INSIDE RUSSIAN ART: THE GIRL FROM LONG AGO A magic moment I remember: I raised my eyes and you were there….. Alexander Pushkn Ilya Repin (1844-1930) was prized for his realist style in 19th century Russia, acclaimed nationally as his country’s leading visual artist. His painted accomplishments ranged from epic scenes, such as the Barge Haulers […]
LOST LOVES IN ART: MY HEART CRIES FOR THE PAST Belgian painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921) is recognized today as having influenced the works of his contemporary Gustav Klimtt, creator of the iconic The Kiss. Yet, how many of us know Khnoffi’s version, My Heart Cries for the Past,* done in 1889, some twenty years before? Where […]
VAN GOGH AND THE CYPRESSES OF SAINT-REMY, PART II ROAD WITH CYPRESS AND STAR ____ Road with Cypress and Star concludes my mini-exhibition of Van Gogh and The Cypresses of Saint-Remy (see: Monday, September 29, for part 1), created almost a year after the majority of his works of this distinctive tree that moved the artist […]
Green, Black, Moyune, Formosa, Congou, Amboy, Pingsuey— No odds the name it knows—ah! Fill a cup of it for me! And, as I clink my china Against your goblet’s brim, My tea in steam shall twine a Fragrant laurel round its rim. James […]
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