Title: The Artist’s Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898 Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) Do you sometimes have a cluttered room? Or at least a corner that stubbornly resists cleaning, not fully […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Cezanne—Poetry of Geraniums on a Summer Afternoon
Title: Geraniums, 1888/1890 Artist: Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) Celebrating Paul Cezanne’s Birthday Today! Why do I love Geraniums above by French master Paul Cezanne? For do you actually see the flowers themselves? […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh’s Artist’s Journey Part 2–The Art of Shoes, Up Close
Title: Shoes, 1886 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) I am continuing to explore Van Gogh’s creative journey throughout his short but extraordinary career with his interpretations of shoes. A subject […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh’s Artistic Journey–From Dutch Village to the French Countryside
Title: Road in Etten, 1881 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Vincent van Gogh’s career only lasted about 10 years during which he produced approximately 2,000 works of art. Yet, to […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Seurat! Spend a Summer Sunday Afternoon on the Seine
Title: A Sunday on La Grande Latte, 1884-1886 Georges Seurat (1859-1891) Yesterday, December 2, was the French master Georges Seurat’s 165th birthday! He was only in his mid-twenties when he […]
Arts Everyday Living: Toulouse-Lautrec Week–A Lifelong Love of Horses in His Art
CELEBRATING TOULOUSE-LAUTREC’S BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK Born: November 24, 1864 When does an artist begin to display his or her talent? In Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s case, the signs of […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday, Toulouse-Lautrec–Dancers & Friends at the Moulin Rouge
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)! Born on November 24, 1864, 160 years ago, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec grew up on the estate of his father Count Alphonse in southern […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Mystery of a Van Gogh Painting–Can You Discover the Reason?
Title: Entrance to a Quarry, 1889 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) In June of 1889, Vincent van Gogh created Entrance to a Quarry, one of his more unusual works. Do […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh’s Portrait of His Landlord’s Wife–On a Day in November
Title: L’Arlésienne Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Madame Ginoux, the wife of Vincent van Gogh’s landlord in Arles, posed for the artist and his friend Paul Gauguin […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh and the Flowers of Paris—Blossoms in the City of Light
Title: Vase with Red Gladioli, 1886 Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) THE FLOWERS OF PARIS Rich red and white gladioli burst with life from the sky blue background of […]
