“Blommers, like many Hague School painters, had a preference for placing his motifs in the centre of his paintings…In this work he does not show any moralistic references or social commitment, but he paints the sunny side of life showing children in their happy and carefree state, which was not often the case in the…
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Zhang Daqian: Waterfall in Summer
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Peder Mork Monsted: A Cottage Garden With Chickens
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Zhang Daqian: Summer on California Mountain
“In spite of Summer on California Mountain’s imposing, immediate and effortless appearance, such ‘splashed-ink’ paintings were not made quickly, and required the help of his students and family members to dry each layer of colour or wash over a fire, and later with a hair dryer. This painting process was complicated and involved mounting and…
Vladimir Horowitz: Scenes from Childhood (Schumann)
“Renoir’s lavish scenes of frolicking bathers were some of the most celebrated compositions of his mature career, and Baigneuses is a beautiful and richly-painted example of this theme. The composition is one of Renoir’s more realistic portrayals of public bathing and features the subjects in the modest swimwear that was common during this era. The two figures in the foreground are…
Menahem Pressler: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 (Mozart)
“The Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major (K. 595) is the last of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756 – 1791) piano concertos, of a total of 21. He wrote it in 1791, the year of his death. At its premiere in Vienna, Mozart played the solo part himself – it was to be his final…
Edward Henry Potthast: A Sailing Party (c1924)
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Willard Leroy Metcalf: Summer Morning (1888)
“Discussing the present work, Elizabeth de Veer writes, “There could be no better evidence of this than his painting of an aged figure on a gently rising village road who bends over to pluck one more poppy to add to her bouquet. The great green and gold diamond of the hillside punctuated by the vertical…
Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Summer 3
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Camille Thomas: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op.65 (Chopin)
“A journey in three chapters to discover Chopin’s life through the sound of the cello. The most ambitious project of the Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas. Camille Thomas plays on the Franchomme’s mythical cello – the Stradivarius Feuermann. The Chopin’s sonata for cello and piano was dedicated to his friend Auguste-Joseph Franchomme. Franchomme transcribed the Chopin’s…
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