• Pre-Raphaelite delicacy

    Pre-Raphaelite delicacy

    Jules Frederic Ballavoine’s painting, pomegranate jewel, William Morris design and my photo of sea in Sicily. Pre-Raphaelism was a British artistic movement, born in the late 1840s, in London, during the Victorian era. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of three young students of the Royal Academy : William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), John Everett Millais…

  • An unreal horizon
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    An unreal horizon

    “Surrealism is the magical surprise to find a lion in a closet, where we were sure to find shirts.” Frida Kahlo. Mrs Pomeranz’s dresses and the Maxfield Parrish’s painting “Autumn white birch”. Sources : Pinterest and leparisien

  • Santa Claus is coming !

    Santa Claus is coming !

    Camille Pissarro’s painting (Piette’s House at Montfoucault, snow effect, 1874). Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s Christmas ornaments (Santa claus, house, fir trees, reindeers and an angel).

  • Cold hours of winter

    Cold hours of winter

    Claude Monet’s painting (Lavacourt in the winter, 1881), bird studs (Kaye Blegvad) and Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s angel.

  • Christmas in painting (2)

    Christmas in painting (2)

  • The Goddess of Autumn Carpo

    The Goddess of Autumn Carpo

    Mix of two paintings (Sylvia by Frank Dicksee, 1891 and The arched bridge by Trost Richards, 1869) and photo of a fall leaf. In Greek mythology, the Horae or the Hours were the Goddesses of the classical three seasons : Spring (Thallo), Summer (Auxo) and Autumn (Carpo). They were Zeus and Aphrodite’s daughters. Carpo was…

  • Chat impressionniste

    Chat impressionniste

    Claude Monet’s painting (Waterloo bridge, Sunlight effect, 1903) and my photo of a cat.

  • Un automne lumineux
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    Un automne lumineux

    “L’automne est le printemps de l’hiver.” Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Tara Jarmon’s coat, gold version of leaves and the background of the Claude Monet’s painting “The hunt”. Autumn was a season Claude Monet (1840-1926) depicted several times.

  • A l’ombre d’un oranger
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    A l’ombre d’un oranger

    “Orangers, arbres que j’adore, Que vos parfums me semblent doux ! Est-il dans l’empire de Flore Rien d’agréable comme vous ?” Éloge de l’oranger – Jean de la Fontaine Émile Vernon painting “Beauty under the orange tree” and Des petits hauts orange brooch.

  • L’Orientale

    L’Orientale

    Thomas Francis Dicksee’s painting (1800s), Gurhan gold dangling flake earrings and gold patterns (Pinterest).

  • A flowered spring
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    A flowered spring

    Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee’s painting “Spring Maiden” (1884), Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s painting “The roses of Heliogabalus” (1888) and pink flower earrings.

  • Ô Miranda, toi qui illumine de ta beauté la mer bleue
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    Ô Miranda, toi qui illumine de ta beauté la mer bleue

    Kenneth Jay Lane coral brooch, my photo of the sea in Tenerife (Puerto de la Cruz), Mucha illustration and Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee’s painting “Miranda” (1878).

  • Perdue dans la nébuleuse
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    Perdue dans la nébuleuse

    Manoush’s dress, Oscar de la Renta earrings and the painting “Heavenly Souls” by Michael Abakumov.

  • The future Empress of Russia Maria Feodorovna and her sister
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    The future Empress of Russia Maria Feodorovna and her sister

    Fabergé gold and jeweled frame by the workmaster Johan Victor Aarne (1899-1904), detail of a pendant Fabergé Egg and portrait of the Princess Dagmar of Denmark and her sister Princess Alexandra of Denmark painted in 1868 by the painter Franz Winterhalter. The Russian jewelry House Fabergé was founded by Gustav Fabergé (1814-1893). His son, Peter…

  • Christmas in painting (1)

    Christmas in painting (1)

  • A snow angel announcing Christmas

    A snow angel announcing Christmas

    Camille Pissarro painting “Snow effect at Eragny, Road to Gisors”, Ginger Jackie’s dress and WILHELM SCHWEIZER PEWTER ornaments (angel, shooting stars and street lamp).

  • A red house in the snow
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    A red house in the snow

    Tara Jarmon’s coat, WILHELM SCHWEIZER PEWTER’s angel ornament. The Franco-Danish impressionism painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) painted “Chestnut trees at Louveciennes” (1871-1872).

  • The Snow Goddess Chione draping the Earth with a white coat
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    The Snow Goddess Chione draping the Earth with a white coat

    The Franco-Danish impressionism painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) painting “Paysage de neige à Eragny avec un pommier” (1895), model wearing an Ulyanna Sergeenko dress, Debenhams’ fir tree decoration, Littlewoods’ spun acrylic light up reindeer and Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s Christmas ornament (shooting star). Chione (or Khione) is the Greek Goddess of snow, daughter of Boreas (God of…

  • Éperdue de beauté devant l’horizon bleu
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    Éperdue de beauté devant l’horizon bleu

    Rochas’ dress and jewel. Claude Monet’s painting “Marine” 1882.

  • The orange rising sun lightened and reflected on the sea
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    The orange rising sun lightened and reflected on the sea

    Prada’s dress and detail of the Claude Monet’s painting “Impression, sunrise” (1872). I made two different versions of the set.