“In The Yellow Room Frieseke fused bold color juxtapositions and careful formal design, bringing together the qualities he most admired in the work of Monet and Whistler. He posed his model in the living room of his own house in Giverny, which itself was one of his artistic creations. Frieseke had painted the walls lemon yellow and ornamented the room with blue rugs and curtains, a striking color combination that Monet had also employed in his home. Against this backdrop Frieseke posed a costumed model, arranged Japanese ceramics, and massed containers of fruit and flowers to create a panoply of color and pattern. The large Imari-style plate and the model’s kimono reflect the artist’s interest in Asian art, with its emphasis on two-dimensional design and ornament. The wealth and variety of patterns Frieseke employed, as well as the way in which the figure is not given precedence but instead merges into its surroundings, also recall paintings by Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. Like those modern French artists, Frieseke created intimate domestic interiors that use bold decorative arrangements to explore the shifting relationship between paintings as representations of the real world and as independent abstract designs.”
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Mitzy. 🌻
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This is so soft and lovely! Thank you for the music, too. 🙂 Have a great week ahead.
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Happy Friday, Sheila! 😎🌻
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Simply beautiful…
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Rob. 🌻
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The blue and yellow combination sent me off to check the birth and death dates of Monet, van Gogh, and Frieseke. I wonder if van Gogh’s vibrant yellow and blue combinations (especially in his sunflowers) might have influenced Monet, and through him Frieseke.
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It is so interesting to follow the timeline and see how they might have been inspired by one another. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Linda. 🌻
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The woman in the painting surely must have designed the decoration of the room, since it matches so well her own choice of outfits, even her hairstyle and body posture, all brightly colored and lushly but demurely figured…
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I have always found it hard to be unhappy in a yellow room. Thanks for sharing your insights, Ana. 🌻💕
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Oh, my gosh, color therapy is wonderful. Look up Darius Dinshaw sometime 👌
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I must learn more – thank you, Ana! Is this the right one? Let There Be Light: https://www.amazon.com/Let-There-Light-Practical-Spectro-Chrome/dp/0933917392
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That’s the one! He’s no writer ~ it’s not a flow-through kind of book. But there’s much of interest in the history of this effort, and also with regard to the nursing director of a major women’s hospital, some of the results they achieved, and her refusal to even continue in her professional position unless given permission to continue using his methods.
To this day, his society releases that book for barely more than it must cost to produce it.
From Brazil now, as I understand it, we have whole beds surmounted by crystal lattices through which the colors flow. I myself used to own a tiny crystal-tipped wand for the purpose, and did indeed find myself part of one or two startlingly quick and complete healings.
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It surprises me (NOT!) to learn that mainstream medicine rejected these ideas. I found the website and look forward to learning more. Thank you! 🙏
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They’ve got a website, eh! Good works! You’re absolutely welcome, my dear.
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I love this painting. Ditto for the Bach concerto – excellent soloist.
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I am happy you enjoy these, too, Dolly. I love them both! 🌻
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A beautiful painting of its period.
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Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts, Vivienne. 🌻
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