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BookArt: 30 Stunning Classic Paintings of Reading People

Ars longi, vita brevis For centuries, artists worldwide have demonstrated an amazing ability to capture the diverse moments of human life. Earlier, I have already featured here the set of pictures that showed reading kids. This time, let’s continue the journey without any limitations: today’s collection captures readers of all ages and in various environments….

BookArt: 30 Stunning Classic Paintings of Reading People

Ars longi, vita brevis

For centuries, artists worldwide have demonstrated an amazing ability to capture the diverse moments of human life. Earlier, I have already featured here the set of pictures that showed reading kids. This time, let’s continue the journey without any limitations: today’s collection captures readers of all ages and in various environments. The presented artworks have been painted by artists of different times and moved through decades, keeping the magic of the moment when readers are absorbed in a world opened by the books. Welcome to enjoy.


By Steven Christopher Seward


By Emil Brack


By Walter Firle


By Jim Daly

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By Norman Rockwell


By George Goodwin Kilburne


By James Pelham


By James Wells Champney


By Franz von Defregger


By Albert Anker


By Carl Spitzweg


By Francis John Wyburd


By Abraham van Strij


By William Wood


By Edwin Henry Landseer


By Albert Chevallier Tayler


By Arthur John Elsley


By James Charles


By Albert Bartholome


By Richard Boyer


By M. Knoop


By Edouard John Mentha


By Jean Monti


By Michael Peter Ancher


By Albert Anker


By Carlton Alfred Smith


By Hermann von Kaulbach


By Johann Georg Meyer


By Carl Spitzweg

norman-rockwell-books-and-reading

By Norman Rockwell

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