A Winter Evening

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Frederick Cayley Robinson

(English, 1862-1927)

A Winter Evening, 1899

Oil on canvas

A Winter's Evening

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Frederick Cayley Robinson

(English, 1862-1927)

A Winter's Evening, 1818

Oil on canvas

Two Sisters on the Terrace

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Pierre Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841-1919)

Two sisters on the Terrace, 1881

Oil on canvas

News from the Front

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Alexander Rossi

(English, 1840-1916)

News from the Front, 1899

Oil on canvas

A Story

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Alexander Rossi

(English, 1840-1916)

A Story, ????

Oil on canvas

"I love it! So full of seaside goodness...and of course everybody loves a crusty old sailor with storytelling skills. The kids look so captivated..they're surrounded by fun stuff to do; They could be sea-bathing, sailing, building record-breaking sandcastles. But why bother with that stuff when they're hearing an exciting story about a near-death experience in the Bahamas or somewhere?"
–Katie, reader and blogger

Falling Apple Blossoms

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Hamilton Hamilton

(American, 1847-1928)

Falling Apple Blossoms, ????

Oil on canvas

Picking Poppies, Sora

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Viggo Christian Frederick Pedersen

(Danish, 1854-1926)

Picking Poppies, Sora, 1884

Oil on canvas

Sisters

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Leonard Campbell Taylor

(French, 1874-1969)

Sisters, 1908

Oil on canvas

Love the colors and the peacocks!

Autumn Leaves

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John Everett Millais

(English, 1829-1896)

Autumn Leaves, 1855-56

Oil on canvas

The Victorian Web has an interesting entry on this painting. A catalogue entry from 1984 points out that:

The season, the dead leaves, the smoke and the sunset are all images of transience, reminders that all things must pass It is a setting redolent of decay and death that makes us conscious that the girls in the foreground, for all their youth and beauty, must inevitably go through the same processes.

And that the apple the smallest girl is holding is also an emblem of autumn, but may also be intended to recall Original Sin, which made mankind mortal. It goes on to talk about his poetic inspiration. If you are interested, you can read the full entry here.

Three Little Girls

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Charles Hopkinson

(American, 1869-1962)

Three Little Girls, 1911

Oil on canvas

The Three Princesses

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Edward Matthew Hale

(English, 1852-1924)

The Three Princesses, 1881

Oil on canvas

The Sewing Box

 

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Mary L. Gow

(English, 1851-1929)

The Sewing Box, 1880

Oil on canvas

I love the details. The embroidery frame, the tapestry, the folds of the fabrics . . . definitely a painting to enlarge and explore!

The Emigrant's Last Sight of Home

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Richard Redgrave

(English, 1804-1989)

The Emigrant's Last Sight of Home, ????

Oil on canvas

Wow. You have to love the colors in this painting. Bright, but not unnatural. 

A Teasing Riddle

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Augustus Leopold Egg
(English, 1816-1863)
A Teasing Riddle, ????
Oil on canvas

Aw. :)

Not too Much to Carry

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William Adolphe Bouguereau

(French, 1825-1905)

Fardeau Agreable (Not too Much to Carry), 1895

Oil on canvas

Bouguereau painted many paintings of children, but this one is probably my favorite. What sister doesn't have happy memories of when they were little enough for their big sister to carry them, or when their little sister was little enough to be carried? :)