Title: Portrait of Ari Redon, c. 1898 Artist: Odilon Redon (1840-1916) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, REDON Yesterday, April 20, was French master Odilon Redon’s 184th birthday celebration! Although he exhibited in […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Anthony van Dyck, the Ultimate Portraitist-Capturing the Spirit of a Toddler
Title: Maddalena Cattaneo, 1623 Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Her name was Maddelena and definitely no ordinary child. For her parents the Marchese Giacomo and Marchesa Elena Cattaneo were […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Leonardo da Vinci! His Portrait of a Florentine Aristocrat
Title: Ginevra de’Benci, c. 1474/1478 Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARDO DA VINCI Tomorrow, April 15th, will be Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci’s 572nd birthday. Only about […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of Grace and Beauty–Thomas Wilmer Dewing’s Ode to Women
Title: Lady with a Mask, 1911 Artist: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) American master Thomas Wilmer Dewing is not officially categorized as belonging to the Boston School like William […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of the Solar Eclipse—Spring, April 8, 2024
Title: The Art of the Solar Eclipse, April 8, 2024 Artist: Karen Spence (b. 1949)
Arts Everyday Living: A Room in New England–An Artist’s Daughters on a Summer Day
Title: Josephine and Mercie, 1908 Artist: Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862-1938) Have you heard of the Boston School? These American artists, working mainly in the late 19th century and early 20th […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Inspiration of Vermeer–William M. Paxton & the Art of the Interior
Title: The House Maid, 1910 Artist: William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) Have you heard of the Boston School? These American artists, working mainly in the late 19th century and early […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Vincent van Gogh! His Bedroom–A Place of Rest & Sleep?
The Bedroom, 1889 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) A BELATED BIRTHDAY GREETING TO VINCENT BORN: MARCH 30, 1853 In this painting, we enter one of the four rooms of Vincent’s […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Easter and Spring–Winslow Homer & the Tiniest of Chickens
A Sick Chicken, 1874 American Artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Can you see the baby chick, held so tenderly by the young farmer girl, her face shaded by a sunbonnet? Coming […]
Arts Everyday Living: Celebrating Women’s History–Twentieth Century American Women Artists
CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring women artists through the centuries. A number of them are “famous,” but others […]
