“Speaking of his own art…, Rubin declared: ‘I am not at all interested in copying nature. I wish only to express the idea of a Supreme Being. I am a seeker of a God who will end the suffering of humanity. I see Him in colour, line, movement’ “(quoted in A. Werner, Rubin, Tel-Aviv, 1958,…
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Edward Burne-Jones: The Beguiling of Merlin
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Mary Cassatt: On a Balcony
“During Mary Cassatt’s early Impressionist period, she frequently focused on the activities of middle-class women in society—at the theater or taking tea, for example. At first glance, the arresting painting ‘On a Balcony’, which was shown in the 1880 Impressionist exhibition, appears to depict a woman in a public setting. However, the blue rail of…
Dame Laura Knight: A Girl Reading
“A young woman, in profile is reading a letter in a sunlit landscape; she wears a white blouse and her auburn hair is pinned under a broad-brimmed straw hat, its red ribbon falling over her left shoulder. On closer inspection, spots of sunlight piercing through the weave of the hat fall on to her face…
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky: Easter Table
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Edouard Vuillard: Two Seamstresses in the Workroom
“The women seen in profile in the painting worked for Vuillard’s mother in her corset and dress-making business. For a few years in the early 1890s Vuillard’s paintings became so highly patterned that they verged on abstraction. It is likely that his day-to-day contact with patterned materials through his mother’s work influenced his very intricate,…
A Christmas Message
“The Small One” A vintage radio story narrated by Bing Crosby, this twelve minute audio tells a delightful tale of a boy and his donkey called “The Small One”. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Flight Into Egypt Merry Christmas ✝️ ~Sunnyside
Giotto and Tchaikovsky: Birth of Christ
[We], who mystically representing the cherubim and singing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, let us now lay aside every worldly care so that we may raise up the king of all who is invisibly borne aloft by the angelic orders Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia Merry Christmas Eve ✝️ ~Sunnyside
Henri Fantin-Latour: Roses et capucines
“According to Pierre Courthion, “Not since the great Flemish masters has any artist been more capable of endowing flower painting with so much brilliance, so many shadings and so vivid a use of color than Fantin-Latour (P. Courthion, “Fantin-Latour, Painter of Flowers” in Henri Fantin-Latour, exh. cat., Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York, 1966). The extraordinary…
Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa: Romería, the Gipsy Dance
“Plaintive yet passionate, earthy yet full of grace, the Spanish gitana has been all but synonymous with Spain since her kinsfolk first landed on Iberia’s shores in the fifteenth century from as far afield as India. The Spanish came to revere but also fear gypsies because of their nomadic way of life and the freedoms…
Van Gogh: Two Cypresses
Cypresses was painted in late June 1889, shortly after Van Gogh began his yearlong stay at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. The subject, which he found “beautiful as regards lines and proportions, like an Egyptian obelisk,” both captivated and challenged the artist: “It’s the dark patch in a sun-drenched landscape, but it’s one of the most…
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…
Vincent Van Gogh: The Starry Night
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Giotto: Arena Chapel, Part I
O come, O come, Emmanuel O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan’s tyranny From depths of Hell Thy people save And…
Nati Dreddd: Caledonia
Hat Tip Many thanks to John Castellenas at johncoyote for introducing me to this song in the post I am dreaming of Scotland… Read More Bessie MacNichol at wikiwand See More Bessie MacNichol at wikimedia Bessie MacNichol at ArtUK Thanks for Visiting 🌻 ~Sunnyside
Who Am I?
Best viewed At Sunnyside. WordPress Reader is misbehaving…again. The Story Sunnyside was born many years ago, the name of my fictional home for orphaned children and animals in a story for Mrs. Watson’s eighth grade writing class. A medical degree and six biologic homeschooled children later, Sunnyside became the name of my classical education website,…
Hélène Grimaud: 2 Arabesques: I. Andantino con moto (Debussy)
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Van Gogh’s Life of Struggle
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John Everett Millais: Isabella
“‘Isabella’ was one of the first paintings made in the new Pre-Raphaelite style. It was begun shortly after the founding of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848, when Millais was only 19. The subject is taken from a poem by John Keats (1795-1821), based on a story by the Italian writer Boccaccio (died 1375). It tells…
New Dawn, New Day, New Life
“…It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me Yeah, it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me…” Hear More Sam Robson At Sunnyside Sam Robson Website See More Max Pechstein at Christie’s Max Pechstein at Artcyclopedia Learn More Max Pechstein at wikiwand Official…
Sonia Delaunay: Marché au Minho, Portugal
“In Marché au Minho, the artist places the beautiful young woman as the central figure within the composition, within her domain of the market. Colourful fabrics, fruits, vegetables and ceramics surround her in bright, primary hues formed of abstract coloured spheres, generating movement and depth and enhancing the dynamic arrangement of colour. The overall tone…
Carlo Mannelli: Trio Sonatas Op.3
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Vincent van Gogh: Pietà (after Delacroix)
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, September 1889 In the Autumn of 1889, Vincent remains ill. Consoling himself by copying works from some of his favorite artists, Vincent works in a small studio in the asylum of Saint Paul of Mausole in Saint Remy de Provence as he recovers from a prolonged episode of mental illness. To Theo, his brother,…
Gari Melchers: The Young Mother (1907)
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Habiballah of Sava: Language of the Birds
“Language of the Birds” – 12th Century Language of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr, also known as مقامات الطیور Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr; 1177), is a mystical twelfth century Persian literary masterpiece by poet Farid ud-Din Attarin, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. The poem title, which is in Arabic, is taken directly from the Qur’an, 27:16,…
Pierre Bonnard: The Croquet Game (1892)
The Game of Croquet is one of the first works by Pierre Bonnard, one of the founders of the Nabi group in 1888. It was exhibited in 1892 at the Salon des Indépendants under the title Twilight. The painting shows the garden of the family home, at Le Grand-Lemps, in Isère…The subject of the painting…
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3, no. 2
Georg Friedrich Händel, Concerto Grosso Op. 3, no. 2
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Tamara Natalie Madden: “Out of Many, One People”
Though Tamara Natalie Madden was born in Kingston, Jamaica, she spent her teenage years in Madison, Wisconsin. Born with dark skin to a mother with light skin, Ms. Madden observed endemic racist behavior from people of color, both in Jamaica and in the United States – based solely on the degree of darkness of skin;…
Isobel Lilian Gloag: Four Corners to my Bed
‘Four corners to my bed Four angels round my head Matthew, Mark, Luke & John Bless the bed that I lie on’ What Does This Mean? James Greig explains this rhyme in his essay “Isobel Lilian Gloag and Her Work“, published in The Magazine of Art, Volume 26 in 1902: ” [This] is a…
Edgar Degas: The Singer in Green (c.1884)
A sale catalogue in 1898 described the dancer pictured in Edgar Degas’ pastel, The Singer in Green: “Skinny and with the graceful moves of a little monkey, she has just sung her ribald verses and, with a gesture that conceals an entreaty behind her smile, is inviting applause.” With her small eyes, high cheeks, and…
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