Jean-Leon Gerome (1824 -1904) ...Study of a bacchante, pencil and blood, c1867

Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883) ~ La Danse macabre, pen and black ink, grey wash and white highlights , date unknown

'There is a great dance over yonder,

My beloved I cannot see,

My beloved I cannot see among the crowd'

-Acoli funeral song

Moina MacGregor (née Bergson) (1865 - 1928) .. Women and flowers, oil on canvas, date unknown

Jorge Camacho (1934-2011) ... Gods of Strength,no8 pastel on paper,1997

Chinese school...Erotica, two girls in traditional dresses; oil on canvas.

Flemish School...a double-sided painting depicting the Grim Reaper and the eternal hellfire, oil on canvas, 18thC

      

   

                              

                              

Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) ... lithographs for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Gentleman From Cracow" and "The Mirror" 1970

Leonor Fini (1904-1995) ... Escarpolette III, oil on canvas 1970

The Fantastical Bestiary of Yolande Fièvre (1907-1983) ... ink drawings 1950

Stanislao Lepri 1905-1980 ~ The taming of the Shrew, oil on board, 1958

Guy Harloff (1933 - 1991) ~ Magic Star, mixed media on paper 1961

M. Saint Martin .. Illustration for Les Oraisons Mauvaises by Rémy de Gourmont 1922