Edouard Vuillard: The Pot of Flowers (1900) I love everything about this painting by Edouard Vuillard — color, composition, and especially the texture. If it is, indeed, a snapshot of his studio, then it must have been a lovely place to paint.Vuillard selected much of his subject matter;;;
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Maurice Utrillo: La rue du Mont-Cenis sous la neige (1935)
La rue du Mont-Cenis sous la neige As World War 1 began, Maurice Utrillo moved into a small studio overlooking the rue du Mont-Cenis in Montmartre – the street which became one his favorite subjects. “He would depict it in countless variations over the course of his career, under different weather conditions and lighting. With…
Edouard Vuillard: Marcelle Aron, Madame Tristan Bernard, (1914)
Click for enlarged view: Details Title: Marcelle Aron (Madame Tristan Bernard) Creator:Edouard Vuillard Date: 1914 Physical Dimensions: w156.5 x h181.3 cm (without frame) Credit Line: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Credit: gift of Alice C. Simkins in memory of Alice N. Hanszen Type: Painting Medium:Distemper on canvas Via Google Arts & Culture Thanks for…
Edward Hicks: Peaceable Kingdom (1833)
Note: Image galleries do not display properly in WordPress Reader. Best Viewed At Sunnyside. Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the…
Mignarda: ‘When You and I Were Young, Maggie’
“As Mignarda (http://www.Mignarda.com), we typically perform music from the 16th century, but while taking a break from recording the music of John Dowland, we did an impromptu rendition of this lovely old song.” The poem was written for Maggie Clark of Glanford, Ontario by poet George Washington Johnson. George and Maggie became engaged, married, and…
Federico Andreotti: Gypsy Beauty
This One, I Like! Florentine artist Federico Andreotti’s usual painting style of “elaborate period dress and affected airs… sometimes described as Rococo Revival” [1] does NOT appeal to me in general. However, Gypsy Beauty, is undeniably captivating and is the creation of a talented artist. Andreotti successfully captures the quiet joy of this dark haired…
Gyula Benczúr: Reading Woman in the Forest (1875)
A Popular Motif Gyula Benczúr (1844 – 1920) was a Hungarian painter and art teacher who specialized in portraits and historical scenes. Around 1874-1875, Benczúr tried to capture the form-dissolving effect of light in several compositions, but he resumed his course by wholly discarding plein air painting. As his letter reveals, he exhibited the…
The Breath of the Forest
Ancient Skies I sometimes forget to walk within my healing, boundaries not withstanding often preferring the purity of winter, the breath of the forest, and hawk wings balancing on my shoulders. Scars? What scars? Poetry and Image © Copyright 2019, ancient skies View original post
The Tree of Life: 17th century
“This association with the Tree of Life in Revelations is reinforced by the curling grape vine wrapped around the trunk of the tree, which is symbolic of the Passion of Christ and the promise of eternal life.” TheMet This unique image of a miraculous tree bearing multiple species of fruits and vegetables…
Lilla Cabot Perry: The Blue Kimono
Who Is Lilla Cabot Perry? Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 – 1933) was an American Impressionist artist and writer who published four volumes of original poetry and a translation of classical Greek verse. According to National Museum of Women in the Arts, “Although she had no formal art training until age 36, Lilla Cabot Perry became a professional painter…
Italian School: Kneeling Saints (c.1400)
Click for Enlarged Detail: Details: KNEELING SAINTS Italian School, circa 1400 tempera on panel, gold ground, a fragment, unframed 11 by 11 3/4 in.; 28 by 29.8 cm. Source: Sotheby’s Link: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/old-master-and-19th-century-paintings-n09103/lot.403.html Thanks for Visiting! 🙂 ~Sunnyside
Edvard Munch: ‘The Sun’, Part 1
“Good Morning!” These are the words this painting shouts to me. 🙂 I want to know more. Because there are numerous variations in paintings labelled ‘The Sun by Edvard Munch’, I decide to find and compare the many versions of Munch Suns.. As usual, the more I read, the more I want to know, and…
Endre Penovác: Silence
“The way of watercolor painting is like our world. The predictable, plannable and the unpredictable, unexpected happenings make it complete. Therefore, I apply watercolor technique in a way that allows paint and water to create miracles on the paper.” Endre Penovác ***all image copyrights belong to artist and/or owner Thanks for Visiting! 🙂…
Reuven Rubin: Entrance to Safed (early 1950s)
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Edgar Degas: The Entrance of the Masked Dancers (1879)
Connection: Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ According to ClarkArt.edu, “Unlike many of Degas’s ballet scenes, which combine details from sketches made at different times, this pastel relates to a specific production of Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’. The viewpoint is that of an abonné, a subscriber with privileged access, like the top-hatted gentleman on the far side of the…
Augusto Giacometti: Flower Pot With Cattleya (1923)
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Reuven Rubin: Landscape near Jerusalem (1968)
Distinctively Israeli Reuven Rubin (1893-1974) is the eighth of 13 children born to a Romanian Jewish Hasidic family in Galaţi. Rubin studies art at Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and Ecole des Beaux Arts and Academie Colarossi in Paris. “Although born in Romania and trained in art in Paris and Romania, Reuven Rubin … is…
Christmas Cards: Season’s Greetings from Edwardian New Zealand
HistorianRuby: An Historian’s Miscellany I’m delighted to share with you these colourful Christmas cards from the antipodes! This brief selection dates from 1900 – 1919 and the originals are stored in various repositories in New Zealand. New Zealand Christmas postcard circa 1905 – 1910 A parrot instead of robin redbreast? A parrot is not usually associated…
Wilhelm Wachtel: The King of Israel Viewing Jerusalem…
Who Is Wilhelm Wachtel? According to Leo Baeck Institute Art and Objects: Wilhelm Wachtel was a Jewish-Polish realist painter and illustrator. Born in Lviv,[Ukraine], he studied at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts under Leon Wyczółkowski and Leopold Löffler, and then the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Nikolaus Gysisa. He traveled to Vienna,…
Sister From The Order Of The Pre-Raphaelites
Lately, I have been delving into the lives of some of the talented women surrounding the Pre-Raphaelite movement, both artists and models, so I am delighted to re-blog this poem by Gwendrina. Published at The Peaceful Pub, “Sister From The Order Of The Pre-Raphaelites” is a poem about “a fictitious member of the group based…
Emily Carr: War Canoes, Alert Bay (1912)
The Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection of nearly 200 works of art is a visual journey through the history of art from coastal British Columbia. Spanning from the 18th century to present day, the Collection contains one of the world’s finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations masks; a large collection of works by…
Reuven Rubin and Itzhak Perelman: Jewish Art and Music
Reuven Rubin’s painting, Chassidic Dancers, appeared on the cover of the CD, Itzhak Perelman, In the Fiddler’s House, Angel/EMI Records, 1995. Listen to one song from the album: Click For Enlarged Detail Slideshow best viewed At Sunnyside Music Details Thanks for Visiting 🌻 ~Sunnyside
Reuven Rubin: Galilean Landscape (1929)
Galilean Landscape According to Christie’s, “In 1922 Rubin [returns] to Palestine, settling in Tel-Aviv: Galilean Landscape [is] painted during this period of rekindled communion with the land. The 1920s [see] Rubin becoming an artistic regenerative force in the burgeoning art community.“ Christie’s writes about this painting: Executed in the 1920s, ‘Galilean Landscape’ exemplifies Reuven Rubin’s…
Emily Carr: Forest Glade
“I sat staring, staring, staring – half lost, learning a new language, or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.” -Emily Carr See Full Biography: Emily Carr: Who Is She?
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky: Still Life With Lilacs
Click For Enlarged Image: Details: Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky, (1868-1945), Russian STILL LIFE WITH LILACS signed N. Bogdanov-Belsky (lower left) oil on canvas 30 3/4 by 26 in., 78 by 66 cm, Source: Sotheby’s Thanks for Visiting! 🙂 The End
Reuven Rubin: Arab Woman With Potted Plant (1923)
Distinctively Israeli Reuven Rubin is the eighth of 13 children born to a Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. Jewish Virtual Library states, “Although born in Rumania and trained in art in Paris and Rumania, Reuven Rubin in many ways is a distinctly and distinctively Israeli artist. (JVL) Although he spends his life traveling between Romania, Paris, New…
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta: Girls at a Window (c.1875)
Click for enlarged detail: Did you spot the binoculars? 😎 Details Girls at a Window ca. 1875 Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish, Rome 1841–1920 Versailles) European Paintings Medium: Oil on canvas Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436928 Thanks for Reading! 🙂 The…
Augusto Giacometti: Poppy on Gray Background, (1932)
Pioneer of Abstraction Augusto Giacometti (1877 –1947) was a Swiss artist from Stampa, Graubünden, known predominantly as a painter in the Art Nouveau and Symbolism movements, as well as for his work in stained glass. He was a proponent of murals and a designer of popular posters. He is cousin of Giovanni Giacometti – father…
Jean Brusselmans: Seringen [Lilacs], 1934
Via: Les Illusions perdues #Jean Brusselmans #Flemish expressionism #flower painting #lilacs #lilas #modern art #20th century Belgian art Click For Enlarged Image Jean Brusselmans (Belgian, 1884-1953), Seringen [Lilacs], 1934. Oil on canvas, 85 x 60 cm., Source: https://herzogtum-sachsen-weissenfels.tumblr.com/image/179720043974 Thanks for Visiting! 🙂 The End
Robert Delaunay: Eiffel Tower
Who is Robert Delaunay? Robert Delaunay (1885 – 1941) is a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. Delaunay’s key influence relates to bold use of colour…
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