Winter with Vincent Van Gogh
“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; … Continue reading Winter with Vincent Van Gogh
Category: Birthdays
Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe
Red & Orange Streak “Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing–and keeping the unknown always beyond you.” … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe
Happy Birthday Gustave Caillebotte
Join me in celebrating Gustave Caillebotte’s birthday by viewing a video produced by the Art Institute of Chicago featuring the extraordinary restoration of his most famous painting “Paris Street; Rainy … Continue reading Happy Birthday Gustave Caillebotte
Alexander’s Curriculum Vitae
Today marks the birthday of Alexander III of Macedon (AKA Alexander the Great) 20/21 July 356 BCE At 30, Alexander’s Curriculum Vitae would read: Marital Status: Three Wives (Roxane, Statiera … Continue reading Alexander’s Curriculum Vitae
Artists in the Garden: Vincent van Gogh
“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” … Continue reading Artists in the Garden: Vincent van Gogh
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Venice Connection
“-last words about painting, age 78… I think I’m beginning to learn something about it.” Pierre-Auguste Renoir Today is Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s birthday, which makes it the 178th year since … Continue reading Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Venice Connection
Celebrating Paul Cézanne’s 180th Birthday.
“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.” Paul Cézanne One hundred and eighty years ago, on January 19, 1839, Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence, a city-commune in the south … Continue reading Celebrating Paul Cézanne’s 180th Birthday.
Happy Birthday Jonathan Eastman Johnson
The American painter Jonathan “Eastman” Johnson was born today, in 1824. His birthplace was Lovell, Maine, which is situated by Kezar Lake in Oxford County, Maine. In the 19th … Continue reading Happy Birthday Jonathan Eastman Johnson
Happy Birthday Gustav Klimt
“Whoever wants to know something about me, they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.” Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt … Continue reading Happy Birthday Gustav Klimt
Celebrating the Ordinary – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Turnips! There is something extraordinary about this modest white, bulbous taproot that comes in various sizes, the small tender ones destined for human consumption and their larger cousins that feed … Continue reading Celebrating the Ordinary – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Happy Birthday, Leonardo da Vinci
April 15th marks the birth of Leonardo da Vinci. Historians and scholars have given him the title, Renaissance Man, because of his breadth and depth of knowledge from architecture to … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Leonardo da Vinci
Happy Birthday, Pierre-Auguste Renior
“To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Pierre-Auguste Renior
