Title: Man with a Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker) Artist: Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) In this portrait, we have entered the gentlemanly world of Mr. Henry Sturgis Drinker, engineer and future university […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Impressionist Hassam’s Immortal Friend—the Poet of Appledore Island
A few years before she died, American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935) immortalized his poet friend Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) surrounded by the summer blossoms she lovingly tended. For Appledore was her […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through Impressionist Eyes–Red Poppies in an Island Garden on the Sea
Title: Isle of Shoals Artist: Childe Hassam (1859-1935) Have you ever thought of living on an island? Way beyond land, only reached by boat, across miles of water. Surrounded by […]
Arts Everyday Living: Monet, the Supreme Impressionist–Summer Sailing on the Seine River
Title: The Bridge at Argenteuil Who: French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) It is the height of the summer. The sun shines brightly illuminating the world around us, from the […]
This Day in Art: The Anniversary of Van Gogh’s Death–Remembering His Last Days & His Art
133 years ago today, Vincent van Gogh shot himself on July 27, 1890. He was only 37 years old. This blog will focus on the often powerful works of […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Rembrandt—Portrait of his Wife Saskia, Story of Love
Have you noticed that July is a major birthday month for artists? We have already celebrated the births of American master James McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834) and Austrian icon […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Whistler—Portrait of Jo, A Symphony in White
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, […]
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 […]
