HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER! Today, July 11, 2023, American master James McNeill Whistler was born 189 years ago in 1834. Along with being prodigiously talented, Whistler was always controversial, […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Changing American Landscape in Art–On the Edge of Climate Change?
The Changing American Landscape—On the Eve of Climate Change? In the 1850s, American landscape artist George Inness (1825-1894) was commissioned to paint The Lackawanna Valley above by the Delaware, Lackawanna and […]
Arts Everyday Living:The Grandeur & Beauty of the Nation’s Landscape–Soul of American Art
Landscape—The Soul of American Art When American master Thomas Cole (1801-1848) first saw this view almost 185 years ago, he was awestruck by its autumnal grandeur and beauty; the mountain […]
Arts Everyday Living: It’s Flower Week! Before Van Gogh—Monet’s Impressionist Sunflowers
The internationally famed water lilies became the obsession of French Impressionist icon Claude Monet (18401-1926) during the last decades of his artistic career. However Monet also created several floral […]
Arts Everyday Living: Returning Next Monday—The Blog of the Week
BE BACK SOON! I will be away for a couple of days. See you again for my Monday blog next week! In the public domain, courtesy of […]
Arts Everyday Living: A Museum Without Walls–Take a Virtual Tour of the World’s Art Museums
A MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS; TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE WORLD’S GREAT ART MUSEUMS First Installment of an Ongoing Series Would you like to take a tour […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Mother’s Day-A Gallery of Art-from Renaissance to Impressionism
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY A SPECIAL GALLERY OF ART Mothers and maternal bonding have always been central to the history of Western art. So let’s take a visual journey […]
Arts Everyday Living: Celebrate Spring with French Impressionist Pissarro—In the Orchard
ENJOY THE SPRING WITH THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PISSARRO COMING SOON BEYOND THE TUNNEL:THE ARTS AND AGING IN AMERICA ON OUR BLOG […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Vincent van Gogh, 170 Years Old!
VINCENT VAN GOGH Born: March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands Death: July 29, 1890, Auvers, France In the public domain, courtesy of the National […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh and the Most Beautiful Spring in Art —The Flowering Orchards
Reposted blog. I was enjoying the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin today. I wonder how Vincent van Gogh would have captured their exquisite and at times dream-like […]
