Tendrils

William Blake - The Book of Thel - 1789

Hermann Obrist - Der Peitschenhieb - 1895

Henri Matisse - Venetian chair and fruits - 1942
Currently on show at the Royal Academy of Arts

Futur postérieur

Theo van Doesburg - Liggende vrouw (Nelly) - 1924

Wyndham Lewis - Nude 1 (Froanna) - 1919

Henri Matisse - Reclining nude, back - 1927

Moving towards a Ghost

"What would we be without the succor of what does not exist? (…) The myths are the souls of our actions and of our loves. We may only act while moving towards a ghost. We may only love what we have created.”

Paul Valery, Petite lettre sur les mythes, 1928

Attributed to Michelangelo - Detail from the 

unfinished Manchester Madonna - ca. 1497

Henri Matisse - Blue Nude IV - 1952

Theo van Doesburg - Archer (design for poster) - 1919