It was Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot’s birthday yesterday and so let’s celebrate! January is the birth month of quite a spectrum of artists. Cezanne, for example who is considered one of the giants of Western art came into this world on January 19, 1839. However, I’d like to focus on two other January arrivals, […]
(Note: originally published on 2/14/2012.) For my Live and Learn class. Aline Charigot was only in her early twenties when Renoir so lovingly portrayed her in The Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880-1881) and he was most likely already smitten with the young seamstress from Paris. In fact, did the artist sense, as sometimes happens, that Aline was […]
Click each image to enlarge the individual works of art. Valentine’s Day is on Thursday and I thought I would reintroduce my blog Faberge’s Easter Eggs—A Gift from the Czar. While researching it, I think I became a bit obsessed with all those priceless Imperial Easter Eggs. Imagine the Czarina Alexandra awaiting another yearly surprise designed […]
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