Watanabe Shōtei
(1851– 1918)
 

Watanabe Seitei (渡辺 省亭), also known as Watanabe Shōtei, was a Japanese Nihonga painter who was one of the first Japanese painters to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. He blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Yōsai school, introducing a new approach to kachōga (bird-and-flower painting). 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watanabe_Shōtei

Bird on a branch
1916
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, United States

Frederick Stuart Church
(1842 - 1924)
 

Frederick Stuart Church was an American artist, working mainly as an illustrator and especially known for his (often allegorical) depiction of animals.
He became especially known for his fondness of depicting animals, both in their natural state and in anthropomorphic "allegorical compositions" - having both the patience and empathy needed to gain the confidence of his animal "models" and a through understanding of animal anatomy, as well as of animal facial expressions and the moods and feelings they conveyed. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stuart_Church

Tiger and Bird
1892
etching with plate tone
IMA art Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, United States
https://collections.discovernewfields.org/art/artwork/75158

Carel Fabritius
(1610 - 1696)

 

Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijʏs]; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with perspective and lighting. Among his works are A View of Delft (1652; National Gallery, London), The Goldfinch (1654), and The Sentry (1654).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Fabritius

The Goldfinch
1654
Oil on panel
33,5 cm x 22,8 cm 
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

https://www.mauritshuis.nl/ontdek-collectie/kunstwerken/605-het-puttertje
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldfinch_(painting) 

Henriette Browne
(1829 - 1901)

Henriette Browne was the pseudonym for Mme Jules de Saux, née Sophie Boutellier (1829-1901). She specialised in genre scenes, especially Near-Eastern and religious subjects, as well as portraits. She also worked as an engraver. She started exhibiting at the Salon in Paris in 1853 and exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, between 1871 and 1879. This painting is a fine example of Henriette Browne’s output as it combines a genre scene, a little girl distracted while doing her homework and a child portrait. The interest in everyday life and close observation of nature is characteristic of the French Realist movement emerged in the 1840s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Browne

A Girl Writing; The Pet Goldfinch
1874
Oil on canvas
74 × 92 cm
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 Abraham Bloemaert
(1566 - 1651)
 

Abraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, training most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Bloemaert

Old man with chicken
After 1620
Oil on oak panel
72 x 64 cm
Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Today the last in this series of street art and murals. 
I chose 30 from a list of more than hundred all created this year in August. The members of the community voted for a work not among my selection. It’s a smaller mural by Eva Casais.

https://streetartcities.com/artists/eva-casais

Chosen as best of the month:

https://streetartcities.com/markers/d41348a0-9c12-43a2-af6f-8e577347fbc3

All nominees:

https://streetartcities.com/awards/2025-08/nominees

 

Alegria Del Prado

A street artist duo active in France, Spain and 5 other countries.

https://streetartcities.com/artists/alegria-del-prado

Lynx
Created on August 8, 2025
50 Rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Mexican-Spanish artist duo Alegria Del Prado has unveiled a striking mural in Boulogne-sur-Mer, centered around a majestic lynx crafted from a tapestry of animals and plants. This surreal and poetic fresco invites viewers to rediscover the hidden beauty of nature, often overlooked in urban life, through intricate details like butterflies, birds, flowers, snails, and beetles. The lynx, Europe’s largest feline and a discreet presence in France, symbolizes the wild spirit that quietly persists beneath the surface of modern cities.


It so happens that this summer there was, after a hiatus of a couple of years, an action to create some murals in the district of Antwerp where I live. It was called Walls of Boho 2025.
One of these was just around the corner for me.

https://streetartcities.com/markers/3af8d268-a543-47ec-9f91-ed14e7ee41ba

Filite

  

A street artist active in Brazil and Spain.

 
https://streetartcities.com/artists/filite

Medo
Created on August 3, 2025
Av. Miguel Estefno, 478 - Vila da Saúde, São Paulo - SP, 04301-000, Brazil