Cat-lovers will recognise the struggle 🐈
This sketch is a fabulous example of Da Vinci’s ability to capture expressions: just look this cat's clear disdain as it squirms within an overly eager embrace!
🎂 Leonardo Da Vinci was born #OnThisDay in 1452.
Happy Birthday Peter Paul Rubens!
This Flemish artist lived in the 16th & 17th centuries. He was a master painter who blended dramatic movement with a dash of realism. He had a knack for telling thrilling stories on a grand scale to generate a hugely influential Baroque style.
On this day in 1841, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born.
“La Promenade” is among his first paintings to depict large-scale figures in an outdoor setting using the light, broken brushstrokes of the new Impressionist technique, which he had been developing closely with Claude Monet.