The Aberdeen has a newly refurbished Art Gallery. How do I know? Well that is a good question and one that a blogger friend and brilliant photographer, Scott K Marshall… Read more Kaffe Fassett – 50 Years in Colour at Aberdeen Art Gallery →
Today, in 1610 Galileo Galilei discovered the first three moons of Jupiter, which are named Io, Europa & Ganymede. One day later, Simon Marius, a German astronomer independently discovered these… Read more Van Gogh’s Starry Night Over the Rhône →
“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” Sarah Bernhardt December 31, 2019 – the last painting in my 2019 page-a-day Gallery… Read more The Last Painting Sarah Bernhardt →
“It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree that matters, it’s who’s around it.” Charlie Brown
Antoni Piotrowski was a Polish Romanticist and realist painter who worked as a war correspondent and illustrator for various Western European weeklies and periodicals in late-19th century during the Liberation… Read more Christmas in Poland with Antoni Piotrowski →
Hans Baluschek’s painting, Beim Weihnachtsbaumverkauf (translated: When selling Christmas trees) reminded me of the festive spirit that pervades the month of December. A father with parcels in hand, accompanied… Read more Christmas in Germany with Hans Baluschek →
We have come to France to meet up with Marcel Rieder who lived from 1862 -1942. The young woman decorating the tree is surrounded by a soft, gentle light that… Read more Christmas in France with Marcel Rieder →
Glædelig jul fra Danmark Merry Christmas from Denmark Viggo Johansen, A Christmas Story Viggo Johansen (January 3, 1851- December 18, 1935) envisioned Christmas as a time for children as can… Read more Christmas in Denmark with Viggo Johansen →
