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Public domain art of the day: "Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene" - watercolor painting by Simeon Solomon (1864)

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From the CNN article:

"Today, though his work is still not widely known, Solomon is considered a cult figure of gay and queer art history. [...]

"It was through meeting the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne that Solomon developed a fascination with Sappho, a mysterious but beloved 7th-century lyric poet from the Isle of Lesbos, whose few surviving poems and fragments describe longing and unrequited love – specifically for young women. (The word “lesbian” stems from her birthplace and this desire for other women.) [...]

"Solomon was not just an early champion of same-sex relationships in art, but the full spectrum of gender expression."

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From the CNN article:

"Today, though his work is still not widely known, Solomon is considered a cult figure of gay and queer art history. [...]

"It was through meeting the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne that Solomon developed a fascination with Sappho, a mysterious but beloved 7th-century lyric poet from the Isle of Lesbos, whose few surviving poems and fragments describe longing and unrequited love – specifically for young women. (The word “lesbian” stems from her birthplace and this desire for other women.) [...]

"Solomon was not just an early champion of same-sex relationships in art, but the full spectrum of gender expression."

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/simeon-solomon-art/

https://nararouge.com/drunk-on-art/academic-papers/sapphos-queer-spaces/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sappho_and_Erinna_in_a_Garden_at_Mytilene.jpg