Belgium artist William Degouve de Nuncques (1867-1935) is often considered a Symbolist, creating unforgettable canvases based on his imagination and the realm of fantasy.
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Arts Everyday Living: Coffee, Anyone? The Universal Art of the Coffee Break
Coffee, anyone? A 17th century woman drinking the always popular beverage from a saucer (a method of cooling it), a young girl of the early 1900s quietly enjoying a cup, along with a slice of bread, or the striking display of its accoutrements. Belgian Leonard Defrance (1735-1805) and Swiss Albert Anker (1831-1910) both immortalized […]
Arts Everyday Living: the Art of Creative Living—A Room of One’s Own
What would we do about chairs? Or stools? Belgian Leon Spilliaert (1881-1946) and Hungarian Sandor Galimberti (1883-1915) were both artists who featured pieces of furniture in their works of art, realizing how these ordinary objects are so essential to our lives.
Arts Everyday Living: Escaping Social Distancing Through Art—Sea Visions & Voices
American master Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is acclaimed for his stirring and powerful seascapes such as Sunlight on the Coast done at his home in Prout’s Neck, Maine. How does it compare, though, to the poetic tranquility of Marine by Belgian Symbolist artist Leon Spilliaert (1881-1946)?
Arts Everyday Living: The Sound of Music—The Art Of The Duet
Belgian artist Charles van Beveren (1809-1850) spent most of his career in the Dutch capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam.
Arts Everyday Living: A Fan Among Flowers—the Richness of Still Life
Belgian artist Georges Lemmen (1865-1916) was influenced by both Impressionism of Monet, Renoir, and Degas, among others, and Neo-Impressionism, a style originating mainly with Georges Seurat.
Arts Everyday Living: February Miracle—Peonies Fantasy
Belgian artist Theo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926) was a versatile painter, his style influenced by both French Impressionist Claude Monet and Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat.
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of the Love Letter–A Private Moment
Belgian nineteenth century artist Gustave Leonard de Jonghe (1829-1893) often portrayed domestic scenes, featuring stylish women engaged in activities such as reading letters and entertaining friends.
Arts Everyday Living: An Impressionist Summer Continues—Early Morning Walk
AN IMPRESSIONIST SUMMER CONTINUES EARLY MORNING WALK An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau* I continue to find luminous works like Summer Morning by Belgian Impressionist Emile Claus (1849-1924), a perfect way to begin July 26th! *The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, […]
Arts Everyday Living: Earth Poem—A Child’s Homage to Spring
EARTH POEM A CHILD’S HOMAGE TO SPRING It’s Spring Again. The earth is like a child that recites poems. Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus Belgian artist Theodoor Verstraete (1850-1907) focused on scenes of the countryside, particularly of peasant life. Although I have used the above excerpt from the poetry of Austro-Bohemian Rainer […]
