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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I wish I were optimistic that spring like weather will be arriving soon. This week it was cold, dark, rainy and windy, pretty unspring like if you ask me. But Mother Nature hasn’t asked me so I guess I’ll have to suffer like everyone else.
I visited Sotheby’s for their American auction preview. It was very low key, all on one floor and only 138 lots. The total sales price was $3.4M with only two items going for above $100K, paintings by Milton Avery and Andrew Wyeth which I’ll link to below. It was pretty much the usual suspects and while there were no blockbusters or big ticket items much of it was pleasing. This is a link to all the objects in the auction. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/american-art-n10048.html?locale=en
Milton Avery - PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER READING – This sold for the highest price in the auction, $425K, roughly 2 ½ times the high estimate. Avery was a contemporary American modern painter born in the late 19th Century who died in 1965. Hilton Kramer, the art critic, referred to him as America’s greatest living colorist which is interesting as I find his colors in this portrait rather muted. The second link is to Kramer’s column in the Times in which he made this statement and then went on to say, “Pictures seemed to be constructed of nothing but a very few, very flat areas of muted, milky color contained in free-form shapes that fitted as snugly - and as inevitably - into the picture surface as the pieces of a child's picture-puzzle. It seemed at times as if the impulse inherent in this tendency could scarcely be carried further without lapsing into abstraction, which - had it occurred - would have endangered the whole tone and spirit of a style that depended upon some minimal element of representation for its survival.” To me the fact that it doesn’t lapse into abstraction is what makes it worth looking at.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.13.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/12/arts/art-view-avery-our-greatest-colorist-by-hilton-kramer.html
Andrew Wyeth – CORDWOOD – This was the second highest price at $350K, also selling above the high estimate but only by $50K. Wyeth is a contemporary artist that I’ve come to enjoy although I didn’t think this was one of his better works.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.77.html
William Trost Richards - CRASHING WAVES – Trost Richards is someone my brother turned me on to, an American landscape artist of the 19th Century who was associated with the Hudson River painters, a group I especially like. Last summer I wrote about my visit to the Brooklyn museum to see an exhibition of his watercolors. This is one of his seascapes and nicely captures the roar of the ocean as the waves break against the shore.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.112.html
John Henry Twachtman – SPRING – Twachtman, another artist my brother introduced me to, was a 19th Century American known for his Impressionist landscape paintings of which this is a good example.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.120.html
Thomas Moran - FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS – I’ve linked to Moran many times and always commented on how his works are obviously influenced by Turner. You can see how evocative this is of Turner’s Venetian port scenes.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.115.html
Jasper Francis Cropsey - WILLIAM PENN'S WEDDING (A WEDDING PROCESSION, STOKE POGES CHURCH) – Cropsey is a favorite who I’ve also linked to many times. This is an unusual painting for him in that there are people in it, usually he paints unpeopled landscapes, possibly with animals, such as the other painting I link to below. I like the whole composition of this, the building, the landscape and the procession walking down the lane, a very pretty setting.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.98.html
Jasper Francis Cropsey – LANDSCAPE – This one with cattle
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.106.html
Martin Johnson Heade - APPLE BLOSSOMS AND HUMMINGBIRD – Heade painted in many different categories, Wikipedia described his oeuvre as, “American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes. He was also part of the Hudson river school of artists and someone else I’ve linked to many times. As the title says, this is one of his humming birds.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.102.html
Childe Hassam - BOUQUET OF OAKS – Hassam was another American Impressionist, he was especially known for his series of flag paintings which he began in 1916 when he was inspired by a Preparedness Parade for US involvement in World War I, a cause he embraced. Bouquet is a lovely, bright landscape of a tranquil setting.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.52.html
Everett Shinn - THE BALLET REHEARSAL – Shinn was an American realist and member of the Ashcan school, artists who painted scenes of urban life, not attempting to prettify it. This is evocative of Degas, someone he more than likely came across when he was in France.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.48.html
George Inness - LANDSCAPE, SUNSET – Inness was another landscape painter of the 19th Century. In the last decade of his life he lived in Montclair, New Jersey where the Montclair museum has a gallery dedicated to his art. This is a venue I’ve been to a number of times and I’m sure I wrote about their Inness exhibition back in 2012.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.107.html
Edward Hopper - STUDY FOR 'GIRLIE SHOW' – I’ll end with another favorite of mine. Not much comes up for auction for Hopper although in recent years there were some really impressive paintings that came to the hammer from David and Peggy Rockefeller and Barney Ebsworth, both of which I wrote about last year. This is a pencil and charcoal sketch, a rough draft for his painting, Girlie Show which I’ve also linked to below. Like all the women modeled in his paintings this is based on his wife Jo.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.16.html
https://www.edwardhopper.net/girlie-show.jsp
In other art news.
I haven’t downloaded the App discussed in the article below but the two minute video is certainly interesting. The actual VR must be a little creepy. My brother replied by saying, a step too far.
You Can Now Join Doctors as They Dissect a Corpse in Rembrandt’s Most Famous Painting Through Augmented Reality
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/rembrandt-reality-augmented-reality-1490914
A five minute video from Sotheby’s with overseas exhibitions. The first two are Van Gogh and while we can’t go to the exhibits the previews are nice.
Preview the Blockbuster Museum Shows Opening in March
https://tinyurl.com/yxtxl25o
Article on three Jean-Léon Gérôme Works in an upcoming auction with the second link a brief video on the best one, a strikingly beautiful painting of an Arab comforting his exhausted horse.
Three of a Kind: Jean-Léon Gérôme Works that Redefine Orientalism
https://tinyurl.com/y59kw4lm
Gérôme’s Cinematic Vision of the North African Desert
https://tinyurl.com/y3ubnxvf
Article on German exhibition of Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese which I’m sure is a blockbuster.
How the Venetian Painters Changed the Course of Art History
https://tinyurl.com/y5vs4afk
Three articles from Christies.
Giacometti’s monument to a fallen hero of the French Resistance
https://tinyurl.com/y2rmbfem
How Irving Penn ‘changed the way people saw the world’ – I saw the Penn Centennial exhibit at the met in 2017 and it was something special.
https://tinyurl.com/y367e8jo
The Irving Collection tops $32.2 million during Asian Art Week season in New York
https://www.christies.com/features/Irving-Collection-leads-Asian-Art-Week-in-New-York-9764-3.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9764
Two articles from Art Daily. I’ve visited the Wadsworth and I’d like to go back but it’s a long train ride and then a short walk. And if memory serves the train schedule isn’t great either.
A Van Gogh without a doubt: Wadsworth Atheneum painting is authenticated
http://artdaily.com/news/112117/A-Van-Gogh-without-a-doubt--Wadsworth-Atheneum-painting-is-authenticated
Rare, private collection of Old Master paintings makes exclusive appearance in Florida – I imagine this collection will be coming up for auction at some point based on what it says in the article.
http://artdaily.com/news/112221/Rare--private-collection-of-Old-Master-paintings-makes-exclusive-appearance-in-Florida
Now here is this week’s Flickrs.
Andy G.
Roberta
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertamaid/47071719202/
More curtsey practice at sissy manor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135809499@N02/47084386032/
Naughty sissy faggot Katrina from Queensland, Australia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/46438423@N02/46406682124/
A few more from sissy manor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135809499@N02/33231275138/
An enchanting moment in time
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146568012@N05/28728876017/
Garden maid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146568012@N05/46877406082/
A pinky curtsey
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144247595@N02/45883366814/
Prissy Sissy Slut
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellyukslut/40136686653/
142339
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefiecd/45704636175/
Mistress says every curtsy is a courtesy to her guests, and is also compulsory!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissyplaything/32876525588/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well this is a very late Flickr because I got so wrapped up in some personal business I completely forgot about it. But better late than never.
I visited Christie’s for their Asia week auction previews and saw many beautiful things. The Irving’s collection from their home were up for bid, mostly furniture, objects and a few scrolls and screens. Below is an article about the results.
The Irving Collection tops $32.2 million during Asian Art Week season in New York
https://www.christies.com/features/Irving-Collection-leads-Asian-Art-Week-in-New-York-9764-3.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9764
The highlight for me was all the woodblock prints. These are generally kept under lock and key in glass cases with only a few being mounted on the wall. I had to have them taken from three separate cases but I believe I got to see all of them. It was a fine selection with Hokusai and Hiroshige well represented as well as others. There was a set of prints by one artist in a wooden case which the agent told another visitor was estimated at $50K. There were other lovely things as well. If I hadn’t been persistent I would have missed the Hiroshige. The agents working the floor have no idea who is a serious buyer and who is there just for the exhibit but I’m guessing they thought I was a serious buyer as I was taking notes for my email to my retired friend Bob. There were certainly things I saw that I would have loved to own. I’ll link to some of the art below. Be sure to enlarge where possible.
Hiroshige - Asakusa Kinryuzan (Kinryuzan temple, Asakusa) – I love this print, the giant lantern suspended in the air taking up the top third of the painting, the snow covered pagoda with the snow still falling and the people strolling up to the pagoda. The rich colors of the lantern and the small amounts of red showing through the snow covered structure. I just find it incredibly beautiful.
https://tinyurl.com/y68dvk5u
Hiroshige - Fukagawa kiba (Timber yard, Fukagawa) – A snow covered riverside scene with people fishing, a pair of birds flying through the snow and what looks to be a yellow parasol which may be someone walking across the bridge who we can’t see.
https://tinyurl.com/y57fhe5z
Hiroshige - Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi (New Year’s Eve foxfires at Nettle Tree, Oji) – This is a depiction of a supernatural event, glowing foxes on New Year’s Eves purifying themselves in preparation to receive a divine message for the New Year’s day.
http://tinyurl.com/yxj3b8nh
Hiroshige - Soshu Enoshima iwaya no zu (View of the cave on Enoshima island in Sagami province) – Unlike Hokusai’s great wave this is a much tamer wave just lapping at the mouth of the cave but not offering any danger to what looks to be a father with his two children.
http://tinyurl.com/y6p927q6
Hiroshige - Fukagawa Susaki juman-tsubo (juman-tsubo [10,000-acre] plain at Susaki, Fukagawa) – This is a wonderful depiction of a giant eagle soaring over the bleak snow covered landscape looking for prey.
http://tinyurl.com/y2khvc9m
Hokusai - Gaifu kaisei (Fine wind, clear weather) [“Red Fuji”] – The essay tells us that despite the Great Wave being the best known print in Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji it is Red Fuji that is the centerpiece. “…like its variant “Fuji over lightning,” is the only design without human element in a set otherwise devoted to activities in familiar places.” The essay continues to explain how influential the paintings were on Western painters of a later age in particular Cezanne who also had an affinity for a mountain. The links below show one of Cezanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire paintings, The Great Wave which I’ve linked to many times and Fuji above the lightning which isn’t in this auction.
https://tinyurl.com/y3wt4urk
Hokusai – Fuji above the lightning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-six_Views_of_Mount_Fuji#/media/File:Lightnings_below_the_summit.jpg
Hokusai – The Great Wave
https://tinyurl.com/yyf7wrdz
Paul Cézanne - Mont Sainte-Victoire (La Montagne Sainte-Victoire)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/barnes-data-processing-production/4672_yMwt0nhpRyaU7FUc_b.jpg
This is a great article on Hokusai from Christie’s with a brief video animating his art. The most interesting thing I found in the piece was that at an early age he was influenced by French and Dutch engravings which had to be smuggled into the country since Japan was isolated at the time. How ironic that Van Gogh and the Impressionists subsequently were influenced by the prints of Hokusai and his fellow artists.
10 things to know about Hokusai
https://tinyurl.com/y2y5th5m
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - In the ruined palace of [Taira] Masakado at Soma his daughter Princess Takiyasha uses sorcery to summon allies [the monster skeleton] – The skeleton monster is magnificent but the lot essay says the plot failed and the princess was defeated.
https://tinyurl.com/yyoyterh
https://tinyurl.com/y5bwqy6x
YOSHIDA HIROSHI - Mt. Rainier – This is a contemporary print by a 20th Century artist and while it’s pretty it’s missing something for me, more subdued and rounded than the works by Hiroshige which are bright and sharp.
http://tinyurl.com/y2plt7gd
Hiroshi - Sailing Boats-Morning – This is from a 2012 auction and unlike the print above is much closer to the spirit of Hiroshige and his peers.
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/yoshida-hiroshi-1876-1950-yoshida-hiroshi-1876-1950-5538583-details.aspx
WAN SHOUQI - Scholar and Attendant – I like this for the odd individual at the bottom who appears to be an old lady sitting on a serpent with big eyes peering at her while she is laughing at the scholar who has a rather bemused look on his face.
http://tinyurl.com/y5tphsjm
A CARVED RED LACQUER SQUARE ''DRAGON'' BOX AND COVER – This is from the Irving collection as are the two paintings below and is just one of the many beautiful items they surrounded themselves with in their apartment. The detail is remarkable.
https://tinyurl.com/y6mohe9l
YU FEI'AN – VEGETABLES – Delicately painted on silk this scroll is a simple depiction of common fruits and vegetables in all their color.
https://tinyurl.com/y22soreg
SAKAI HOITSU - SPARROWS AMONGST HOLLYHOCKS – A bright painting of flowers with bold colors.
https://tinyurl.com/y44g3upv
Below are links to the different auctions and all the objects within them.
Fine Chinese Paintings
https://www.christies.com/fine-chinese-paintings-27956.aspx?lid=1&dt=260320191109&saletitle=
Japanese and Korean Art
https://www.christies.com/japanese-and-korean-art-28063.aspx?lid=1&dt=190320191118&saletitle=
Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink: The Irving Collection Day Sale
https://www.christies.com/lacquer-jade-bronze-ink-28376.aspx?lid=1&dt=260320191109&saletitle=
Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink: The Irving Collection Evening Sale
https://www.christies.com/lacquer-jade-bronze-ink-28378.aspx?lid=1&dt=260320191109&saletitle=
In other art news.
Last year I wrote about an exhibition at Columbia University, “Posing Modernity: The Black Model From Manet and Matisse to Today.” Below is a current article explaining how, influenced by the exhibit, museums are now renaming artwork to reflect the black models in them. It was a great exhibit and I’ve copied several links relating to it. The first is the Times review with many illustrations, the second is from Columbia and has a four minute video about the exhibit, the third is an illustration of a beautiful Matisse painting in the exhibit and the fourth, a video, is a part of a film that was made showing Matisse painting the picture. Go to full screen and you can turn the volume down as it’s in French. In the gallery it was in color and it was fascinating watching him create the face of the model with a few swipes of his brush. I remarked I never knew watching paint dry could be so interesting.
French masterpieces renamed after black subjects in new exhibition
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/26/french-masterpieces-renamed-after-black-subjects-in-new-exhibition
A Long Overdue Light on Black Models of Early Modernism
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/arts/design/black-models-olympia-columbia-university.html
Posing Modernity: Wallach Gallery Rethinks the Black Model’s Role in Modernism
https://news.columbia.edu/news/posing-modernity-wallach-gallery-rethinks-black-models-role-modernism
Young woman in white on a red background
https://arthive.com/henrimatisse/works/468230~Young_woman_in_white_on_a_red_background
Video
https://tinyurl.com/y4t4jzzl
Stolen Picasso unearthed by 'Indiana Jones of art'
http://artdaily.com/news/112311/Stolen-Picasso-unearthed-by--Indiana-Jones-of-art-
Van Gogh the Wild Man? Try Van Gogh the Suburban Professional
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/design/van-gogh-tate-britain.html
'Fake' Botticelli painting is from artist's studio, English Heritage says
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47726017
Van Gogh watercolour not as dreary as it looks, Tate discovers
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/25/van-gogh-watercolour-not-as-dreary-as-it-seems-experts-find
Grayson Perry's Brexit Vases acquired by the V&A for "Britain's mantlepiece"
http://artdaily.com/news/112406/Grayson-Perry-s-Brexit-Vases-acquired-by-the-V-A-for--Britain-s-mantlepiece-
And now it’s time for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
24-12-18 Sissy Sarah (6)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahlouisetaylor/31509058167/
This was supposed to be the Halloween costume.. I missed Halloween!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonne_oakley/44242274410/
578_1000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143614548@N05/32606553448/
Debbie, Laurette, and Patty
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30517065@N00/1993069255/
2009 Crossdresser Girly Feminine Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dianafranklin-ellis/33303518538/
PETTICOATING MALES
https://www.flickr.com/photos/73087894@N08/46262321245/
IMG_20181025_092753
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157621503@N06/46280569885/
Sissy_1437
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132193244@N05/40201728703/
20160919_110448
https://www.flickr.com/photos/my_illusions/34603896102/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/124772931@N03/33309739428/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Several weeks ago I went to Sotheby’s to see a painting by Monet which was to be auctioned off in the United Kingdom. It was on view as a preview of the auction and there were other items on view as well from several UK upcoming auctions. I wondered what else would be up as there were no current auctions listed on the website. When I arrived I discovered there were no other auction previews and only the tenth floor was open. And there were just two rooms of art on display. There were some nice things though and I was going to list them but at the time none of them, aside from the Monet, were up on the website. The auctions have taken place and I can now link to them. First, here’s an article which discusses the results.
Surreal Paintings and Staid Sales Kicked Off London’s Impressionist and Modern Art Week at Sotheby’s $115 Million Auction
Monet's ethereal painting of Le Palais Ducal led the sale at $36 million.
http://tinyurl.com/y62ansza
There were three auctions involved, Impressionist and Modern art, evening and day sales and Surrealist art evening sale. Below are links to all three auctions with all the items and their realized values. There were many nice things that didn’t make the trip to Sotheby’s New York. In checking this I now see that Sotheby’s is blocking access to certain images. I’ll try to find alternate images where possible.
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l19002.html?locale=en
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/impressionist-modern-art-day-sale-l19004.html?locale=en
Surrealist Art Evening Sale
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/surrealist-art-evening-sale-l19003.html?locale=en
The star of the Impressionist auction was Monet’s Le Palais Ducal. This is a link to an essay about the painting along with a brief video. The second link is the listing. The third link is the actual auction as it took place.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/the-magic-of-light-on-water-in-monets-venetian-masterpiece
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l19002/lot.6.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fxTLkhwEY&feature=youtu.be
The painting was one of a series of 37 views of Venice and one of 3 paintings showing the same view that Monet painted during his stay of several months in Venice in 1908. One is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum and looks to be an exact copy while the other was auctioned off by Sotheby’s in May 2015 and you can see it here.
Claude Monet - LE PALAIS DUCAL
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n09340/lot.40.html
I’ve mentioned numerous times that I’m not a fan of abstract art but I’ve also linked to Wassily Kandinsky a number of times as well because his paintings are often very bright and vivid. There were two in the auction and I liked both of them.
Wassily Kandinsky - VERTIEFTE REGUNG (DEEPENED IMPULSE) – This is an oil painting and looks like it could be an amoeba to me. Even though it has no really recognizable structure the colors make it very appealing. Kandinsky was very big on circles in his art. This is from the essay on the site, “The circle, he believed, was ‘1. the most modest form, but asserts itself unconditionally, 2. a precise but inexhaustible variable, 3. simultaneously stable and unstable. 4. simultaneously loud and soft, 5, a single tension that carries countless tensions within it…” It sold in the high range of the estimate.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l19002/lot.13.html
Wassily Kandinsky - SANS TITRE – This is a watercolor and basically just a series of geometric shapes but again the colors give it a lively presence and intensity. I find it amusing that while I compared the first painting to an amoeba the essay has this to say about this painting, “To the severe geometric construction which characterised the works of his final Bauhaus years, he superimposes a repertoire of stylised and biomorphic shapes that seem to have been borrowed from the realm of molecular biology’…” The essay also describes it as playful which I completely agree with. This sold well above the high estimate.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l19002/lot.17.html
Gustave Loiseau - BORDS DE L'EURE – Loiseau was a Post-Impressionist who painted landscapes, still-lifes and Paris street scenes. Wikipedia says he was passionate about the seasons and painted the same scenes at different times of the year. He was also influenced by Monet as is shown in his depiction of these trees and their reflection. This painting sold at more than double the low estimate.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/impressionist-modern-art-day-sale-l19004/lot.144.html
René Magritte - LA MAGIE NOIRE – Surrealistic art can be fun and I’ve linked to Magritte many times. He definitely had a sense of the absurd as well as a sense of humor. I much prefer Magritte to Dali who was more into commercializing his art which led to suspicion about the provenance of some of his work. This is a previous auction.
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/rene-magritte-1898-1967-la-magie-noire-6059217-details.aspx
Marc Chagall - VASE DE ROSES – Chagall was a Russian-French artist of the 20th Century dying 1985 at the age of 97. This is from his return to Paris in 1923 which he left for the United States when war broke out in 1941. During this time he started painting colorful bouquets of flowers that usually showed lovers, he and his first wife Bella, sometimes just floating in the air. The sentiment was, “…a bouquet of cut flowers being the archetypal gift for a lover to bring,’
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Vase-de-roses/8B87A5D9991DD2F7
Lucian Freud and the Legend of Luggala – Freud is a contemporary British artist, the grandson of Sigmund Freud, who passed away in 2011. He’s considered one of England’s greatest painters. There aren’t many contemporary artists that I like but Freud was a realist so there are many things he did that I can appreciate. There are also many which I find rather ugly. Personally he was a fairly reprehensible person having fathered at least fourteen children, two by his first wife and the other 12 with various mistresses. I saw an exhibition of his early drawings which really impressed me. Sotheby’s London contemporary art auction was on March 5th and they had a few things from that auction on display as well. One was Freud’s Head of a Boy which I thought very appealing. This is a link to an article on Freud and the painting explaining who the boy is and what his relationship to Freud was.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/lucian-freuds-tender-portrait-makes-auction-debut-in-london?locale=en
Lucian Freud - HEAD OF A BOY – This is the listing. You can see the painting in the article, I’m leaving this link in place for the essay.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/contemporary-art-evening-auction-l19020/lot.14.html
Sotheby’s Delivers a Solid $123 Million in Its Last Contemporary Sale Before Brexit, But Suggests an Anxious Market – this article discusses the auction which included Freud’s Head of a Boy and reports that it went for $7.6M which was mid-estimate.
https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-contemporary-sale-1481206
Camille Pissarro - JEANNE PISSARRO DITE MINETTE, ASSISE AU JARDIN, PONTOISE – I’ll close with this painting of his young daughter, Minette, which wasn’t on view in New York. I would like to have seen it as it’s very beautiful and if you read the essay you’ll see that it’s also very sad as the little girl was ill and passed away at the age of nine. It was very meaningful to the Pissarro’s as well as they never sold it, nor the majority of his other portraits of Minette, and it didn’t leave the family until his wife Julie died in 1926.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l19002/lot.22.html
Christie’s had their London Impressionist and Surrealist auctions as well and this article discusses the results. I didn’t get to see any of the paintings but there are illustrations in the article. As you can see from the headline it was not a roaring success.
Signac Sails to a Record While Van Gogh and Monet Bellyflop in Christie’s $220 Million London Impressionist and Modern Sale
https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-london-art-of-the-surreal-auction-1474294
In other art news.
The article explains that the museum is spending $650M for a new facility which will decrease gallery space by 10,000 SQFT. I agree with the critic, it makes absolutely no sense.
LACMA, the Incredible Shrinking Museum: A critic’s lament
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-shrinking-20190402-story.html
My brother forwarded this to me with the comment, “Depending on what they send, this really could be extraordinary. Chatsworth is legendary.“ It definitely looks to be a Wow event, can’t wait.
Sotheby’s - Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition - New York | 28 June – 18 September | Free and Open to the Public
https://tinyurl.com/yy2nbvpk
This is an exhibition I can only dream of.
Christie’s
Unravelling the riddle of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
https://tinyurl.com/yxa39ugd
This comment by Stella really resonates with me. I’ve mentioned standing in front of paintings and thinking how nice it would be to wake up every morning and see it.
Stella discusses ‘the bourgeois value of paintings’, and the idea of being able to ‘come home and sit in an easy chair and smoke a cigar and look at a beautiful painting.
There’s a video at the link.
Frank Stella on Jan Sanders van Hemessen’s Double Portrait
https://www.christies.com/features/Frank-Stella-on-his-favourite-Old-Master-painting-9790-3.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9790
Masterworks from the estate of Lila and Herman Shickman
https://www.christies.com/features/Works-from-the-estate-of-Lila-and-Herman-Shickman-9592-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9592
And with that, let’s do the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Pink Easter Monday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130283184@N02/27365287608/
Tree Hugging
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129285689@N02/25028389478/
No bloomers...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbright45/16088917851/
20120717 43
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127694552@N06/17858516611/
The maid has been plotting something
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tallulahhh/32951626018/
CiNDY HU
https://www.flickr.com/photos/im-cindy/46338820281/
WLW_0616
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yammy_chow/24644581788/
Western styled Year of the Pig! :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76434492@N02/46276149434/
Maid Amber
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37097125@N08/46168605345/
2018棚拍_180925_0006
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crystal_ringring/31078433518/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This week I visited the Met and saw the fourth and final rotation of the Chinese exhibit, Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China. The first rotation went up in August of 2017 and will close in August this year. I’m curious to know what the next theme will be for the Chinese galleries. I’ve written about each rotation and I’ll list some of the things I enjoyed below. Enlarge the images where ever you can.
Below are links to the overview and exhibition themes pages from the website.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/streams-and-mountains
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/streams-and-mountains/exhibition-themes
This is a link to all the objects in the exhibit.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=7f4f834c-9365-44c5-9369-df76a2cf6879#!?perPage=100&offset=0
Huang Xiangjian – Searching for My Parents, dated 1656 – This is the first thing I came across, it’s a very long scroll depicting Huang’s journey across 1400 miles through Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces in search of his parents. The saga is described on the website. It’s difficult to see on the web but he painted himself in several sections, a very tiny figure with an umbrella. The second link is to one of those sections. Sort of a where’s Waldo from the 17th Century.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73652
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/76512/182718/restricted
Wang Jian - Landscapes in the styles of ancient masters,17th century – There are about 20 folio sheets from Wang Jian and they are all serene and tranquil. I can’t see the differences that his admirers would have recognized but the descriptive cards in the museum say that he didn’t identify the artist he was aping as it would have been evident. Both of the links show houses by a river at the foot of a mountain.
https://tinyurl.com/y5vvbu4y
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/44591/157182/main-image
Su Renshan – LANDSCAPE – This very large hanging scroll was done by a very precocious 15 year old boy of the 19th Century. The immensity of the mountain can be imagined from the tiny figures at the very bottom. He modestly inscribed it in very small print at the lower right while his proud father wrote a very large inscription at the very top. I had to find this at a Sotheby’s auction as the Met website wouldn’t bring it up. I’m think it’s possible that it’s a loan or a promised gift. It’s an interesting image with the stairways and houses winding their way up the mountain.
https://tinyurl.com/y2kb66t7
Zhao Yuan - Farewell by a Stream on a Clear Day, second half 14th century – This is another large hanging scroll showing people departing in a boat leaving their friends on the shore. Again, the size of the individuals is in stark contrast to the vastness of the landscape.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45647
Wang Jian - Lofty Scholar among Streams and Mountains, in the manner of Juran, late 17th century – Another example of Wang painting in the style of an ancient master. I like this image of the scholar who has secluded himself in this pristine wilderness with only a retainer or student shown on the upper floor.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41484
Chen Hongshou – Landscape – This is a painted fan of two gentlemen in a waterside pavilion. One apparently a scholar as he has a stack of books by his side. The other sits with a fan waiting I suppose for the attendants to serve them their drinks.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49055
Luo Ping - Drinking in the Bamboo Garden,1773 – A warm, appealing painting of the artist with his family and friends. You can zoom in on the house with people in it.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49254
Wen Zhengming - The Cassia Grove Studio,ca. 1532 – The essay explains that the painting is to celebrate the success of a fellow scholar and adds that "Plucking the cassia" was a metaphor for such success. The scholar is the half hidden figure to the left. The house in the secluded grove surrounded by the mountains and trees is a very visually appealing image.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44601
And now let’s do the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Theater Night!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/87683088@N04/40573848393/
almost ready
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34080186@N06/46310205702/
I wanna be a princess_♥︎
https://www.flickr.com/photos/saki_75153/45292511365/
Cute Brolita
https://www.flickr.com/photos/154616405@N08/46338819954/
夏天3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62540245@N02/39382456564/
A pink princess of the sunshine_03
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mika_ayukawa/3114199045/
Say NO to the Nashville statement! (or I'll block you....)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/107544285@N05/32803058838/
Cream Dress Jess
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessica-jane/46471133145/
melina tgirl(4099)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/melina_tgirl/47381437291/
Ladies, if your husband claims a real man won't do the houshold... view it as an opportunity !
https://www.flickr.com/photos/161596142@N07/47388186881/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited the Neue Galerie for their current exhibition, The Self-Portrait, from Schiele to Beckmann. It’s a difficult exhibit in that you’re not viewing pretty pictures of well to do individuals. These were painted from the beginning of the 20th Century through both World Wars in Germany and reflect the persecution of the Jews, sometimes directly like Felix Nussbaum’s paintings of himself in a concentration camp or holding his identify card while on the run from the authorities or just in the haunted expressions the artists paint on their faces. The five minute video tour below takes you through the entire exhibit with commentary and is worthwhile. The two reviews are well illustrated and offer an analysis of the shows. I can link to the WSJ article as I don’t believe it’s behind a paywall. I’ll also link to a few of the things I found interesting.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBOlOxu9Qk8
Economist Magazine review
https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/look-closer/talent-and-tragedy?
Wall Street Journal review – I mentioned the haunted expressions on the artist’s faces and in this review the exhibit is said to offer, “such haunting downers as Egon Schiele, Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Dix and Max Beckmann provide no glitter.” This is in contrast with a 2006 Met exhibit of the same artists that wasn’t as downbeat. That’s an exhibit I remember visiting.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-self-portrait-from-schiele-to-beckmann-review-the-faces-of-chaotic-times-11552132801
Georg Scholz’s ‘Self-Portrait in Front of an Advertising Column – Scholz has a surprised look on his face which the WSJ review refers to as his wondering how he got to this place. I really like the technical aspect of the painting, the way the posters curl around the column and the realism of the setting.
https://www.neuegalerie.org/sites/default/files/work/Scholz_1.JPG
Otto Dix – Self portrait with easel – He paints himself looking annoyed while gazing past his canvas at the viewer when he is actually more than likely looking at his own image in a mirror.
https://uploads4.wikiart.org/images/otto-dix/self-portrait-with-easel.jpg!Large.jpg
Niklaus Stoecklin, Self-Portrait, 1918 – A very wary look on his face as if wondering why we’re interested in what he’s doing.
http://weimarart.blogspot.com/2010/07/niklaus-stoecklin.html
Richard Gerstl, “Self-Portrait” (winter 1906-07) – I was attracted to this because if you look at it closely it’s just bits of paint dotted on the canvas in a pointillist assembly to form a face. The link is to a review of an exhibit of his work at the Neue in 2017 which I don’t think I attended. Gerstl had a brief life, he committed suicide at 25 when his love affair with Mathilde Schönberg was discovered by her husband, Arnold Schönberg.
https://hyperallergic.com/400700/richard-gerstl-neue-galerie-2017/
Wilhelm Heise - Self-Portrait, Fading Spring – I love the way he filled the entire painting with this chaos of objects, plants, his brushes, coffee cup and tools all tumbled across his table.
https://theartstack.com/artist/wilhelm-heise/self-portrait-end-spr
Rembrandt - Self Portrait Etching at a Window – It was a surprise and a treat to find six tiny Rembrandt etchings, all from the Morgan Library, in this exhibit. I’ve seen them before but any time they’re on display they’re worth looking at.
https://www.themorgan.org/rembrandt/print/179891
Rembrandt - Self-Portrait with Saskia – Here’s another one.
https://www.themorgan.org/rembrandt/print/179896
Items from the Neue’s permanent collection are hung on the ground floor and you can see a number of paintings by Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele.
Klimt - Adele Bloch-Bauer I – I probably link to this every time I visit the Neue as it is their most famous painting, the lady in gold which they bought at auction for $135M. I’ve linked to a Wikipedia image since it’s larger than the one on the museum website.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Gustav_Klimt_046.jpg/800px-Gustav_Klimt_046.jpg
Klimt – Woman in Black Feather Hat – This is on display but it’s from a private collection, probably a long-term loan. This link is to a Klimt appreciation website and it says the painting is influenced by Van Gogh, Picasso and El Greco but to me, I see the influence of Toulouse Lautrec. The color combinations are very striking.
https://www.gustav-klimt.com/The-Black-Feather-Hat.jsp
Klimt - Park at Kammer Castle – Lovely landscape. Second link is an enlargement.
https://app.cuseum.com/art/gustav-klimt-park-at-kammer-castle
https://cdn2.oceansbridge.com/2017/09/05222755/The-Park-of-Schloss-Kammer-am-Attersee-Gustav-Klimt-oil-painting.jpg
In other art news. Two articles from Sotheby’s on one of my favorite painters, Edward Hopper, an article on a bequest for the Met and two other museums, and three articles from Christie’s.
There’s a video at the link as well.
Edward Hopper's Ground Swell, an American Portrait of Freedom and Possibility
https://tinyurl.com/yy8ab4tz
21 Facts About Edward Hopper
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/21-facts-about-edward-hopper?locale=en
This will be a nice addition to the Met’s already wonderful collection.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Freer and Sackler Galleries, and Portland Art Museum Will Receive 550 Japanese Artworks
http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/17/met-museum-freer-and-sackler-galleries-and-portland-art-museum-will-get-550-japanese-masterpieces/
Back in February I posted about Monet’s Palais Ducal which was auctioned by Sotheby’s. In May it will be Christie’s turn to auction one of his Venetian paintings, this one Le Palais Dario from Drue Heinz collection. Below is the article from Sotheby’s and if you click on the link there’s a brief video.
‘A vision over the water’ — Claude Monet’s Le Palais Dario
https://tinyurl.com/y3ryjce5
Collecting guide: 7 questions about Belle Époque art
https://www.christies.com/features/Belle-Epoque-art-collecting-guide-9814-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9814
5 minutes with... A double-sided painting by Constable
https://www.christies.com/features/Five-minutes-with-a-double-sided-painting-by-Constable-9802-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9802
And now it’s time to Flickr.
Andy G.
Kylee gurl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157170382@N04/33751555578/in/pool-2465169@N21/
2011_06210003
https://www.flickr.com/photos/belinda999/6088647920/
Rachel Valentine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachel_valentine/46478620815/
Red prom dress with PVC corset belt
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125452246@N02/46821287281/
A Balerina at Galleria Mall Entrance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwhitets/8133141552/
20190310_010056 (4)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146339442@N03/46612953154/
Susan Louise Fox 238
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155501406@N06/39984886333/
Flickr Flasher
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hello_monique/11460165773/
Debbie's March 2019
https://www.flickr.com/photos/saralegs/47280768511/
1223700_pinkfrillymelissa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141244931@N03/43154021902/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
For the most part the weather was mild and beautiful this week aside from yesterday which was rainy, cold and windy. Today was a beautiful day but quite windy in the morning. I haven’t turned off my heating system nor brought my winter coat upstairs but I was seriously considering it until I heard the weather forecast this morning. It appears that when I wake up tomorrow morning the temperature will be in the high thirties, requiring heat in my home as well as the coat when I go out for my morning walk. No snow forecast although there is snow forecast for upstate New York which will more than likely affect Betty. Hope it doesn’t turn into anything serious.
This week I visited the Frick for their latest exhibition, a small show in the basement rooms, Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto. Tiepolo was an 18th Century Italian artist and I’ve seen many of his paintings and drawings at museums and the auctions. The Frescoes are lost because the Palazzo Archinto in Milan was bombed by the Allies in 1943 destroying much of the interior of this magnificent estate. The introduction explains that the Archinto family had been in Milan since the 12th Century and were connoisseurs of the arts and stocked their palace with great artworks and books, not unlike Mr. Frick, Mr. Morgan and other American tycoons. There are five paintings which depict images portrayed in the Frescoes, all having to do with mythology and allegories. In addition to the paintings all known preparatory sketches and drawings are shown here as a group for the first time. There are also photographs of the Palazzo before and after the bombing. A truly great loss. These paintings are very beautiful and I’ve copied the five below with links to the website. To truly appreciate them you need to read the description of who is who in the paintings and what they are doing or what they represent. Each painting tells a story and there is a lot going on. I had to keep referring back and forth between the painting and the card to connect the placement of each image. There are three versions of Apollo and Phaeton from three different museums. The version of Perseus and Andromeda from the Frick is his only Tiepolo, purchased in 1916.
Giambattista Tiepolo - Triumph of the Arts and Sciences (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon) – This is an allegory.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/1
Giambattista Tiepolo - Perseus and Andromeda (The Frick)
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/perseus_andromeda
Giambattista Tiepolo - Apollo and Phaëton (LACMA)
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/apollo_phaeton
Giambattista Tiepolo - Apollo and Phaëton (Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künst, Vienna)
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/7
Giambattista Tiepolo - Apollo and Phaëton (The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, United Kingdom)
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/8
Giambattista Tiepolo - Triumph of a Roman Emperor Drawn for Carlo Sigonio, Opera Omnia – This is an unrelated work, a drawing for a the book, Opera Omnia by Carlo Sigonio.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/9g
Vittorio Maria Bigari - Truth Unveiled by Time – Bigari was a peer of Tiepolo and was also commissioned by Archinto to paint Frescoes. This is the only painting that survived the bombing intact.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/appendix_55
Giambattista Tiepolo and Stefano Orlandi, Architectural Detail with Figure, a surviving fragment of The Triumph of Art and Sciences, entrusted to Sforzesco Castle in Milan. – This was represented in the exhibition through a photograph. The link is to an article on the Palazzo and the photograph appears at the bottom right, click on it to enlarge it.
http://www.culturagolgiredaelli.it/en/life-stories/palazzo-archinto/#prettyPhoto/4/
Vincenzo Aragozzini - Facade of Palazzo Archinto, 1934 – This is a photograph of the Palace façade in all its splendor.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/appendix_1
Vincenzo Aragozzini - View of the courtyards of Palazzo Archinto, 1934 – Another pre-war photo.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/appendix_9
Unknown photographer - Palazzo Archinto after bombing in August 1943, 1948 – The Palace destroyed.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/appendix_60
Unknown photographer - Palazzo Archinto after bombing in August 1943, 1948 – Another view of the destruction.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/appendix_65
This is a five minute video introducing the exhibition.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/video
This links to the full lecture video which is one hour.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan/lecture_videos
In other art news.
If you’re unfamiliar with the story in the first article, in 2013 it came to light that Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of Hildebrand Gurlitt, had in his possession some 1400 works of art which he claimed his father, an art dealer and historian, had acquired legally. It turned out that Hildebrand was a dealer of art for the Nazis during the second world war with a large possibility that many of the items in his collection were looted from Jewish owners. There’s a very interesting 22 minute video at the link which discusses Hildebrandt Gurlitt and the collection.
Shown in Bern, Bonn & Berlin, trove comes to Israel in Sept
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-to-host-nazi-era-art-hoard-held-by-german-recluse/
Art detective eyes IRA in Gardner Museum art heist – If this is true it would be a really wonderful thing to recover these masterpieces.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/22/art-detective-eyes-ira-in-gardner-art-heist/
So ends this week’s episode with a quick segue to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Prissy Sissy Slut
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellyukslut/40136686653/
Susan dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152512835@N05/46459550942/
French Maid?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/charliesweetie/47387397242/
You can call me Alice...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alittlemisschloe/33119930948/
Cigarette Girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/meagancrickett/7539669846/
Bridesmaid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55377997@N05/45968788944/
Pink and Prissy, Southern Sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/conniegirl/4018607023/
Mom's Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissyjed/6317067224/
IMG_20190321_030843
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156950022@N04/33561709918/
5790087761_794d5ae402_b
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134423281@N06/47417461332/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Despite the fact that it was a thoroughly disagreeable day, wet, cold and rainy, I walked up to Christie’s for their Old Master’s and European auction previews. There were no blockbusters to speak of, lots of school of and follower of and that sort. There were some well-known names, Gainsborough, Tintoretto, Tiepolo and Jacques Louis David to name a few but the samples were not of the finest quality. Still there were lots of very beautiful things to see. I’ve copied a few below.
Jan Sanders van Hemessen (Hemessen - Double portrait of a husband and wife, half-length, seated at a table, playing tables – I posted an article about this painting and the next one and it was a treat seeing them in person. This appears to be the biggest ticket item in the auctions, it was estimated at $6-9M and sold for just over $10M
https://tinyurl.com/y53bhsgy
Juan van der Hamen y León - Peaches, pears, plums, peas and cherries in wicker baskets, figs, plums and cherries on pewter plates, a bouquet of tulips, blue and yellow irises, roses and other flowers in a Venetian crystal vase with terracotta and glass vessels and stone fruit on a stone ledge – This went at the low end of its estimate $6.5M
https://tinyurl.com/y26plazv
John Atkinson Grimshaw - Spirit of Night – Grimshaw is someone I’ve become familiar with from the auctions, a 19th Century English artist whose paintings have that certain glow like those of Maxfield Parrish. This is much more noticeable when you stand in front of the painting rather than viewing the recreation on the web.
https://tinyurl.com/yyu7ljmd
Willem Kalf - A chafing dish, two pilgrims' canteens, a silver-gilt ewer, a plate and other tableware on a partially draped table – The reflection in the silver-gilt ewer which is hardly noticeable here shines into your eyes in the gallery.
https://tinyurl.com/yyvykhgr
Salomon van Ruysdael - A river landscape with cattle watering and sailing boats beyond – There are four van Ruysdael’s who are painters, Salomon and his brother Isaack, each of whom had a son named Jacob. They were Dutch landscape painters and painted many beautiful scenes such as this one. The Met has a number of Salomon’s paintings in their collection. As has happened previously this lot has disappeared from the Christie’s website so I’ve had to search to find another image. Unfortunately it’s a much smaller image that makes it hard to appreciate its beauty.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/salomon-van-ruysdael/a-river-landscape-with-cattle-watering-and-f-P2BzH4PtKXLm8irPgC2g2
Salomon van Ruysdael - A river landscape with a ferry and Kronenburg Castle in the background – Another river landscape which hasn’t disappeared and is equally beautiful.
https://tinyurl.com/y5sjgxnm
Jan van Goyen - An estuary scene – Not as popular as Van Ruysdael and the other Dutch genre painters van Goyen painted lovely landscapes like this one.
https://tinyurl.com/y3mnatus
François Boucher - Vénus et les Amours – Boucher’s paintings are almost instantly recognizable and are always pleasing to the eye.
https://tinyurl.com/yyu8caxk
Baccio della Porta, called Fra Bartolomeo - The Madonna and Child – I’m not a major fan of religious art but I think this is a particularly well done image. Another missing lot.
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/baccio-della-porta-called-fra-bartolommeo-the-madonna-and-child
Paul Gustave Fischer -Young Danish Girl – He’s not someone I’ve come across before but I was taken with the simple beauty of this portrait of a young girl.
https://tinyurl.com/y3xsdtgo
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Madame du Barry (1743-1793), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape – Le Brun is wonderful and it’s nice to come across her at the auctions.
https://tinyurl.com/y3owul4v
Jacques-Louis David - The Distribution of the Eagle Standards – This looks better on the web than in the gallery. It’s an oil sketch for one of his large paintings and below is an article about it. I included it in my comments above about things that were not of the finest quality. The fact that it’s just a sketch indicates I was too harsh.
https://tinyurl.com/y29oe2jb
5 minutes with... An oil sketch for The Distribution of the Eagle Standards by Jacques-Louis David
https://www.christies.com/features/Jacques-Louis-David-sketch-of-Napoleons-coronation-9816-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9816
Results from the auctions showing every lot up for sale.
Masterworks from the Estate of Lila and Herman Shickman
https://www.christies.com/masterworks-from-the-estate-28386.aspx?lid=1&dt=020520191124&saletitle=
Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
https://www.christies.com/old-master-paintings-and-28186.aspx?lid=1&dt=020520191124&saletitle=
Old Masters
https://www.christies.com/old-masters-28062.aspx?lid=1&dt=020520191139&saletitle=
European Art
https://www.christies.com/european-art-28054.aspx?lid=1&dt=020520191142&saletitle=
In other art news.
Edward Hopper’s Central Park
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/edward-hopper-central-park-shakespeare-at-dusk?locale=en
Arbres dans le jardin de l’asile — A dazzling work from Van Gogh’s final crescendo
https://www.christies.com/features/Van-Goghs-Arbres-dans-le-jardin-de-lasile-9825-3.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9825
Vincent van Gogh's Pastoral Reverie in Auvers-sur-Oise – video at link
https://tinyurl.com/y5kzopd8
Leonardo's 'Leda and the Swan' Returns to the United States for the First Time in Over 15 Years
https://tinyurl.com/yxwu9gtt
Now it’s off to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
sissy maid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152694274@N06/33852719288/
Two cute guys enjoy a hug
https://www.flickr.com/photos/154616405@N08/47546539131/in/dateposted/
ready for my tutoring session
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alicat366/47558443381/
Love them heels
https://www.flickr.com/photos/staciedressup/40633020313/
Vesna Prague
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157026159@N08/43041204144/
TT 15
https://www.flickr.com/photos/168974527@N06/46793579295/
IMG_2173
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144325983@N08/47553149151/
Ready to receive my next instructions
https://www.flickr.com/photos/161596142@N07/32601011437/
20190309_212619
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146339442@N03/47448335172/
Video Clip
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156950022@N04/32651438947/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I don’t know how many of you have read the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit, or seen the movies but this week I visited the Morgan library to see the current main exhibit, Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth.
I tried reading the Hobbit when I was younger and couldn’t get into it but sometime in the past ten years I tried again and wound up reading it as well as the trilogy. Very enjoyable and someday I hope to be able to see the films as well.
The exhibit displays family artifacts, photos and letters, manuscripts, drawings and watercolors. I underestimated the appeal and wasn’t expecting it to be busy but the first time I went to visit I left as there was a crowd waiting for admission. The Morgan has caveats on the website about access saying when it gets crowded there will be timed admission. It stated that costumes are allowable but masks, wizard staffs, scepters, axes, bow and arrows, or swords are not permitted. I certainly had no problem with those proscriptions. The galleries aren’t overly large and they can fill up quickly which is why I was hesitant to go in when I saw a crowd. On my second try I arrived after the museum opened and it wasn’t crowded so I went in. I didn’t see any costumes and the attendees were split fairly evenly between the young and the old. It’s the first time I’ve ever been told the staircase to the second floor was for exit only thus giving me my first ride on the glass elevator. It was crowded inside the exhibit room but not a mob scene. I was able to see everything on display. I really only cared about his drawings and watercolors. Until I read a review of the exhibit with illustrations I had no idea he was an artist in addition to author. Below are some of the things I liked.
There were fair amount of watercolors on display and many of them weren’t among the selected images on the Morgan website but I found a website with a scanned copy of a publication, Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien with text by his son Christopher. When viewing the samples below, which have no text, you can toggle back to the appropriate page in the slideshow for explanatory commentary.
This is a link to the main page of the exhibit with a brief video and selected images.
https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/tolkien
This is the slideshow of the book. It’s much easier viewing if you go to full screen.
https://www.slideshare.net/leonardorosati1675/pictures-by-jrr-tolkien
Conversation with Smaug – It’s the colors of the watercolors which drew me in as well as the elaborate detail. I love the bats flying at the top of this painting.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Conversation-with-Smaug.jpg
The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water – Hobbiton is the village where the Hobbits live. Hobbits are similar to dwarves and the second link discusses the village.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/The-Hill-Hobbiton-across-the-water.jpg
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hobbiton
Rivendell – Rivendell is a another village, this one of elves. Elves are different from Hobbits in that elves are immortal.
http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Rivimages/rivjrrt2.jpg
Bilbo woke with the early sun in his eyes – Wonderful image of the immense bird on the mountaintop overlooking the valley, dwarfing, no pun intended, Bilbo.
https://pod.museoteca.com/oxford//img/web/images/00428.jpg
Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves – Love the long perspective of the river meandering down past the huts with the partially hidden sun at the end.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/bilbo-comes-to-the-hut-of-the-raft-elves.jpg
Old Man Willow – Willow is an Ent, a sentient tree creature. It’s branches look like arms and Willow threatened Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.
http://corecanvas.s3.amazonaws.com/theonering-0188db0e/gallery/original/jrrt_32.jpg
Glaurung sets forth to seek Turin – Glaurung was the great Dragon.
http://corecanvas.s3.amazonaws.com/theonering-0188db0e/gallery/original/jrrt_02.jpg
Information on the characters
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Old_Man_Willow
Below are reviews of the exhibit.
https://ew.com/books/2019/04/19/morgan-library-tolkien-exhibit/
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/jrr-tolkien-art-morgan-library-1449088
In other art news.
Gemaeldegalerie museum in Dresden owns two paintings by Vermeer (lucky them!), Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window and The Procuress. Through X-ray examinations they determined that in Girl Reading a Letter, a Cupid had been painted over, not by Vermeer, but by another hand after his death. They decided to restore the painting as explained in the article. You can see the picture as it was and as it looks now halfway through the restoration. The museum decided to keep it on display during the restoration. The second link is to the Gemaeldegalerie museum with many photos of the painting showing the process as well as two brief videos which are in German but with subtitles. The website is in German but Google translate is helpful.
Restoration Reveals Long-Lost Cupid Painted Over After Vermeer’s Death
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/restoration-reveals-long-lost-cupid-painted-over-after-vermeers-death-180972143/
https://gemaeldegalerie.skd.museum/forschung/vermeer/
Here’s another restoration job, this one Fra Angelico’s The Annunciation which is owned by the Prado. This is a 9-minute video about it and the article below discusses it. It’s an interesting video and the restoration is remarkable, it’s a brilliant painting, and with the restoration it looks new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhS_sHwudY&feature=youtu.be
http://artdaily.com/news/113419/The-Museo-del-Prado-presents-The-Annunciation-by-Fra-Angelico-after-its-restoration
Now it’s time for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Halloween 98 10a
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dannycasillas/40629787913/
Bondage time Alice 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alice_uk_cd/40642519783/
White uniform, pink stockings!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emmalouisetgirl/47587455221/
Nervously waiting for inspection...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/150101413@N05/47553005622/
BEE555
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bee-ceedee/45890242251/
The upstairs maid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/txtgtv/46498336305/
One from the Sissy Manor June 2018 event
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34430209@N07/32559105927/
Maid Petra
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maidpetra/40325971623/
20190107_191826
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_lottie/46645189822/
sallycurtsie1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/10441103945/
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Thanks andyg, I love your gallery visit and the subject of the art. Of course I always love the Flickrs.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
At last we’ve put together a couple of really beautiful days, sunny and warm with no rain. I even turned off my boiler finally and I hope I have no need to turn it back on again before October.
I did a double header this week attending both the Christie’ and Sotheby’s Impressionist and Contemporary art auction previews. There were many beautiful things and lots of big-ticket items. This was quality stuff, multiple paintings from Monet, Pissarro and Cezanne as well as others and several oddball items, like the Louise Bourgeois Spider. It’s enormous and is in a room of its own with a note that only five people can be in the room with it at any time. Its estimate was $25M-35M and it realized $32M. Jeff Koons Rabbit which is also in its own room painted completely white, lit by very bright lights, had an estimate of $50M-70M and went for $91M. I think he’s a charlatan and actively dislike him. This is an article on his many controversial artworks http://artdaily.com/news/113639/US-artist-Jeff-Koons--controversies-and-complaints I see Roberta Smith in today’s New York Times defends him but she didn’t change my mind. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/arts/jeff-koons-auction-christies.html There was an enormous bronze by Magritte which I imagine would be rather off-putting if you had it in your living room but fascinating, nonetheless. That and some other things follow. My brother pointed out there is a virtual tour of the preview at this link.
https://www.christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?lid=1&intsaleid=28066&dt=652019067&saletitle=
Click on “Take Virtual Tour” in the box. He said it was cool and I think it is but I had trouble navigating it.
Vincent van Gogh - Arbres dans le jardin de l'asile – I previously posted an article about this. It’s a very bright painting in the gallery, the paint shines from the canvas.
https://tinyurl.com/y3pxgjll
Camille Pissarro - Le Jardin d'Octave Mirbeau, la terrasse, Les Damps – Multiple Pissarro’s and I guess it’s a subjective thing but I think this is the best.
https://tinyurl.com/y26cm8f8
Paul Cézanne - Bouilloire et fruits – Classic Cezanne still life. There was also a small portrait of his father. There’s a full-size painting of his father in the National Gallery in D.C. which is wonderful. This was the star of the auction with the highest price realized as you can read in the article below on results.
https://tinyurl.com/y3dturlm
Claude Monet - Nature morte au melon d'Espagne – Multiple Monet and I just liked this one the best although I certainly enjoyed all the others.
https://tinyurl.com/y4th9kt5
Tamara de Lempicka - La Sagesse – Lempicka is always well represented at the auctions, there were multiple examples in this preview. She has an interesting style and this just struck me.
https://tinyurl.com/y4h976sa
Charles White – Untitled – I never came across this artist before but I was really taken by this graphite portrait. White was also a teacher and Kerry James Marshall was one of his students.
https://tinyurl.com/yyv3k2wo
René Magritte - Le Thérapeute – This a bronze sculpture that’s very large and one of a series of sculptures based on his iconic paintings. You can see the original painting in the second link.
https://tinyurl.com/y33fljc8
https://d32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net/NICi9TVl8M0jt0Q5aXttPA/large.jpg
Louise Bourgeois -Spider – I don’t really get things like this. The website picture doesn’t really give you an idea of how enormous it is so I’m adding the second link which is an article and video on the work which shows it in place outside.
https://tinyurl.com/y288uxyx
https://www.christies.com/features/Louise-Bourgeois-Spider-6639-3.aspx
Jeff Koons -Rabbit –I spoke about him above and I think the prices his art brings at auction only shows how out of touch with regular people the .01% are.
https://tinyurl.com/yxk59mfa
Ralph Goings - Morgan Semi-Rig – I’ve seen exhibitions of photorealistic paintings and enjoyed them and as such I enjoyed this as well.
https://tinyurl.com/y6nc9anu
Salvador Dalí - Naissance d'une divinité – Dali is not a favorite and I think he was a bit of a conman as well but this appealed to me.
https://tinyurl.com/y4h4vzfo
Amedeo Modigliani -Tête – Modigliani’s sculptures are very recognizable and this went for about midway between the low and high estimate at $34.3M
https://tinyurl.com/yy5lxhpc
Amedeo Modigliani -Lunia Czechowska (à la robe noire) – His paintings are equally recognizable by the elongated necks, tilted heads, and almond-shaped eyes. This really beautiful work went for well above the estimate at $25.2M
https://tinyurl.com/y5dp32u3
Christie’s definitely had a far better selection of quality pieces than Sotheby’s. I was surprised I went as I always look at the preview and that would have told me it wasn’t the greatest. I then remembered that upon viewing it I had decided not to go. I check each of the websites on the first of each month and when I did that a few days ago I noted the auction and wondered why I hadn’t put it on my calendar so I added it. Of course there are always nice things to see even when the galleries aren’t filled with fabulous pieces. The renovations made the galleries much larger and very spacious. It’s also a little trickier making sure you don’t miss anything. There are even galleries on the first floor where the payment center was. They had the enormous Bouguereau Bacchus on display which is really quite impressive if for no other reason than its size. https://tinyurl.com/y49qb8g7
Claude Monet – MEULES – This is described as one of his haystacks paintings although a number of years ago it was determined that these were actually wheat stacks and the whole series of similar paintings should be referred to as grain stacks but this hasn’t taken hold in the auction houses. It was the star of the auction bringing in close to $111M.
https://tinyurl.com/y3ol5gyb
Frédéric Bazille - THÉRÈSE LISANT DANS LE PARC DE MÉRIC – Lovely portrait of the artist’s cousin quietly reading a book in a serene spot.
https://tinyurl.com/yy7s4j3j
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - PORTRAIT DE JEUNE FEMME – Striking portrait of a young woman looking directly at us with a rather intense gaze.
https://tinyurl.com/y6f24lyw
Camille Pissarro - LA MÈRE JOLLY RACCOMMODANT – Another portrait but this time of a maid at work thoroughly absorbed in her mending.
https://tinyurl.com/y5cecvpe
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - FEMME DE MAISON – I thought this was a pastel like the Manet below but it’s oil thinned paints. I was surprised this didn’t sell.
https://tinyurl.com/y4j6phhp
Édouard Manet - JEUNE FILLE AU COL CASSÉ, DE PROFIL – Lovely pastel.
https://tinyurl.com/yxszdemz
Below are links to the results pages.
Christie’s
Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
https://www.christies.com/impressionist-and-modern-art-28068.aspx?lid=1&dt=140520190326&saletitle=
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
https://www.christies.com/impressionist-and-modern-art-28066.aspx?lid=1&dt=140520190326&saletitle=
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
https://www.christies.com/post-war-and-contemporary-art-28020.aspx?lid=1&dt=170520191059&saletitle=
Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
https://www.christies.com/post-war-and-contemporary-art-28019.aspx?lid=1&dt=170520191059&saletitle=
Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
https://www.christies.com/post-war-and-contemporary-art-28022.aspx?lid=1&dt=170520191058&saletitle=
Sotheby’s
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/impressionist-modern-art-evening-n10067.html?locale=en
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/impressionist-modern-art-day-n10068.html?locale=en
Contemporary Art Day Auction
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/contemporary-art-day-n10070.html?locale=en
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n10069.html?locale=en
Articles on the results of the auctions.
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale Soars to $400 Million, Fueled by Treasures Once Owned by Condé Nast’s S.I. Newhouse
https://tinyurl.com/yy2n4f9j
A Record-Shattering $111 Million Monet Powers an Otherwise Staid $350 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale at Sotheby’s
https://news.artnet.com/market/claude-monet-meules-sothebys-1544995
Jeff Koons’s Bunny Sets a New Record for a Living Artist in Christie’s Half-Billion-Dollar Postwar and Contemporary Art Sale
https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-contemporary-auction-may-2019-1545007
Francis Bacon’s Screaming Pope and a String of Artist Records Deliver Sotheby’s a Robust $342 Million Contemporary Sale
https://tinyurl.com/yxojyavk
Multiple auctions remind me how much I enjoy retirement. When I was working I would have had to choose which one to go to but now I can easily visit both. There were lots of additional beautiful art I didn’t link to and you can see it all at the links to the full auctions.
And now it’s time for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Crossdresser / Transvestite
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crossdresser_tranny/32684103617/
Maid To Serve ...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davina_wayne/47658451141/
More pinky
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emmalouisetgirl/47607697032/
Pink 'n' frilly
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69985415@N00/32511210304/
DDB4897D-9656-4965-9EBD-27FBE742ADA4
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/33752230618/
The ultimate humiliation in front of Mummy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145075904@N02/47571872191/
Sunday selection
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123958052@N03/47830459041/
More curtsey practice at sissy manor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135809499@N02/47084386032/
DSC00232
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyjj/46522474024/
DSC01922
https://www.flickr.com/photos/122472945@N05/32052869227/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
We’re in the midst of beautiful weather here in New Jersey, sunny and mild and forecast to last through the long weekend.
This is the end of the auction season for a while, the last being American art at both the houses. I went to Christie’s last Saturday and Sotheby’s on Monday. One of the things I enjoy most about retirement is that I have the time to visit both. When I was working I always had to choose between the two. There were lots of beautiful paintings and I’ll show some below.
These are links to two Christie’s auctions, one was held on Tuesday and the other was an online auction. I watched some of the Tuesday auction live. I thought the auctioneer for Christie’s did a much better job than the one doing Sotheby’s auction which I’ll discuss below. This auctioneer was lively and did a good job of coaxing bidders. There were fewer surprises in this auction than in Sotheby’s. One was the O’Keeffe Red Canna which didn’t reach the low estimate and the two Gifford’s neither of which drew enough attention. The big ticket Bellows below was withdrawn just before the sale. I think Christie’s has to be much happier with their results than Sotheby’s, their total was $32.7M. Out of 86 lots, only 18 didn’t sell and aside from the artists I mentioned the rest were for the most part lower tier. Sotheby’s brought in $19M and out of 83 lots, 33 didn’t sell with many more noted artists failing to meet the low estimate as I mention below.
American Art – You can see the results at this link.
https://www.christies.com/american-art-28047.aspx?lid=1&dt=220520190357&saletitle=
American Art Online
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-art-online/lots/1494?lang=en-us
Edward Hopper - Windy Day – I’ll start with one of my favorites. This is a watercolor landscape. As with other works on the site the lot essay is very informative. It speaks of him being drawn to the water as a major compositional element in many paintings. The wind permeating the scene and the lack of life give the painting the disquiet that’s also found in so many of his paintings. The one that immediately came to my mind is Rooms by the Sea which I’ve always imagined was the scene after a suicide by drowning. No one does desolation and alienation better than Hopper. I’ve copied that link below the first one.
https://tinyurl.com/y3w4hvms
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52939
Sanford Robinson Gifford - The Mouth of the Shrewsbury River – There were three paintings by Gifford and I could have chosen any of them. Wonderful Hudson River painter. The group was well represented in the auction. This shows an impeding storm over Sandy Hook, New Jersey. As I said, I’m surprised that two didn’t sell as all of them were quality.
https://tinyurl.com/y3oskdpo
Frederic Edwin Church - THE HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON RIVER – Church was probably the most famous Hudson River painter and you don’t see many of his paintings on the block. There was quite a stink when the Berkshire Museum sold a number of their Hudson River paintings last year, one of which was a lovely Church. Museums aren’t supposed to sell paintings from their collections unless the funds are used to purchase other paintings and that wasn’t the case with Berkshire which resulted in a lawsuit. If I remember correctly the auction was allowed to proceed but some of the money had to be earmarked for other art acquisitions. The link is actually to the 2005 Sotheby’s auction since for reasons that escape me this auction has disappeared from the Christie’s website. It’s possible it was withdrawn. https://tinyurl.com/yxft9zcm
Thomas Moran - Ducal Palace, Sunset – There were two Moran’s, both done in emulation of Turner’s Venice paintings, and I could have chosen either.
https://tinyurl.com/y4donsjq
Jasper Francis Cropsey - Mount Washington from Lake Sebago – There were two of his paintings this time and I thought this was the better of the two. The other was part of the online auction. This one didn’t sell but that’s not overly surprising as Cropsey is usually well represented at the auctions. It’s also disappeared from the website so I had to find a different site for the image.
https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/jasper-francis-cropsey-1823-1900-45745187
Albert Bierstadt - View on the Hudson – This is the last Hudson River painter I’ll show, Bierstadt was a member of the group but attained his most fame for his large paintings of the landscape of the American West. The Brooklyn Museum owns a magnificent wall size example which I’ve copied below.
https://tinyurl.com/yy588csb
Albert Bierstadt - A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Storm_in_the_Rocky_Mountains,_Mt._Rosalie
George Wesley Bellows - Shipyard Society – This was one of the big ticket items in the auction with an estimate between $4M-$6M but it was withdrawn before the auction took place. It’s the property of the VA. Museum of Fine arts but unlike Berkshire it’s being sold to benefit future acquisitions. It’s too bad it was removed the site as there is another long essay on the site that spoke of Bellow’s fascination with Maine’s ship building activities and the people who were part of it. Below is a link to an image.
https://www.1000museums.com/art_works/george-wesley-bellows-shipyard-society
Norman Rockwell - The Homecoming – There are two paintings and a drawing by Rockwell in this auction and this is the star, another big ticket item estimated at $4.5M-$6.5M which came in a little over $6M. It’s the painting for a Saturday Evening Post cover that appeared at the end of the European conflict during World War II. I love Rockwell and it’s only in recent years that he’s become an accepted great artist as opposed to just a magazine illustrator.
https://tinyurl.com/y6zhauea
Douglass Crockwell -Movie Date – I’ll stop here with another Saturday Evening Post cover, this one from 1942 by an artist I haven’t come across before. He did magazine illustrations as well as the art for many advertising campaigns. This appears to be done in Rockwell’s style and is very of its time. I also got a kick out of seeing a Crockwell next to a Rockwell.
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-art-online/douglass-crockwell-1904-1968-147/70296
On Monday when I went to check the NJ Transit website both routes showed no buses arriving. I wondered if there was a problem with the site but it turns out there was a problem with the Lincoln Tunnel. A truck caught fire and had to be towed out shutting it down and causing delays of up to an hour. I was finally able to catch a later bus which took a very long time and got me home much later than I like but I had no choice as it was my only chance to see the American art at Sotheby’s, the auction was held the next morning at 10AM.
I watched some of that auction live that morning. It’s interesting to watch the way each auction unfolds. Some of the lots must have had a reserve as I watched bidding take place but not achieve the low estimate so the auction ended with the auctioneer saying passed and it was marked as unsold. Unlike when he had serious back and forth bidding the auctioneer seemed to rush through these lots not waiting to see if he could coax higher bids but ending the auctions quickly. When it ended I was surprised at how many unsold lots they had, they couldn’t be terribly happy. The big stunner to me was that the Hopper didn’t sell. Also the Church, all three Winslow Homers, the Hassam I liked, the more expensive Cassatt, one of the Coles and one of the Rockwell’s.
I’m glad I went although like the Impressionist auction I don’t think the selection was as good as Christie’s although as you’ll see there were some very nice things.
You can see all 84 lots at this link with results on how they did.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/american-art-n10074.html?locale=en
Edward Hopper - SHAKESPEARE AT DUSK – This is the star and I was pleased to see it. Once again another Hopper painting evinces loneliness, the empty park as day is ending. There’s a very long essay on the site. I was stunned that this didn’t sell.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.16.html?locale=en
Winslow Homer - THE CHESTNUT TREE – Homer is always wonderful and this is one of his watercolors, as I said none of his work sold.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.83.html?locale=en
John Singer Sargent - LANCELOT ALLEN – A very straightforward presentation of a little boy of seven. The lot essay says, “The American writer and critic Mariana G. Van Rensselaer wrote: "It is one of Mr. Sargent’s greatest distinctions that he never fails of entire success when he has a child before him"
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.47.html?locale=en
Maxfield Parrish - VILLAGE SCHOOL HOUSE – We all love Parrish and it’s unfortunate that when transferred to the screen you don’t get the full effect of his luminous colors.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.34.html?locale=en
Childe Hassam - WHITE ISLAND LIGHT, ISLES OF SHOALS – A really beautiful watercolor that until this auction has been in the hands of the owner’s family. Celia Laighton Thaxter, who was a friend of Hassam, is the first owner either by purchase or as a gift.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.57.html?locale=en
Norman Rockwell - LITTLE BOY WRITING LETTER – An early cover illustration for the Saturday Evening Post. The second link is a brief video about it.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.29.html?locale=en
How Norman Rockwell Captures the Innocence of Young Love
https://youtu.be/qSmBi3X-3rw
Thomas Cole - SUNSET ON THE ARNO – I’ll close with three more, first Cole who was more or less the father of the Hudson River movement, then two splendid paintings by Frederic Edwin Church and Sanford Robinson Gifford.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.43.html?locale=en
Frederic Edwin Church - RUINS AT BAALBEK – The original owner of the painting, Edward F. de Lancey, commissioned it in 1868 and it was painted on Church’s only transatlantic trip. You can see Turner’s influence here.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.46.html?locale=en
Sanford Robinson Gifford - A LAKE TWILIGHT – If things remain on the present course paintings like this will be the only evidence we have of nature’s beauty.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10074/lot.39.html?locale=en
Lots of wonderful tings to see, check out the links to the other items as well.
In other art news.
I got a particular kick out of this first article, especially the three New Jersey brothers who saved their mother’s creepy painting not knowing it was a Rembrandt. Below that are two Christie’s stories on four great American artists, the three Wyeth’s and Georgia O’Keeffe.
From the Rembrandt in the Rec Room to a Degas on a Bus, These 10 Priceless Artworks Were Found in the Unlikeliest Places
https://tinyurl.com/yxfb2xdx
10 things to know about Georgia O’Keeffe
https://www.christies.com/features/Georgia-O-Keeffe-7330-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-7330
The Wyeth dynasty of painters
https://www.christies.com/features/The-Wyeth-dynasty-of-American-painters-9860-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9860
And now it’s time for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
unikaren spring dress – Hi Samantha.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissysamantharebecca/46972212085/
Sissy Pet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissypet12/32348305688/
DSC_6951E
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91434869@N04/47502659631/
Kat with a garter belt
https://www.flickr.com/photos/katvarina/47704292551/
i really did enjoy this with my Aunt
https://www.flickr.com/photos/153848527@N03/32193383377/
Megan wood bride
https://www.flickr.com/photos/41669838@N00/43069826322/
Gothic lolita dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149512189@N04/40733476383/
Felt like looking super cute
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132057539@N03/47687417131/
Something Pretty of Easter
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144380692@N07/47642355961/
Loving this dress.....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/charlotte-periwinkle/40755547883/
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wow, i am the first page on your list. Blushes.
thank you very much Andy. Yes there will be more new pictures coming onto my flickr page in the next month.
Yes i have new outfits. :-[
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This week I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for their current Japanese exhibit, The Tale of Genji. Wikipedia describes Genji as “… a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century.” I actually read it many years ago but as with so many books I don’t remember it at all. This is a link to the Wikipedia page which delves deeply into its history and significance and describes the plot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji This is a link to the Overview page from the Met website. On this page are links to the Galleries with descriptions of what is in each section, Places and People which describes where the action of the novel takes place as well as listing the main characters and finally the objects in the exhibit. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/tale-of-genji. There were many beautiful things and I’ll link to some of them below.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - “‘A Molted Cicada Shell’ (Utsusemi): Soga Gorō Tokimune,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase),ca. 1845–61 – For me the most enjoyable items in the exhibit were six wood block prints by Kuniyoshi. I wouldn’t have noticed but my brother pointed out that five of them were gifts from the Ronin Gallery, a venue I enjoy visiting. In them the artist isn’t actually portraying a scene from Genji but instead is painting a contemporary scene which he compares to a scene in Genji. The Molted cicada shell is a chapter in Genji and Kuniyoshi has painted a reference to it at the top of the print along with a Genji poem. He makes similar references in the other five prints which I’ve linked to below. Remember to enlarge them.
http://tinyurl.com/y4wqcb2q
Utagawa Kuniyoshi – ''‘Lady of the Evening Faces’ (Yūgao): Yazama’s Wife Orie (Yazama-shi no shitsu Orie),” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase),1845–46 - A Kabuki scene of a streetwalker in the snow with her dog is compared to the tragic heroine Yūgao, a word for moonflower which is painted at the top.
http://tinyurl.com/y5xc5oy2
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - ‘A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune): Omatsu and Akabori Mizuemon,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase),1845–46
http://tinyurl.com/yyc5r3yx
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - “‘Little Purple Gromwell’ (Wakamurasaki): Shōshō,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase),ca. 1845–61
http://tinyurl.com/yxav8w6q
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - “‘Exile to Suma’ (Suma): Tamaori-hime,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase),ca. 1845–61
http://tinyurl.com/yygfgtgk
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - “‘A Lovely Garland’ (Tamakazura): Tamatori-ama,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase),1845–46 – I think this is my favorite, love the octopus and the woman poised to skewer it. This is the one not donated by Ronin.
http://tinyurl.com/y2329ox9
Circle of Tosa Mitsuyoshi - “A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura) – This is an illustration from the same chapter of the book as the one above. It’s a folio leaf from a 17th Century edition that has been mounted on a scroll.
http://tinyurl.com/y3odkemh
Tosa Mitsuoki - Murasaki Shikibu Gazing at the Moon (Murasaki Shikibu kangetsu zu) – A hanging scroll illustrating the author of the book getting inspiration for the tale from bodhisattva Kannon.
http://tinyurl.com/y55n5362
Utagawa Hiroshige - Murasaki Gazing at the Moon at Ishiyama Temple – This wasn’t in the exhibit although it should have been and I’m including it because it’s the same scene and by Hiroshige.
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/63327/murasaki-gazing-at-the-moon-at-ishiyama-temple-utagawa-hiroshige
In the style of Tosa Mitsuyoshi - Little Purple Gromwell” (Wakamurasaki),early 17th century – This is a two panel folding screen depicting events in Chapter 5 which is also shown above in one of the woodblock prints.
https://tinyurl.com/y4zuwnbr
Tosa Mitsuyoshi - “Butterflies” (“Kochō”),late 16th–early 17th century – This is a six panel screen depicting two separate events in the tale.
https://tinyurl.com/y5tq8a2y
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print “The Moon at Ishiyama,” from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi: Ishiyama no tsuki),ca. 1892 – This again shows Murasaki at her desk waiting for inspiration to write the novel.
https://tinyurl.com/y6n4sy8b
Utagawa Kunisada - Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces,” 1858, second month – I’ll close with this wood block print which is one in a series based on an erotic version of Tale of Genji which was privately commissioned. I love the cat. I’ve also linked to a illustrated article on who commissioned the erotic Genji series.
https://tinyurl.com/y3h8je9b
Who Was the Client That Commissioned Kunisada to Portray The Erotic Genji Series?
https://shungagallery.com/the-tale-of-genji-kunisada/
Review of the exhibition from the Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/03/06/entertainment-news/major-exhibition-tale-genji-launches-new-yorks-metropolitan-museum-art/
Review from The New Yorker
https://tinyurl.com/y5nlxq33
Installation view
https://artssummary.com/?s=genji&submit=Search
In other art news.
I don’t know if this is remarkable or frightening, probably both. The five minute video at the linked story shows how it’s done and then in the last minute you see the examples referred to in the article. Seeing the paintings come to life is truly remarkable but the thought that this will be used to create fake videos about prominent people is truly frightening. There will be no way to easily detect what’s real and what’s not. Interesting it’s the Russians who have devised this.
Russian Researchers Used AI to Bring the Mona Lisa to Life and It Freaked Everyone Out. See the Video Here
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mona-lisa-deepfake-video-1561600
And now it’s the Flickrs.
Andy G.
honey, are you coming to bed?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158274655@N05/46801947135/
Lucy WolvesTV
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucywolvestv/42228063191/
Trying on the lace jacket for my wedding gown
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tammybrowncd/47716341351/
04 Red dress girl posing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/savannasteel/33903488308/
Gettin' Ready 4
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145162776@N03/47389038041/
Cute Playsuit
https://www.flickr.com/photos/71414348@N00/29675185037/
DeeDee 501a - variations on today's original photo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/deedeelassen/47693741612/
Wearing my retro 1950s black and white polka dot swing dress and black mules
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157801917@N08/46810011021/
More pretty latex 3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/46859890@N03/7286312254/
Pretty Maid dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pettisue/4672867756/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited MOMA this week. I don’t go there very often as their exhibits usually aren’t for artists that I really care about but additionally I don’t like the layout and quite often it is far too crowded to make it worthwhile. I guess I take Yogi Berra’s attitude about it, no one goes there anymore it’s too crowded. A number of years ago I went to a Magritte exhibit which was timed entry and I wound up going through very quickly as there were so many people in the galleries it was impossible to get close enough to get a good look. The atmosphere was oppressive. They’re shutting down on June 15th for the entire summer to do renovations which I discuss below. Their last big renovation was not a success with critics and museum goers.
I went because there’s not a lot doing in the art world right now and I was looking for something to see. The main current exhibit is Joan Miró: Birth of the World. I would have described his work as abstract but he is known as a surrealist. Wikipedia does say that his work strongly influenced the abstract expressionists so I wasn’t far off the mark. I can appreciate much of his work due to his colors and imagination. The Times gave the show a great review which you can read below and I’ll also include some images. I also got to see some of my favorite paintings from the permanent collection and a wonderful exhibit of old movie posters, lobby cards and videos.
What Price Hollywood press kit with images
https://press.moma.org/exhibition/what-price-hollywood/
What Price Hollywood installation view – The entire exhibit but not closeup
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5062?installation_image_index=0
New York Times
Miró’s Greatness? It Was There From the Start
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/arts/design/miro-review-moma.html
Joan Miró Dutch Interior (I) – I like the way he copied the painting from a postcard he received and made it his own. You can see the original following it. And I love his dog and cat.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79023
Hendrick Maertensz Sorgh – The Lute Player
https://www.wga.hu/html_m/s/sorgh/luteplay.html
Joan Miró - Portrait of a Man in a Late Nineteenth-Century Frame – A friend sent him the actual painting as a joke and he basically graffitied it. He added the little swirl on the man’s head to indicate him wondering what had happened to him.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79153?locale=en&location_id=Room_95&page=1&sov_referrer=location
Joan Miró - Self-Portrait I – He apparently started out to create a representative image but then let his creativity and imagination take over winding up with this cosmic image.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80604?locale=en&location_id=Room_95&page=1&sov_referrer=location
Joan Miró - Portrait of Enric Cristòfol Ricart Barcelona – I was drawn to this for the Japanese image on the right but I was surprised when I learned that he hadn’t painted it, he had pasted it into the frame. Ricart shared his artist’s studio.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80389
Joan Miró - Still Life with Old Shoe Paris – It’s described as being psychedelic and it was the colors that drew me to it.
https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/225/2913
Joan Miró - The Table (Still Life With Rabbit) – This is from a private collection and more representational than the other works.
https://tinyurl.com/y28he8ae
They had two Hoppers on view, House by the Railroad and New York Movie but the one I really wanted to see wasn’t available, Gas. This is a wonderful painting of a rural gas station showing the attendant intently working at the pump while across the road is a dark forbidding woods. A perfect setting for something evil to emerge.
Edward Hopper - Gas
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80000?artist_id=2726&locale=en&page=1&sov_referrer=artist
Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night - There is always a crowd around Van Gogh’s Starry Night as described in Jason Farago’s article below.
https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889/
Paul Cézanne - Still Life with Fruit Dish – Lots of Cezanne and this is a good one
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78670
Pablo Picasso - Girl Before A Mirror – The first time I ever saw this painting was on the cover of Mad Comics 22, their special art issue. That’s another great artist within the painting, Bill Elder, a comic genius.
https://www.pablopicasso.org/girl-before-mirror.jsp
Mad 22
http://ilikecomicsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/035.jpg
In Friday’s New York Times there was a section devoted to MOMA’s closing and below are four articles. One good thing I gleaned from the first article is that the renovation will expand gallery space by 40,000 SQFT which hopefully will make visiting less like being at Penn Station as Jason Farago describes in his article on van Gogh’s Starry Night.
Last Call: MoMA’s Closing, and Changing
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/arts/design/moma-closing-renovation.html?searchResultPosition=1
Will the Renovated MoMA Let Folk Art Back In?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/arts/design/moma-folkart.html?searchResultPosition=4
A Noisy Half-Hour With van Gogh’s Masterpiece
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/arts/design/starry-night-museum-of-modern-art.html?searchResultPosition=8
Mondrian Sparked My Love of Painting
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/arts/design/broadway-boogie-woogie-moma.html?searchResultPosition=9
In other art news.
Article from the NY Times on the results of radiography of a Monet painting, two articles from Sotheby’s on Impressionist art and an article on the policy of the Harvard Art Museums which if I lived in Boston I would definitely take advantage of.
Under a Monet Painting, Restorers Find New Water Lilies
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/arts/monet-wisteria-water-lilies.html
A Spectacular Pissarro that Escaped Theft by the Nazis
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/a-spectacular-pissarro-that-escaped-theft-by-the-nazis?locale=en
La Nouvelle Peinture: A Distinguished Family Collection
https://tinyurl.com/y2g9lu8j
At Harvard Art Museums, they’ll bring the Rembrandt right to you — and this retiree has made a habit of asking
https://tinyurl.com/y6oxvopr
And now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
This is me in 01/2019
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157774352@N05/33594641748/
picnic in the park?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158274655@N05/47603753502/
Stay clear of red pasta sauce
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13219604@N03/32787673697
Happy Mother's Day!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22263446@N05/47779998872/
Caprice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/translifeltd/47016982004/
Reflected, Rotated, Framed
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessica-jane/46870432401/
Sue_bld3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76488687@N00/47645011412/
QUEEN IN KNIGHTS COURT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwhitets/47043417234/
IMG_1096_ppp
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113408194@N07/31256809658/
sissy gina as french maid on stairs
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10974572@N05/33874230798/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited Princeton last week meeting friends at the Art Museum. I’m always stressed on these trips due to the need to change trains twice with a narrow window for connecting. I’m also at a loss when walking across the campus to find the museum as it’s not set up with actual streets with names, no one can give you detailed instructions other than follow the signs. Like Blanche in Streetcar I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers to get me there and help me find my way back to the train station. My stress level was increased by having to setup my cellphone voice mail which was an interesting experience for this technophobe. It appears there is no way to change the number of rings before voicemail picks up. When I called myself again it rang six times which I guess will have to do. I guess I should add that I’ve only had a cellphone for the last few years and had never received a call on it. Haven’t made very many either. I use it mostly when I go into the City to text the NJ transit APP that gives information on bus arrival times at the bus stop.
I stood on the platform and waited for the 10:26AM train to Secaucus which didn’t arrive until 10:45AM making me miss the connecting train. I was resigned to having to wait for the 11:46AM. I looked at the departure board which showed what I took to be a Princeton train at 11:16AM so as I was going through the gate I asked the attendant if that train went there and was told no. I waited on the platform and when that train arrived I checked with a conductor who confirmed it did and I took that train.
I had called my friends as soon as I arrived in Secaucus explaining I would be an hour late. They were already on their way as they had misunderstood what time we agreed on but said they would just stop and visit their son and his family for a little while. I decided to wait until I arrived in Princeton to call them back when I caught the earlier train. When we arrived at Princeton Junction I found the bus stop for the shuttle and using the NJ Transit APP I texted to check the arrival time. None came up even though the printed schedule showed one. Then, at the right time, the original DINKY train arrived and I was smart enough to realize it and catch it. I only knew to do that because on my first solo visit I didn’t realize the shuttle was a train and let it pull away while I waited for a bus. On subsequent visits the DINKY was out of service and I did take the bus. There was nothing on the schedule or the NJ Transit website about the train being put back in service but I Googled it and it appears to have just been reinstated a few weeks before my visit. Good to know for the future.
The exhibition’s title is Gainsborough's Family Album and below are some of the items in it. I had to take them from the web as Princeton’s website had no images beyond the PDF I mention in the next paragraph.
This is the link for the museum website where there’s a link to a PDF (Download the exhibition checklist) which shows every item in the exhibit in a thumbnail image. It was really an excellent exhibit and I’m really glad I went despite the unfortunate travel experience. NJ Transit has been taking flak about their on-time schedule for a long time and deservedly so.
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/3415
The Painter's Two Daughters – This painting was separated and sold to different collectors. Subsequently it was reunited but the restorer incorrectly put the girls on the same level when in the original the girl on the left would have been taller than the other one and looking down. You can see her arm is mismatched at the split.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17303/the-painters-two-daughters-oil-painting-thomas-gainsborough/
Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough – The artist’s wife
https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collection/18th-century/thomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-margaret-gainsborough
Mary and Margaret with cat – His daughters. Neither my friends nor I can find the cat although I imagine it’s in the girl on the left’s arms.
https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w800h800/NG/NG_NG_NG3812.jpg
Gainsborough Dupont – The artist’s nephew and apprentice. He finished some paintings for his Uncle.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gainsborough-gainsborough-dupont-n06242
Self-portrait – This is one of his paintings completed by his nephew – The second link is to a review of the exhibit with other illustrations as well.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2019/01/29/Thomas-Gainsborough-1200x1448.jpg
https://www.theepochtimes.com/portraits-painted-for-love-not-money_2782747.html
The Artist’s Daughter Mary
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gainsborough-the-artists-daughter-mary-n05638
Edward Richard Gardiner – Another nephew, in this portrait he wears the Blue Boy costume which Gainsborough kept in his studio and used on occasions.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gainsborough-edward-richard-gardiner-t00727
Miss Susan Gardiner – His niece.
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1670968
Mary and Margaret Gainsborough, the Artist's Daughters, at their Drawing,
https://www.worcesterart.org/collection/European/1917.181.html
John Gainsborough ("Scheming Jack"), the Artist’s Brother – A neer-do-well who depended on his sibling’s for handouts. You can get an idea about the artist’s feelings towards this black sheep by noting he signed the painting “Gainsborrow.”
https://tinyurl.com/yybbq29d
When I emailed my brother about my trip he wrote back and said, “One of the things I look forward to in the Chatsworth exhibition at Sotheby’s is Gainsborough’s portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. I’ve never seen it. It once belonged to J. P. Morgan and it might have ended up in the Morgan Library but sadly the family chose to sell it." You can see it below as well as article in the Times from 1994 when it was auctioned off at Sotheby’s and sold to Chatsworth.
The Disappearing Duchess
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/31/magazine/the-disappearing-duchess.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
https://painting-planet.com/images/4/image022.jpg
This was a wonderful opportunity to see many paintings that I probably would never have the opportunity to as some were from private owners and many were from museums in the U.K. I would love to take trips to Europe to see great art but I don’t think I’m ever going to be able to do that.
In other art news.
I thought this was a very convincing argument for the authenticity of the Leonardo painting but I’m easily swayed. I asked my brother and he said:
“I never thought it was by Leonardo. As far as I’m concerned, the nail in the coffin was the news that Carmen Bambach of the Met doesn’t accept it. She put together the Michelangelo show and has immense authority. There was a story about her and the painting in the Guardian just within the past few weeks.”
I read the article and I agree about her authority but this guy also appears to be an eminent scholar. I guess it’s a matter of who one chooses to believe. There do seem to be more naysayers than people who offer a positive attribution. Even if it is real it’s a ridiculous amount of money for a painting.
‘Debunking This Picture Became Fashionable’: Leonardo da Vinci Scholar Martin Kemp on What the Public Doesn’t Get About ‘Salvator Mundi’
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/martin-kemp-talks-salvator-mundi-new-book-1570006
Two videos discussing a beautiful watercolor by Turner and a portrait by Modigliani, both up for auction at Sotheby’s London.
The Magical Light of Turner’s Margate
https://tinyurl.com/y5eodlsx
The Modigliani Portrait Not Seen in a Century
https://tinyurl.com/y68lhz6t
And now let’s do the Flickrs.
Andy G.
stepfordnessmaybe
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tallulahhh/7682211172/
sissy gina all in pink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10974572@N05/46961995114/
Prissy Sissy Slut
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellyukslut/40136686653/
CIMG0053
https://www.flickr.com/photos/122472945@N05/13944683919/
Pink sissy dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146518092@N06/46641231795/in/dateposted/
Bunny Babe
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninajay/47589794682/
DeeDee 521
https://www.flickr.com/photos/deedeelassen/33981349468/
Maid Posing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emmalouisetgirl/47104610384/
Purple prom dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22092915@N05/14751583885/
now a feminine sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carol38/47066424684/
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How many time have i been viewed from this site and how many pictures are you linked to from here.
Big hugs
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Hi Samantha,
If you're asking me I have no idea. Perhaps Betty can answer that.
Andy G.
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We don't track our users. We use free stat counter which shows up to 20-40 minutes of traffic within our sites, but not where they go outside our sites. Our visitors list can show what pages on our sites get clicked on for up to 24 hours, but not what links are clicked on, & does not show where they go to outside of our sites.
To see where your visitors came from, you have to set it up on your page. We won't & don't use spyware. Our users privacy is important to us.
However, during threats & attacks, I can run software to try to track an attacker. But it is not used on our visitors or members, it's used just on hackers, attackers, bots, & spammers.
All browsers though will submit the type of browser they are, OS they're using, & your ISP to every website you visit. That's to display the pages properly on whatever a visitor is using.
Like if you visit on a phone, you get a completely differently designed page than if you visit here on a computer.