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literary painting

120 artworks

Lewis Carroll with Alice

Lewis Carroll with Alice

Eileen Agar, 1961

Oedipe

Oedipe

Charles Lapicque, 1964

The Crack Up

The Crack Up

Charles Blackman, 1973

Home to Ithaca

Home to Ithaca

Romare Bearden, 1977

The Return of Odysseus

The Return of Odysseus

Romare Bearden, 1977

Battle with Cicones

Battle with Cicones

Romare Bearden, 1977

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Valerio Adami, 1983

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

Thomas Kinkade

Faust

Faust

Jean-Paul Laurens

Stenka Razin

Stenka Razin

Boris Kustodiev

Pinocchio Wishes Upon a Star

Pinocchio Wishes Upon a Star

Thomas Kinkade

Endymion

Endymion

Arthur Hughes

Alice

Alice

Charles Blackman

Insane Mary

Insane Mary

Angelica Kauffman

Frost-governor

Frost-governor

Boris Kustodiev

Alice

Alice

Charles Blackman

The Chess Game

The Chess Game

Charles Blackman

Salome

Salome

Raphael Kirchner

Desdemona

Desdemona

Frederic Leighton

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Eileen Agar

Heloise and Abelard

Heloise and Abelard

Robert Bateman

The Dead Knight

The Dead Knight

Robert Bateman

Alice

Alice

Charles Blackman

Alice

Alice

Charles Blackman

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