What is a Portrait?
What is a portrait? “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It … Continue reading What is a Portrait?
Category: Brushstrokes
#FridayPainting: Berthe Morisot “Young Girls at the Window”
“I do not think any man would ever treat a woman as his equal, and it is all I ask because I know my worth.” Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) Berthe Morisot, … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Berthe Morisot “Young Girls at the Window”
#FridayPainting: Vjekoslav Karas “Young Woman with a Mandolin”
Have you ever heard of Vjekoslav Karas? I confess that I had never heard of this artist before I turned the calendar from June 2nd to June 3rd a couple … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Vjekoslav Karas “Young Woman with a Mandolin”
#FridayPainting: Rembrandt van Rijn “Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh”
Today, I want to introduce you to Saskia van Uylenburgh, the wife of Rembrandt van Rijn, who lived from 1612 to 1642. Saskia was born in the city of Leeuwarden, … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Rembrandt van Rijn “Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh”
#FridayPainting: Édouard Manet “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère”
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère was to be Édouard Manet last major work. This has always been a difficult painting for me to view as it depicts a scene in … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Édouard Manet “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère”
#FridayPainting: Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night over the Rhône”
Vincent van Gogh, in his own words… “Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.” Vincent Van Gogh “I don’t know … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night over the Rhône”
#Friday Painting: Ford Maddox Brown “The Irish Girl”
What a miserable sad thing it is to be fit for painting only and nothing else. Ford Madox Brown Art galleries hold stories. They are clearly evident in artwork which … Continue reading #Friday Painting: Ford Maddox Brown “The Irish Girl”
#FridayPainting: Juan Roig y Soler “Two Spanish Dancers”
Juan Roig y Soler is an unknown name to me. To find information about his life and art, I happened upon Wikipedia in Spanish. I used a translator app to … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Juan Roig y Soler “Two Spanish Dancers”
#FridayPainting: Thomas Cooper Gotch “The Orchard”
“The Orchard” by Thomas Cooper Gotch was the perfect way to end the week which celebrated Earth Day, William Shakespeare’s birthday and World Book Day. It is easy to see … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Thomas Cooper Gotch “The Orchard”
#FridayPainting: Vincent van Gogh “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe”
“A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke” Today, I met up with my sister, … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Vincent van Gogh “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe”
#FridayPainting: Leonardo da Vinci “The Mona Lisa”
“A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.” Louis Armstrong Ah, the Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, is the quintessential archetypal … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Leonardo da Vinci “The Mona Lisa”
#FridayPainting: Thomas Cooper Gotch “The Child Enthroned”
Thomas Cooper Gotch aka T.C. Gotch, English painter and book illustrator, was linked to the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The romantic style of the Pre-Raphaelites is clearly portrayed in Thomas Gotch’s painting … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Thomas Cooper Gotch “The Child Enthroned”
