A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS Title: Mary Leypold Griffith, 1841 Artist: Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885) FAST FACTS: Born in 1800 in Philadelphia, belonging to the Peale […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh in Impressionist Paris–Self Portraits of Color and Light
VAN GOGH IN PARIS: THROUGH AN ARTIST’S EYES Few artists can rival Vincent van Gogh in the number of the 35 plus self portraits he produced (exceptions […]
Arts Everyday Living: Hiroshige, Japanese Master–Moonlight on a River, Voyage to Art
Title: No. 32, Seba, from the series “Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido,” c. 1835/38 Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) For more on Japanese master Hiroshige, click: https://www.artic.edu/artists/34946/utagawa-hiroshige […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Gustav Klimt–Master of Design and Multi-colored Patterns
Gustav Klimt’s “gold” paintings have become artistic icons in the 20th and 21st centuries, from the erotic, unforgettable The Kiss to the magnificently regal Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, its theft by […]
Arts Everyday Living: Rembrandt’s Haunting Portrait of a Woman–Owned by a Prince & Assassin
Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich Feather-Fan, 1656/1658 Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Happy Birthday, Rembrandt, born on July 15th At one time, this haunting portrait was owned by […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through Matisse’s Eyes–Beauty of Nature & Art of Philosophy By the Sea
Title: Still Life with Pascal’s Pensees, 1924 Artist: Henri Matisse (1869-1954) In this still life by French master Henri Matisse, at first you may notice the beautiful vase of flowers, […]
Arts Everyday Living: John Singer Sargent–Portrait of a Debutante, Soon to Be a Bride
Title: Miss Grace Woodhouse, 1890 Artist: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) American master John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) created over 900 portraits during the Gilded Age in the late 19th and early […]
Arts Everyday Living: A Haunting in Washington—The Mystery of the Adams Memorial
The Mystery of the Adams Memorial Lafayette Park, just across from the White House, is one of the most haunted areas in the nation, starting with War of 1812 […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of the Romantic Era–Princesses in Exile, Nieces of Napoleon
Title: Portrait of the Sisters Zenaide and Charlotte Bonaparte, 1821 Artist: Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825) To learn more about this work of art, click: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RHX […]
Arts Everyday Living: Pissarro’s Springtime in Paris–Once In the Hands of Hermann Goering
Title: Place du Carrousel, Paris, 1900 Artist: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Pissarro was about 70 when he painted PLACE DU CARROUSEL, a favorite of mine, currently on view at […]
