“-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… Read more Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Venice Connection →
We live in a world that offers seemingly unlimited access to what was previously only available to the select view. Times are changing. In January, Cleveland Museum of Art threw… Read more Cleveland Museum of Art – Open Access →
I am celebrating Valentine’s Day with François Boucher, a French painter, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings. He lived in the flamboyant Rococo age renowned for its highly ornamental… Read more Celebrating Valentine’s Day with François Boucher →
“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… Read more Celebrating Paul Cézanne’s 180th Birthday. →
Winter brings a bitter chill and an invitation to keep a stack of books and a pot of hot tea close at hand. This is a time of respite… Read more Artists in the Garden: Claude Monet →
My 2019 Art Calendar is ready to take its place on the bookcase in our entryway hall. That way, it is the last thing that I see when I leave… Read more Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Konstantin Somov →
There were three at the first meeting held in the home of John Millais’s parents in 1848: John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. Humble beginnings for… Read more Pre-Raphaelites & the Annunciation →
The story of the Annunciation is one of the most frequent themes in Christian art, most notably depicted by the artists of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This is a… Read more The Annunciation – Journeys & Destinations →
