Art & Paintings On Stamps

Azerbaijan
Art - Vincent Van Gogh
July 10, 2023
The stamp set and minisheet features paintings by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890):
Wheat Field with Cypresses, Irises, Self-portrait, Starry Night, Sunflowers, The Olive Trees[/i], Wheat Field with Crows[/i].

France
Eva Gonzales
April 24, 2023
The stamp reproduces painting The Sparrow (1865) by Eva Gonzalès (1849-1883), one of the most notable female Impressionists in the nineteenth century.

Nederland - Netherlands
1 December 1941
Kinderpostzegels (Child welfare)
'Titus aan de Lezenaar' (1655)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
NVPH nrs. 397 - 401



The set of five stamps reproduce the painting 'Titus aan de Lezenaar' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. The painting is in the collection of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. In 1655, Rembrandt painted his 14-year old son Titus seated at a lectern.


* Picture from the website of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.

Nederland - Netherlands
1 December 1937
Kinderpostzegels (Child welfare)
'Lachende Jongen' (1625)
Frans Hals
NVPH nrs. 300 - 304



The stamps depict a portrait of a laughing boy painted by Frans Hals. The painting from 1625 is in the collection of the Mauritshuis in the Hague.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbia)
175th Anniversary of the Birth of Paul Gauguin
September 29, 2023
The minisheet includes painting The Yellow Christ (1889) by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903).

Nederland - Netherlands
6 April 1965
Resistance Monuments (1940 - 1945)
Sculptures:
7 c(ent): Oorlogsmonument Waalwijk (Johannes Anton Raedecker), and 'De Verwoeste Stad'
15 c(ent): 'De Dokwerker' (Mari Andriessen), and Oorlogsmonument Waalwijk
40 c(ent): 'De Verwoeste Stad' (Ossip Zadkine), and 'De Dokwerker'
NVPH nrs. 836 - 838



The Netherlands had declared itself a neutral country at the start of World War II, as it had done during World War I. However, on 10 May 1940, the Germany army invaded the Netherlands. On 5 May 1945, the German army surrendered to the allied forces. May 1965, therefore, saw the 25th anniversary of the start and 20th anniversary of the end of World War II.

On the occasion of these anniversaries, a set of three stamps dedicated to monuments related to the resistance was issued. The stamps depict three sculptures commemorating events of the war.

The 7 c. stamp depicts a sculpture by Johannes Raedecker commemorating the inhabitants of Waalwijk who were killed during the war. The statue located in the Burgermeester Moonenlaan in Waalwijk represents a man falling in front of a firing squad. Among the people to whom the monument is dedicated is the town's mayor Eduard Moonen who was executed by a German firing squad on 6 September 1944. In the background is the monument 'De Verwoeste Stad' also depicted on the 40 c. stamp.



The 15 c. stamp depicts 'De Dokwerker' (The Dockworker) by Mari Andriessen commemorating the general strike of 25 and 26 February 1941 in protest against the persecution of Jews. The monument is located in Amsterdam where the strike started. In the background is the war monument in Waalwijk depicted on the 7 c. stamp.



The 40 c. stamp depicts a sculpture by Ossip Zadline, located in Rotterdam, commemorating the German bombardment of Rotterdam that took place on 14 May 1940. The German Luftwaffe dropped bombs on the second city of the Netherlands, Rotterdam. After this bombardment that killed 711 people, the Netherlands surrendered as Germany threatened to bombard other major cities. In the background is the sculpture 'De Dokwerker' depicted on the15 c. stamp.



* Images from Oorlogsgraven Stichting (Waalwijk), and Wikipedia (Others).

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10 July 1967
British Paintings
4d: 'Charles William Lambton' by Sir Thomas Lawrence
9d: 'Mares and Foals in a River Landscape' by George Stubbs
1/6: 'Coming Out of School' by L. S. Lowry
Stanley Gibbons nrs. 748 - 750



On 10 July 1967, the GPO issued a set of three stamps depicting the works of British painters. The 4d stamp (also shown on page 10) depicts a portrait of Charles William Lambton by Sir Thomas Lawrence. It was painted in 1825. Also known as 'The Red Boy' and 'Master Lambton,' the oil-on-canvas painting is part of the collection of the National Gallery.

The 9d stamp reproduces a painting of mares and foals in a river landscape that is part of a group of paintings painted between 1760 and 1769 for aristocratic patrons by George Stubbs. The painting is part of the Tate Gallery's collection.

The 1/6 stamp depicts an oil painting on plywood by Laurence Stephen Lowry from the Tate Gallery's collection. Lowry painted the scene of children coming out of a school in 1927. According to a letter from the artist, this is not a depiction of a particular place but is based on recollections of a school seen in Lancashire.

France
Alphonse Mucha
September 18, 2023
Reverie (1897) by Czech graphic artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)

Romania
150th Birth Anniversary of Octav Bancila
February 17, 2022
Lady Reaper (1922) by Octav Bancila (1872-1944)

Slovakia
Art - The Gothic Route
October 26, 2023
The stamp features wall painting in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Rákoš.

Slovakia
Fine Art - Paintings
October 21, 2022
Saint Martin on horseback (1836) by Ján Rombauer (1782-1849)

Vatican
450th Anniversary of the Birth of Caravaggio
September 8, 2021
Martirio di san Matteo (1599-1600) by Caravaggio (1571-1610)

Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Saint John the Baptist Patron
June 22, 2021
Battesimo di Gesù (1568) by Paolo Farinati (1524-1606)

Italy
300th Anniversary of the Birth of Bernardo Bellotto
September 7, 2022
Il rio dei Mendicanti e la Scuola Grande di San Marco (ca. 1740) by Bernardo Bellotto (1722-1780)

Czech Republic
Baroque Mural Art
May 17, 2023
38kc: Mural by Carpoforo Tencalla, from from Krom#283;#345;íž Chateau
44kc: Mural by Godyn, from Troja Castle
Minisheet: mural from Baroque garden Vrtbovska zahrada