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#FridayPainting: Gustav Klimt “Lady with Hat and Feather Boa”
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever wants to know something about me -as an artist, the only notable...
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#FridayPainting: Leo Putz “Lady in Blue”
Leo Putz (1869-1940) “Lady in Blue” Leo Putz was sixteen when he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. His father, who was convinced of his son’s extraordinary artistic gift, sent him to the...
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#FridayPainting: Frederick Carl Frieseke “Afternoon Tea on the Terrace”
“Afternoon Tea on the Terrace” brings back many vivid memories, although I have never worn the bonnets, petticoats and full skirts of the era depicted. As for sitting on a terrace, I was more apt to...
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#FridayPainting: Juan Gris “Flowers”
I knew immediately when I viewed Flowers by Juan Gris that I was looking at a coffee cup. What I did not know was that there was a second coffee cup until I visited The Met online which described the...
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#FridayPainting: Charles Auguste Émile Durand aka Carolus-Duran “Portrait of...
Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran was a French painter and art instructor. Well connected, he was renowned for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic...
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#FridayPainting: Bessie MacNicol “Two Sisters”
Tonight I am traveling virtually to Glasgow, Scotland, the port city on the River Clyde in Scotland’s western Lowlands. There is an artistic energy that vibrates in a city renowned for its Victorian...
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#FridayPainting: Dante Gabriel Rossetti “Joan of Arc Kisses the Sword of...
Dante Gabriel Rossetti is described as an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator, and member of the Rossetti family. The last phrase “member of the Rossetti family” ignited my curiosity. I...
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#FridayPainting: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec “Margot”
My Art Calendar painting for November 19, 2021 was a surprise. I would never have guessed that the artist was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. If Margot had been captured in one of his famous posters, I...
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#FridayPainting: Jan Steen “As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young”
“As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young” is a scene of pure joy. Laughter, singing, eating and the feeling of belonging welcomes me to join in the merriment. The window is open, the fire glows in the...
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#FridayPainting: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun “Portrait of Marguerite Porporati”
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was charming, witty, and a brilliant portrait painter. Known for her sensitivity and ability to capture the essence of a personality through facial expression and...
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#FridayPainting: Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell “A Lady in Black”
I love hats! When I turned over my art calendar for December 6, 2021, I knew without looking ahead that Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell’s “A Lady in Black” would be my choice for the #FridayPainting....
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#FridayPainting: Clémence Roth, “Little Girl with Orange”
Clémence Roth‘s “Little Girl with an Orange” reminds me of my childhood when I visited open air markets with my mother, Frances. Oranges always caught my attention. The colour orange has a vibrant...
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#FridayPainting: Fra Angelico “Annunciatory Angel”
Merry Christmas Eve with Fra Angelico Fra Angelico (1400-55) Annunciatory Angel (1450-55) Gold leaf and tempera on panel Detroit Institute of Arts The Annunciation represents the biblical story in...
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#FridayPainting: John William Waterhouse “Destiny”
Happy New Year! We have come to New Year’s Eve and await the arrival of a new year – 2022. “Destiny” by John William Waterhouse is the last painting in my 2021 Art Calendar. I sense, within this...
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#FridayPainting 2022
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first #FridayPainting of 2022, which unveils two magnificent paintings. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer The 2022 Art Calendar welcomed me with “Girl with a...
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#FridayPainting: Paul Signac “The Papal Palace in Avignon”
“The art of the colourist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music.” Paul Signac Paul Signac (1863-1935) The Papal Palace in Avignon 1909 Oil on Canvas Paul Signac was studying architecture...
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#FridayPainting: Paul Cézanne “Still Life with Fruit Dish”
Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were in accord in their estimation of Paul Cézanne when they remarked Paul Cézanne “is the father of us all”. In history, there are pivotal moments. Paul Cézanne forged...
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#FridayPainting: Peter Paul Rubens “The Triumphal Chariot of Kallo”
Sir Peter Paul Rubens is one of the most important painters in European art history. He created 2,500 compositions and approximately 10,000 works of art: paintings, drawings, book illustrations and...
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#FridayPainting: Shore House by George Wesley Bellows
“Try everything that can be done. Be deliberate. Be spontaneous. Be thoughtful and painstaking. Be abandoned and impulsive. Learn your own possibilities.”George Bellows Shore House 1911 by George...
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We do not know when we started…
We do not know when we started, we will not know when we will end By Christopher Lacroix Pablo Picasso once said that “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” That was the thought that...
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