#FridayPainting – ChasingART

#FridayPainting: Umberto Boccioni “Donna in Giardino”

I feel the energy of movement that comes from the child leading the way up the pathway.

The first time I viewed a painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, I was certain that the date on the painting was incorrect. Surely, this was not a painter that lived in … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Giuseppe Arcimboldo “Portrait of a Librarian” 1566

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2021! Henri Lucien Doucet (1856 – 1895) is the last in the 2020 #FridayPainting series. And what better way to bring 2020 to a conclusion … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Henri Lucien Doucet “Le Soir au Chateau”

Merry Christmas. The Lady of the Snows by George Henry Boughton brings out the best of winter with the vibrant reds again the winter landscape. He has created a fashion … Continue reading #FridayPainting: George Henry Boughton “The Lady of the Snows”

“Why did you paint a couch in the middle of the jungle?” Rousseau: “Because one has the right to paint one’s dreams.” Henri J.F. Rouseau Railroads have always been a … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Henri J. F. Rousseau “The Railway”

We have entered the festive season of December. What better way than to begin the celebration than with Fra Angelico. Last December, ChasingART looked back at the artists who portrayed … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Fra Angelico “The Presentation in the Temple”

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Vincent Van Gogh, “Landscape with House and Ploughman”

“All artists are now free to express their own personality.” Maurice Denis Paintings hold stories that are seen and unseen. Maurice Denis’s “The Muses” brings us a view of Nine … Continue reading #FridayPainting: Maurice Denis, “The Muses”

“It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.” J.M.W. Turner “I don’t paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what … Continue reading #Friday Painting: Joseph Mallory William Turner, “View of Lyons”, 19th Century

There is a serenity within this painting that comes from the soft colours that envelope the young girl at the desk. She appears to be reading a book or looking … Continue reading #Friday Painting: The Bedroom of Elizabeth of Bavaria by Franz Xavier Nachtmann

Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life … Continue reading #FridayPainting: “Blue Horse” by Franz Marc

“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself, Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!” Henri J.F. … Continue reading #FridayPainting: “Surprised” by Henri J.F. Rousseau