskin Spear's portrait is of Sir Robin Darwin, the great-grandson of Charles Darwin who as principal in the 1950s made the Royal College of Art a leading force in arts education and changed the image and fortunes of the Royal Academy. He was also a fine landscape painter.

'Hop Alleys.' In the 1950s, William Townsend began a series of paintings based on the different methods of stringing Kentish hop alleys - a pretext for complicated geometric abstraction without the need to paint abstract pictures.

Claude Francis Barry’s paintings of WW1 are amongst the most accomplished of his works, with his images of searchlights across London being the most evocative - here (1918) he used small concentrated dots of colour to create an atmospheric haze of light.

It is early in the morning, and there are few people about in this 1919 work by William Nicholson of the Cenotaph in London. It is the original white-painted wood and plaster structure designed by Edward Lutyens, it stands out in stark relief against the Foreign Office.

The evening light in Piet Mondrian’s 'The Tree,' (c1908) flattens the forms, and the muted tones reveal the influence of his evolving artistic philosophy. In time, he would move beyond nature, reducing his art to a rectilinear grid of black on white accented with primary colours.

On a rather wet & miserable #MondayMorning I thought that I might try to lift the mood by posting something that might remind us of summer days gone by. This is "Lyme Regis" by John Cooper from 1934. #JohnCooper #LymeRegis #Dorset