Girl Reading — George Clausen

Girl Reading, George Clausen (1852 – 1944)

The Hall of Spiders (An Illustration for Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast) — Charles W. Stewart

On the Way to the Doctor, 1974 by Charles W. Stewart (1915 – 2001).

Part of a series of unpublished illustrations that were to illustrate Mervyn Peake’s 1950 novel, Gormenghast. (More here.)

King Cheetah — Angela Gram

King Cheetah, 2022 by Angela Gram (b. 1985)

Playground No.6 — Peter Colville Horridge Gardner

Playground No.6, 1968 by Peter Colville Horridge Gardner (b. 1921)

Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) — Alice Neel

Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia), 1967 by Alice Neel (1900-1984)

Meshes of the Afternoon

Self Portrait — Dora Carrington

Self Portrait by Dora Carrington (1893-1932)

Medusa Grown Old — Marion Adnams

Medusa Grown Old, 1945 by Marion Adnams (1898-1995)

Pipe — Hideko Inoue

Pipe, 2004 by Hideko Inoue (b.1975)

Gulf Women Prepare for War — Maggi Hambling

Gulf Women Prepare for War, 1986 by Maggi Hambling b.1945;

An Unconscious Naked Man Lying on a Table Being Attacked by Little Demons Armed with Surgical Instruments; Representing the Effects of Chloroform on the Human Body — Richard Tennant Cooper

An Unconscious Naked Man Lying on a Table Being Attacked by Little Demons Armed with Surgical Instruments; Representing the Effects of Chloroform on the Human Body c. 1912, by Richard Tennant Cooper (1885–1957)

The Letter — Agnes Goodsir

The Letter, 1926 by Agnes Goodsir (1864-1939)

Lords and Ladies — Gluck

Lords and Ladies, 1936 by Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, 1895-1978)

Electric Chair — Eric Fischl

Electric Chair, 1979 by Eric Fischl (b. 1948)

Neo-Cubist Calvin

On the Contrary — Kay Sage

On the Contrary, 1952 by Kay Sage (1898-1963)

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