The Boating Party, 1893/1894 Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) This Wednesday, May 22, is Mary Cassatt’s 180th birthday. So we will be celebrating this week with her works of art starting with the […]
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Arts Everyday Living:Van Gogh & His Reverence for the Peasants–In the Endless Fields of France
Title: Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (After Millet), 1889 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) During the last year of his life, Vincent continued to express his respect and reverence […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh and Gauguin–Vincent’s Homage to His Friend and Colleague
Title: Gauguin’s Armchair, November, 1888 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Vincent’s closest friend, the artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), once sat in this chair when the two of them were living […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh and the Flowers of Spring—The Irises of Southern France
Title: Irises, 1890 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) FLOWERS OF SPRING AT SAINT-REMY, PART II When: In May, 1890, and is considered one of Van Gogh’s late works of […]
Arts Everyday Living: Vincent van Gogh’s Love of Nature—Expressing the Soul of a Bird
Title: Kingfisher by the Waterside, 1887 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Kingfisher–A small brightly colored bird with a long pointed beak, that lives near rivers and lakes and […]
Arts Everyday Living: At Home with Artists–From Monet’s Garden to Van Gogh’s Townhouse
THROUGH AN ARTIST’S EYES AT HOME WITH MONET, VAN GOGH AND OTHER ARTISTS Tomorrow I will be presenting the second class of a three part series on […]
Arts Everyday Living: A Walk in the Garden with Vincent–An Evening in Autumn, Sunset Sky
Title: Garden in the Asylum, 1889 Artist: Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890 When Vincent van Gogh created Garden in the Asylum in November, 1889 as shown above, he had been residing […]
Arts Everyday Living: Take an Art Walk with Van Gogh-Discovering the Eternal Mediterranean Sea
Title: Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Imagine if you only had a few days to capture the Mediterranean Sea, its endless horizon extending beyond in varied […]
Arts Everyday Living: Take an Art Walk with Van Gogh, from Holland to the South of France
THROUGH AN ARTIST’S EYES: LEARNING TO LIVE CREATIVELY ART WALKS WITH VAN GOGH, PART I Tomorrow I will be presenting the first class of a three part series […]
Arts Everyday Living: Dreaming of Butterflies–Royalty of the Garden, A Fleeting Existence
Title: Five Butterflies, c. 1912 Odilon Redon (1840-1916) Butterflies live for such a short time, on the average, a week or two, although some species endure a number of months. […]
