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The definitive Art Card for the discerning art lover, comprising an exclusive collection of paintings from the world's greatest art galleries and museums, reproduced faithfully to the highest possible standard using only the best materials. Published exclusively in collaboration with The Art Fund, an independent charity that exists to save art for everyone to enjoy.

A 25p donation from the sale of each card will be given directly to The Art Fund for the acquisition, restoration and conservation of works of art.

16cm x 16cm - Blank inside - White envelope

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Woman with a Cat

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Woman with a Cat

Ref: ART PB



Pierre Bonnard 1867 - 1947 French
Woman with a Cat - 1912

Back of card reads:
This painting forms part of the collection held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Bonnard excelled in quiet domestic interiors (reflecting his own contented family life). However, his colours and brushwork are often lusciously rich, so there is pictorial splendour in his work in spite of the low-key subject matter. In this painting the cat is the most animated feature - its paw upraised, its head alert. The woman, who looks down rather than out at the spectator, is more characteristically subdued. Her slight lean towards the table and her steadying hand suggest she is waiting for something to happen.
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Nude Youth Sitting

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Nude Youth Sitting

Ref: ART HF



Hippolyte Flandrin 1809 - 1864 French
Nude Youth Sitting by the Sea: Study of a figure 1836

Back of card reads:
Flandrin was a favourite pupil of Ingres, training under him in Paris and later in Rome (Ingres was Director of the French Academy there, and Flandrin was one of its prize-winning students). He became best known for murals in churches, but he also produced easel paintings of various kinds, including portraits and mythological scenes. This arresting nude study, with the back gracefully curved into an arc of a circle, shows how much he learnt from his illustrious master.
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Reclining Nude

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Reclining Nude

Ref: ART AM



Amedeo Modigliani 1884 - 1920 Italian
Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu Couche de dos) 1917

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Modigliani did not start painting the female nude seriously until 1916, so almost all his pictures of this type date from the last three or four years of his short life, Whereas his portraits usually depict friends, his nudes were painted from professional models or casual acquaintances such as waitresses. Whether reclining or seated, the nudes are shown in close up, with arms and/or legs cropped, helping to produce a feeling of great intimacy. They are powerfully erotic, but also notable for grandeur of form and resonant beauty of colour.
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Valpincon Bather

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Valpincon Bather

Ref: ART JADI



Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1780 - 1867 French
The Valpinçon Bather (Baigneuse de Valpin con) 1808

Back of card reads:
This famous nude is named after a family that owned it in the 19th century. It was painted when Ingres was a prizewinning student at the French Academy in Rome and marks the beginning of his fascination with the theme of bathing women. Ingres was so pleased with this extraordinarily graceful back view that he returned to the pose several times in his career, notably in The Turkish Bath (1863, Louvre, Paris), one of his final masterpieces.
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Creation Adam

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Creation Adam

Ref: ART M



Michelangelo 1475 - 1564 Italian
The Creation of Adam c.1508

Back of card reads:
Michelangelo always regarded himself as primarily a sculptor and he undertook painting commissions reluctantly, but his frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are probably the most famous and revered works of his titanic career The main scenes depict events from the Book of Genesis, and this is the most celebrated of them, showing God igniting life into the languid form of Adam - one of the most sublime nude figures in the history of art.
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Troupe

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Troupe

Ref: ART HdTL



Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 1864 - 1901 French
The Troupe of Mademoiselle Eglantine 1896

Back of card reads:
Almost all Toulouse-Lautrec's work deals with bohemian life in the seedily glamorous Parisian district of Montmartre, where he had his studio. His early death was brought on by excessive indulgence in the kind of pleasures he so often depicted. Nevertheless, he was a dedicated professional artist who produced a large body of work, including some of the most brilliant posters ever created. This one was commissioned by Jane Avril for a tour she made to London with three other dancers.
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