Expanded from a 2015 blog. GUSTAVE MOREAU THE HAUNTING OF AN EMPEROR I believe neither in what I touch or what I see. I only believe in what I do not see, and solely in what I feel. Gustave Moreau French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) may not have the name recognition […]
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. CHRISTMAS AT THE ART MUSEUM A WINTER VISION IN JAPAN Christmas was not celebrated in his country in 1857 when Japanese artist Hiroshige created the magical Meguro Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill featured in this blog. However, today it is recognized as a secular holiday […]
This fifth and final installment of the Colorful Realm of Living Beings, that closed yesterday at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., features a subject quite different from the bird and flower silk scrolls of the previous blogs. For Ito Jakuchu, the creator of this dazzling 30 work masterpiece, also captured the […]
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