Title: Picking Flowers, 1875 Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! In the public domain, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, […]
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Arts Everyday Living; Through the Eyes of Rembrandt–In Love with Wife Saskia
Title: Saskia van Uylenburgh, The Wife of the Artist, begun 1634/35, completed 1638/40 Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) A PAINTING TO REMEMBER In the public domain, […]
Arts Everyday Living: Homer & the Countryside–Romeo and Juliet on the Farm
Title: In the Garden (Rustic Courtship), 1874 Artist: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) A PAINTING TO REMEMBER FOR TODAY In the public domain, courtesy of the National […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of Storytelling–Capturing the Pivotal Moment of Romance & Love
Title: Hesitation (Madame Monteaux?), 1862-1872 Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) Are you sometimes in the mood for a painting that tells a story? Preferably with a happy ending? Let’s hope Hesitation (Madame Monteaux?), by […]
Arts Everyday Living: Renoir in Love? An Impressionist Vision & the Romance of Music
Title: Woman at the Piano, 1875-1876 Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Who was she? Did Renoir love her or was she just another model? A beauty with reddish-blond hair, attired […]
Arts Everyday Living: Vincent van Gogh and His Love of Humanity—Portrait of Baby Marcelle
Title: Roulin’s Baby, 1888 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) American artist Mary Cassatt (whose birthday is this Thursday) is usually associated with the subject of infants and children. Yet, did […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Valentine’s Day from Renoir–A Tribute to Aline, His Beloved Muse
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY—A TRIBUTE TO ALINE, RENOIR’S BELOVED MUSE Aline Charigot (1859-1915) was only in her early twenties when she first appeared as one of Impressionist Pierre-Auguste […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Valentine’s Day—A Valentine from an Artist of Romance & Love
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY YOUNG GIRL READING AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY: She is at least 250 years old, yet her name still remains unknown. Even though scholars and art historians have done […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Grandmother & Grandson–An Intergenerational Bond
Title: Mrs. Smith and Her Grandson, 1776 Artist: Charles Wilson Peale (1741-1827) Two generations, grandmother and grandson, pose together for us. They may appear a bit shy, perhaps […]
