Arts Everyday Living: Renoir—At the End of the Garden Path
Click on the work of art to ENLARGE it. “At the end of the sun-filled path, a well-attired parisienne, in a purple-blue pinafore dress with bows decorating the skirt, holds a white parasol in one...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Van Gogh is Coming Next Week!
Click on the painting to ENHANCE it. Vincent van Gogh will be the next Artistic Companion of the Week. Don’t forget our blog tomorrow! Vincent van Gogh, Marguerite Gachet in the Garden, 1890, oil on...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: William Merritt Chase and his Impressionist Friends
Click on the paintings to ENLARGE them. In 1897, in New York City, a group of artists decided to break away from the increasingly conservative Society of American Artists to form The Ten American...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: African-American Artists This Monday—Edward Bannister,...
Click on the works of art to enlarge them. Edward Bannister, Newspaper Boy, 1869, oil on canvas, Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. He stands on the corner every...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: First Environmentalists in Art: Hudson River Painters Soon
BE CERTAIN to click on the work of art to ENLARGE or ENHANCE it. COMING WEDNESDAY THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN ART: THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL PAINTERS IS IT REALLY TWILIGHT IN THE WILDERNESS?...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Inside Russian Art-A Walk in the Forest, Prince...
INSIDE RUSSIAN ART PRINCE ANDREI’S TREE …Neither gnarled fingers nor old scars nor old doubts and sorrows were any of them in evidence. Through the hard century-old bark, even where there were...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Autumn in Winter—A Memory of Indian Summer
Please click on painting to enlarge or enhance it. AUTUMN IN WINTER A MEMORY OF INDIAN SUMMER It is only here in large portions of Canada that wondrous second wind, the Indian summer, attains...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Mountain Visions—Rejuvenating Our Ancient Home
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. MOUNTAIN VISIONS REJUVENATING OUR ANCIENT HOME Or do you prefer the familiar ground of terra firma? Are you drawn toward rejuvenating our...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: The Northern Lights or the Art of Aurora Borealis
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS OR THE ART OF AURORA BOREALIS The stars are putting on their glittering belts, They throw around their shoulders...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Rest and Repose—Deep in the Green Woods
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. REST & REPOSE DEEP IN THE GREEN WOODS Come to the woods for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods…….. John...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Swans on a Summer Lake–Through an Impressionist’s Eyes
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. SWANS ON A SUMMER LAKE THROUGH AN IMPRESSIONIST’S EYES ____________________ ____________________ The swan in the pool is singing, And up...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: A Japanese Journey–On the River, By the Willows
PLEASE CLICK on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. A JAPANESE JOURNEY ON THE RIVER, BY THE WILLOWS Here’s a Japanese print for your viewing while I’m away on vacation....
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: North to Finland—Towering Clouds, Lake Reflections
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. NORTH TO FINLAND TOWERING CLOUDS, LAKE REFLECTIONS ____________________ ____________________ The sky is the daily bread of our eyes. Ralph...
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