American Impressionist Willard Metcalf (1858-1925) immortalizes a moment of domestic life, focusing on his wife Henriette and daughter Rosalind, both engaged in separate pastimes.
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Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of a Woman Artist–Invitation to a May Garden
American artist Maria Oakey Dewing (1845-1927) invites us into a corner of a garden, filled with the miraculous colors and textures of her favorite subject, flowers.
Arts Everyday Living: Gardens of Spring & Summer—Blossoming Flowers, White Birch Grove
Whether it’s spring or summer, gardens invite us into their realm of blossoming flowers and verdant trees. I could find little information on Polish artist Stanislaw Kamocki (1875-1944) but his painting above is overflowing with the bounty of nature. German Impressionist Max Liebermann (1847-1935) was honored in his native country for his creative contributions, […]
Arts Everyday Living: Enchanted Gardens—A Jewel by the Sea and a Castle Hideaway
I was unable to discover much information on British artist Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864-1930). His style varied considerably from the rich, painterly multi-colored palette of the two paintings portraying dream-like gardens (possibly done in the 1920s) directly above and below, to an early work of art Unsolved, created about 1903 characterized by darker tones with an […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of an Impressionist Artist—Heaven in New England
Every artist has a special place that moves them deeply, the source of a bounty of works of art. For American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935), it was the Isle of Shoals, just off the coast of New Hampshire, where he painted both coastal views (above) and the blossoming flower garden (below) planted by his […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Monet—In the Corner of a French Garden
Few artists can rival Impressionist Claude Monet’s visions of gardens. Here Monet portrays a corner of the impressive estate of Montgeron, where he spent time immortalizing its beauty for owner Ernest Hoschede.
Arts Everyday Living: Summer Walks in Impressionist Gardens–Escaping Social Distancing
Here’s another mini-gallery of paintings of a favorite theme for our Art Circle. For gardens have inspired numerous artists especially Impressionists, whether from France such as Renoir and Monet or the United States such as Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase and John Singer Sargent. So enjoy an extended walk through these visionary works of summer! […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through Impressionist Monet’s Eyes–Inside His Garden at Giverny
During the last decades of his career, French Impressionist super-star Claude Monet (1840-1926) focused on the spectacular beauty of his home in Giverny, France. Although Monet’s numerous paintings of his water lilies pond are world famous, his interpretations of the nearby garden are often less familiar.
Arts Everyday Living: Through an Impressionist’s Eyes–Paradise in the Backyard
Reposted blog. THROUGH AN IMPRESSIONIST’S EYES PARADISE IN THE BACKYARD In my mind I have finer pictures than ever before. Ten thousand pictures come and go every day and those are the only complete pictures painted, pictures that shall never be polluted by paint and canvas. John Henry Twachtman* Like Claude Monet, […]
Arts Everyday Living: Artists from “Down Under”—The Australian Monet
Reposted Blog. E. Phillips Fox (1865-1915), the artist of the The Green Parasol above, might have been born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, but by his early twenties, he was living in Paris. He would spend several years in France, initially from1887-1892 and then from about 1908 -1913. The Green Parasol, […]
