Reading

"The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions."

(Virginia Woolf, The Common Reader)

The Bookworm by Carl Spitzweg

The Bookworm  1850

Carl Spitzweg
Decadent young woman. After the dance by Ramon Casas i Carbó

Decadent young woman. After the dance  1899

Ramon Casas i Carbó (ES)
The Story Book by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

The Story Book  1877

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (FR)
Girl reading by Tony Robert-Fleury

Girl reading  1880

Tony Robert-Fleury
Sunday Morning by Hendrik Jacobus Scholten

Sunday Morning  1865

Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (NL)
Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Young Girl Reading  1770

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (FR)
Poetry by Christina Ramos

Poetry  2013

Christina Ramos (US)
L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux by Vincent van Gogh

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux  1889

Vincent van Gogh (NL)
An Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Hannah by Rembrandt

An Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Hannah  1631

Rembrandt (NL)
Nasturtiums by E. Phillips Fox

Nasturtiums  1912

E. Phillips Fox (AU)
Springtime by Claude Monet

Springtime  1872

Claude Monet (FR)
Lilies Bathing in the Sun by Helene Beland

Lilies Bathing in the Sun  2002

Helene Beland (CA)
In the Hammock by Winslow Homer

In the Hammock  1873

Winslow Homer (US)
A Woman Reading by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A Woman Reading  1870

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (FR)
A Young Woman Reading by Gustave Courbet

A Young Woman Reading  1868

Gustave Courbet (FR)
Good Friends (Portrait of the Artist's Sister Bertha Edelfelt) by Albert Edelfelt

Good Friends (Portrait of the Artist's Sister Bertha Edel...  1881

Albert Edelfelt (FI)
At Breakfast by Laurits Andersen Ring

At Breakfast  1898

Laurits Andersen Ring (DK)
The Sick Girl by Michael Peter Ancher

The Sick Girl  1882

Michael Peter Ancher (DK)
Dans la Bibliothèque by Auguste Toulmouche

Dans la Bibliothèque  1872

Auguste Toulmouche (FR)
The Penitent Magdalene by Titian

The Penitent Magdalene  1565

Titian (IT)