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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I take note that Summer has arrived on the calendar. I’m certainly ready for lots of sunshine and warm weather. There was rain in the forecast the entire week and it rained regularly if not continuously but the temperatures were mild. And today is a gloriously beautiful sunny warm day, my favorite kind of day. Here’s to more of them.
For my art fix this week I did a doubleheader. I walked up to the Frick and then on to the Met. I was glad I avoided the rain coming and going. Both museums were well attended (crowded).
I went to the Frick for their newest exhibit, Whistler as Printmaker: Highlights from the Gertrude Kosovsky Collection. This is a selection of 15 prints and one pastel for a promised gift of 41 works. They are of a high quality and it’s a great get for the Frick. Below are three samples.
Fumette – His tempestuous mistress and model.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/whistler_printmaker/221
The Wine Glass – His only still-life out of his 500 etchings.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/whistler_printmaker/240
J. Becquet, Sculptor
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/whistler_printmaker/214
This is a link to the Frick website where you can read about the exhibit and see all the objects on display by clicking on the appropriate links.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/whistler_printmaker
There were large groups of kids and other tours throughout the Met but the galleries I visited weren’t overly crowded. It’s been a while since I was in the European paintings galleries so it was the first time I saw all the entry doors blocked except for one. Half the galleries are undergoing renovations and are closed. My brother mentioned the Met’s Moroni portrait which wasn’t loaned to the Frick for their exhibit. It’s certainly every bit as good as any they had on display.
Giovanni Battista Moroni - Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584),shortly after 1553
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437164
He also reminded me the Met has a large selection of Tiepolo’s in their collection on a par with those exhibited at the Frick. In the hall outside the European galleries are four very large, wall size paintings of his. This is one of them.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian - The Battle of Vercellae,1725–29
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437794
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - Allegory of the Planets and Continents,1752 – Here’s one from the back gallery. More mythology, larger than the ones in the Frick but not wall size.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437790
What drew me to the Met, in addition to the paintings above, was the latest hanging in the drawing corridor which starred Rembrandt.
Thomas Haaringh (Old Haaringh) – I don’t think I’ve seen this before.
https://tinyurl.com/y6fo4h25
Jan Lutma – I’ve seen this many times and it’s a favorite as well as the self-portrait that follows.
https://tinyurl.com/yylushy7
Self-Portrait Etching at a Window – I posted this recently when the Morgan’s copy was displayed at the Neue.
https://tinyurl.com/y662mqud
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, née Marie-Joseph-Honorée Vanzenne, and her son Lucien Lethière,1808 – Ingres as I’ve mentioned many times is a favorite.
https://tinyurl.com/y3zvk4zb
Charles Meryon - Pont-au-change, Paris,1854 – He’s someone new to me and I liked the samples I saw.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/371937
Charles Meryon - Pont-Neuf, Paris,1853
https://tinyurl.com/y4v7a3c6
Claude Vignon - Cleopatra,1647 – Someone else who is new to me. The asp which will kill her is wound around her scepter and if you look closely you can see her death scene at the bottom right.
https://tinyurl.com/yyk4bf6g
Mary Cassatt American - Under the Horse Chestnut Tree – Another artist inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. She studied their techniques and was one of the early artists to create color etchings. The second link is to an article on Cassatt that speaks of this.
https://tinyurl.com/y39zvdxv
https://chickhistory.org/2012/05/22/mary-cassatt-print-maker-extraordinaire/
This is a link to the Met website where you can read about the exhibit and see all the objects.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/drawings-and-prints-rembrandt
I had a splendid day, very enjoyable.
In other art news.
Three articles, the sad tale of the early death of Rossetti’s wife, a story on how Christie’s has eclipsed Sotheby’s as the leading auction house, an article on the discovery of Van Gogh’s fingerprints on his Sunflowers painting and a three minute video on forgotten pioneer female artists in Britain. The video is quite interesting, it mentions that in the 17th Century it was believed that women had no souls.
The Tragic Death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Ethereal Muse, Elizabeth Siddal
https://tinyurl.com/y6epol5a
Sotheby's, grand old lady of auction houses, eclipsed by Christie's
http://artdaily.com/news/114482/Sotheby-s--grand-old-lady-of-auction-houses--eclipsed-by-Christie-s
Experts Find Van Gogh’s Fingerprints on His Famous ‘Sunflowers,’ and 4 Other Surprising Discoveries From the Painting’s Recent Conservation
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/van-gogh-sunflowers-research-1578583
“Bright Souls”: The Forgotten Story of Britain’s First Female Artists
https://youtu.be/ZgCR_AT7gVc
Also two articles from Sotheby’s. The first is on pastels which I’ve always found to be especially beautiful. Included is one from Jean-Étienne Liotard and one attributed to him. I’ve mentioned his exhibit at the Frick a number of times which was truly a delight. This is a link to the Frick exhibit showing everything that was on display. It was one of my favorite exhibits.
https://tinyurl.com/y6lwr96k The second article is on Rembrandt’s self-portrait etchings. They speak for themselves.
‘Luminous and beautiful beyond all other pictures’ — the rise of pastel in the 18th century
https://tinyurl.com/y2gund4y
Before the mirror: Rembrandt’s self-portrait etchings
https://tinyurl.com/y5zq3wdo
And now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Belle Costume!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155587138@N02/47867224341/
Me and Mistress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129285689@N02/34392298096/
Adding colour to the garden
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142877968@N07/33978666518/
playing with the petticoat of my new sissy dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10974572@N05/26718608085/
night walk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/47637120631/
DSC00232
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyjj/46522474024/
Where In The World I Lisa?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisamcd/47910431931/
Frills and Furbelows
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cutie_ruthie/19724088722/
Paula
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranniefun/31747485398/
Cotton-Headed Ninny-Muggins
https://www.flickr.com/photos/briannagrant/45546307145/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited the New York Historical Society this week. I’ve been there many times and I always try to wait until there’s more than one exhibit to see. Let me rephrase that and add one that I want to see, there are always multiple exhibits. But there’s not an awful lot going on in the art world currently so I went back for their Hudson Rising exhibit. It’s all American art which I enjoy but there really wasn’t much in the way of new things to look at. I’ll discuss the other exhibits and then I’ll link to some things I don’t remember seeing before although taking my memory into account that doesn’t always mean that much. I’ll also link to some favorites that I’ve mentioned in previous posts about the Society.
One of the exhibits is ongoing, Audubon’s Birds of America Focus Gallery. It’s main focus is John James Audubon’s watercolor models for the 435 plates of The Birds of America (1827–38) with their corresponding plates from the double-elephant-folio series, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. These are very large sheets, each with a bird or birds of the same family depicted. It appears to change monthly featuring migrations in publication order and has been running for a very long time. This is a link to an article in the New York Times review from 1997 when the exhibit in its first iteration opened. You’ll note that while Audubon is linked closely with conservation he killed thousands of birds and animals to explore their anatomy and stuffed them to use as reference points for his paintings.
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/30/style/the-dark-side-of-audubon-s-era-and-his-work.html
This is a link to the Society’s website with a few images of his birds.
https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/audubon%E2%80%99s-birds-america-focus-gallery
Another current exhibit is, Stonewall 50 at New-York Historical Society. It’s several different exhibits all marking the 50th anniversary of the rebellion at the Stonewall bar in Greenwich Village. There are photos, articles and objects from the era. This is a video review from ABC television which shows the rooms and objects in them. It’s 2 ½ minutes with the first 30 seconds a commercial.
https://abc7ny.com/society/ny-historical-society-looks-back-at-50-years-since-stonewall-riots/5312792/
The other current exhibit is Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman. Savage was a 20th Century black artist and sculptor who in the words of the Society, fought her way past poverty, racism and sexism to become an influential sculptor and inspiration to generations of artists.
This article discusses her life and work.
https://harlemrenchrissy.weebly.com/augusta-savage.html
This is a link to a room by room gallery tour of her works.
https://artssummary.com/2019/05/14/augusta-savage-renaissance-woman-at-new-york-historical-society-may-3-july-28-2019/
Martin Johnson Heade – Study of an orchid – As I’ve mentioned previously Heade painted in many different categories of which this still life is one. A few months ago we saw another beautiful still life that sold in a Sotheby’s auction as well as an enormous glorious landscape.
https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/study-orchid-0
Martin Johnson Heade - APPLE BLOSSOMS AND HUMMINGBIRD – This is the one that went at auction.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/american-art-n10048/lot.102.html
Thomas Cole - The Course of Empire (5 paintings) – These are a mainstay of the Society and they were back on display. They were loaned to the Met last year for the Met’s big Thomas Cole exhibit and hung very favorably allowing close scrutiny. Usually they’re upstairs in the big hall and hung high but this visit had them on the first floor and at a reasonable distance from the floor.
https://tinyurl.com/h82dy2s
Thomas Cole - The Vale and Temple of Segestae, Sicily – This is a large painting and unfortunately even with the much larger image in the second link you can’t see all the detail Cole put into it. There are very small images of goats and houses and much greater detail for the temple itself.
https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/vale-and-temple-segestae-sicily
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Cole_Thomas_The_Vale_and_Temple_of_Segesta_Sicily_1844.jpg
Thomas Cole - Catskill Mountain House – This was on display at the Questroyal gallery last year and I was pleased to see it so soon after the big Met show I mentioned above. You see the artist in the painting sketching the mansion.
http://the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=242831
George Loring Brown - Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from the Island of Capri – This is another large painting with a lot to see that doesn’t translate that well to the small screen.
https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/vesuvius-and-bay-naples-island-capri
Sanford Robinson Gifford - Lake Maggiore, Italy – Another beautiful seascape from Robinson to go with those we saw at the auctions recently. A second link has a nice enlargement.
https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/lake-maggiore-italy
http://the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=23518
Samuel Colman - Storm King on the Hudson – Storm King refers to the mountain in the distance with the clouds rolling over it and a floating granary in the water in front of it while men in a boat fish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colman_Storm_King_on_the_Hudson.jpg
Robert Havel Jr. – View of the Hudson River from near Sing Sing – Magnificent panoramic view in this landscape near the town which became eponymous for its famous prison. Havel who is mentioned above as Audubon’s engraver was a 19th Century American landscape painter and printmaker. This is a beautiful painting of a beautiful day which unfortunately shows dark clouds threatening a bad storm.
https://www.audubonart.com/web/image/product.template/1827/image?unique=fb98653
Childe Hassam – Fourth of July – This is the second of his thirty flag paintings, done in May 1916 inspired by a preparedness parade down Fifth Avenue prior to our entry into the first World War.
https://www.nyhistory.org/fourth-july-1916-1
George Inness – Hackensack Meadows – Inness’ family moved to New Jersey when he was five and late in life settled in Montclair where he spent his last nine years. This is another beautiful landscape which you can see in a good resolution image here.
https://www.nyhistory.org/hackensack-meadows-sunset-1859
If not a blockbuster show it was still a pleasant way to spend the morning.
And in other art news.
These first articles and videos relate to the upcoming London Old Masters auctions at Sotheby’s. The first would have been tabloid fodder if there were tabloids back then. The first video showcases three beautiful paintings. The next article juxtaposes views of current Venice with paintings by the 17th Century artists who painted them. I love these paintings and regret there is no Canaletto among them. The final article is on a Velazquez portrait of the female Pope that was lost for 300 years. A Pope by proximity not appointment. That article also includes a chapter on a lost drawing by Rosso Fiorentino which ends with a video by a Sotheby’s director discussing it.
Sotheby’s
Mysterious Muses: The Beauty, Scandal and Tragedy of Godward and Tissot’s Favoured Models
https://tinyurl.com/y29w3lqs
Sotheby’s Video
Gainsborough, Constable, Turner From Dawn Til Dusk
https://tinyurl.com/y6j2q54r
Jun 20, 2019
Modern Grand Tourists: Retracing Traditions of the 17th Century
https://tinyurl.com/yyu5g5t3
Diego Velasquez's long-lost portrait of 'Papessa' - the 'lady Pope' comes to auction
http://artdaily.com/news/114647/Diego-Velasquez-s-long-lost-portrait-of--Papessa----the--lady-Pope--comes-to-auction
This isn’t art but it concerns Beatles contracts from 1962 up for auction at Sotheby’s. I found it an interesting video.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/videos/a-year-in-the-life-the-beatles-1962?locale=en
Below is another article from Sotheby’s, on Matisse, also two articles from Art Net news, one on the last paintings of ten famous artists and the mysterious buyer of a recently discovered Caravaggio.
21 Facts About Henri Matisse
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/21-facts-about-henri-matisse?locale=en
See the Eerie, Foreboding Final Paintings of 10 Famous Artists, From Andy Warhol to Vincent van Gogh
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/famous-last-paintings-part-ii-1583290
Billionaire J. Tomilson Hill Is Unmasked as the Mystery Buyer of the Disputed Caravaggio Found in an Attic
https://news.artnet.com/market/billionaire-j-tomilson-hill-mystery-buyer-disputed-caravaggio-found-attic-1588369
And now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
023485522
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefiecd/46884125391/
3873
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28339425@N08/46350141011/
Instantané 5 (2018-11-18 16-06)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/97124493@N07/32070642968/
Black & White Photo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobbievnc/47938015513/
Treat
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28906392@N08/47854191282/
CherryRed.01
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellystar518/46815621805/
IMG_8680_pp
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113408194@N07/46938208601/
P1060289b
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmorgan1978/39905838030/
Not so handy in the kitchen
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rgaines/47946362291/
dany297_pp_gl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielina56/46811094625/
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Thank you andyg for the pics and the piece on Stonewall was very good. I of course love WJM Turner paintings but don't have quite enough money to purchase any being about 100 million short this month. Living in Toronto at the time of Stonewall and having Gay friends, I only heard small reports of what happened and in Toronto we had our own Bath House raids with much Police brutality and press coverage. Thanks again for your Art coverage and postings, you are lucky to live in New York with it's many galleries and exhibits.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
With not much going on in the artworld insofar as exhibits I recently decided to walk up to 76th and Madison to Gagosian to see the current Picasso exhibit.
Picasso’s Women: Fernande to Jacqueline
A tribute to John Richardson
https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2019/picassos-women-fernande-to-jacqueline-a-tribute-to-john-richardson/
I brought my umbrella even though it wasn’t supposed to rain until late in the day and on my walk uptown I was very surprised to see the sun come out although it was a very shy sun, popped out for a few minutes and then did not come back. On Madison I stopped when the light turned against me and there was a cab in the street which I expected to move forward. Instead it was sitting there and when I noticed the driver he was waving me across. So I walked across and when I got to the other side he leaned out his window and said, go ahead old man! I imagine some would have taken umbrage but I just laughed remembering my father’s encounter with a driver in a similar situation. The guy yelled, hey old man move that car. My father walked over to him and indignantly said, you SOB, you couldn’t say middle-aged man!
Picasso’s not a favorite of mine and much of it was cubist but I did find a number of pieces that I liked. They had Steve Wynn’s Le Reve for one. I don’t know if you know the story about this painting. You can read it about below in an article from the New Yorker. Wynn has retinitis pigmentosa which affects his peripheral vision. He had contracted to sell the painting and had friends over to see it just prior to the sale. He was standing in front of it and gesticulating when his elbow punctured the painting making a two inch hole. That stopped the sale to Steven Cohen for $139 million until it could be restored. In a situation like this I don’t know if oops really does it justice. He ended up not selling it.
The $40-Million Elbow
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/23/the-40-million-elbow
The one I liked the best is Mère et Enfant, 1922 which is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Riggio. The bulk were identified only as private collection. There was no photography allowed and the website had only one image so I wondered if I would be able to find the paintings on the web and much to my surprise I found a fair number and I’ll link to them below.
The Dream (Le Rêve), 1932 by Pablo Picasso - Marie-Thérèse Walter – This is a painting I can appreciate for its color and form. As the website says it’s a distorted depiction but still clearly a woman albeit with his penis growing out of her head. Pablo clearly had some strange ideas.
https://www.pablopicasso.org/the-dream.jsp
Pablo Picasso - Mère et Enfant, 1922 - Olga Kohkhlova – This is entirely representational and quite sweet and lovely.
https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-photo-Pablo-Picasso-Enfant/dp/B07F93W2TH
Nu drapé assis dans un fauteuil (1923) – Picasso - Olga Kohkhlova – A very simple nude drawing, something he must have created very quickly.
https://www.akg-images.fr/Docs/AKG/Media/TR3_WATERMARKED/d/f/9/e/AKG5426624.jpg
Portrait de femme – Picasso – Sara Murphy – I found an article from the New Yorker on the Murphy’s which mentioned this painting saying it had been done in the neoclassical style. I believe that means you can see certain features of hers represented while the painting is not actually representational. If someone else has insight into this I’d love to hear it.
https://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/work-2640.php
Nu à la chevelure tirée , 1905–1905 - Picasso - Fernande Olivier – Fernande must have been a voluptuous woman, probably what attracted Picasso to her.
https://tinyurl.com/y47knzp8
Picasso - Buste de femme les bras leves - Olga Kohkhlova
https://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/work-2441.php
Pablo Picasso – Portrait de femme profil gauche sur fond vert et brun, 1939 - Marie-Thérèse Walter - I wondered if her eyes were out of alignment and clearly they’re not so I wonder what he was trying to capture here.
https://tinyurl.com/y2cqfl6n
Marie-Thérèse Walter
https://tinyurl.com/yy3poaoz
Picasso - femme en endormie 1935 - Marie-Thérèse Walter
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3f/4f/b0/3f4fb063d6bb2d0a1466efd3932c7c1d.jpg
Picasso - nu devant la glace - Marie-Thérèse Walter
https://p6.storage.canalblog.com/66/06/1336439/118147342_o.jpg
Picasso Pablo - Le repos (1932) – Olga Kohkhlova – Even though this is abstract I was drawn to it by the colors
https://tinyurl.com/yxsd6s3r
This is a brief review with some additional images.
https://www.widewalls.ch/picasso-women-john-richardson-gagosian/
Considering my lack of enthusiasm for much of Picasso I found this exhibit fairly enjoyable.
In other art news.
One thing I learned from this article is that the Night Watch weighs almost 750 pounds. I can’t imagine how he worked with it.
'Like a military operation': restoration of Rembrandt's Night Watch begins
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/05/restoration-rembrandt-night-watch-begins-rijksmuseum-amsterdam
Now lets see what’s new at the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Feminisation & Domination Part II – A visit to Mistress Scarlett (December ’17)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paigeturner__/47987137168/
ay1aaab_1024
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131544457@N02/46946543134/
Luxury
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gloriavulcano/17401409091/
The legendary Marilyn Marks
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/29541801122/
"Let Them Eat Cake!" # 2: Such a Good Girl!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebecca_george/47942026667/
gray background
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nylonlynn/47899041951/
Such a fabulous gown
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144058205@N04/46463370312/
DSC_0951
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amandakjones/1669217234/
gold.blonde.2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellystar518/47964954392/
193_part 2-(continued from 192) “Van Helsing, at last your days are numbered!" Jobeth released another terrifying laugh.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/akujo/48033813082/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This is an early Flickr as I’m heading down to the Jersey shore to visit with friends.
This week I visited the Morgan Library for their new exhibits. First was, Hogarth: Cruelty and Humor featuring six sheets preparatory for two of Hogarth’s most revered print series, Beer Street and Gin Lane and The Four Stages of Cruelty, all of which are from the Morgan’s permanent collection. These are augmented by the lithographs they led to.
William Hogarth was an 18th Century English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. He would have had a ball in the current political climate.
Beer Street and Gin Lane – This is a link to Wikipedia with a detailed discussion of Hogarth’s drawings and the lithographs they eventually became.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Street_and_Gin_Lane
Beer Street – As the Wikipedia article explains, these drawings were done in support of the Gin Act which sought to limit the amount of gin being consumed as well as reduce the amount of imported gin which was hurting England economically. Beer Street is a happy place. This is the original drawing.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Hogarth_06_MLM53225_123078v_0001.jpg
Bear Street – This is the print and it was the Met’s copy that was on display.
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/399845/775978/main-image
Gin Street – Gin Street on the other hand was a place of poverty, neglect and wanton behavior exemplified by the woman in the forefront who reaching for a dip of snuff has dropped her baby out of her lap.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Hogarth_08_MLM53227_123081v_0001.jpg
Gin Lane – This is the print and this version from the Royal Collection Trust was on display.
https://www.rct.uk/collection/811915/gin-lane
First Stage of Cruelty – This series of four drawings is to emphasize how cruelty unchecked in children will produce cruel adults. This is the second version, the first version being much rougher in detail. While Gin Lane showed poverty and despair this drawing shows multiple incidents of cruelty and sadism, chief of which is Tom Nero’s ugly sodomizing of a dog restrained by his friends. Nero is presented as in the care of the parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields, the same location represented in Gin Lane. As you look into the drawing you see many other distressing depictions.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Hogarth_11_MLM57433_123079v_0001.jpg
Second Stage of Cruelty – This shows the widespread abuse of animals in the streets of London. An adult Nero is beating his overworked and overloaded horse whose leg is broken. The cart was overloaded as the four lawyers traveling in it were unwilling to spend the few pennies for two carts. Again you can look into the drawing and find other instances of cruelty.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Hogarth_12_MLM57439_123088v_0001.jpg
Third Stage of Cruelty – (Cruelty in Perfection) – Nero has become a highwaymen terrorizing the population until he is finally caught in the act of having murdered his partner in crime, slitting her throat with evidence of her being pregnant.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Hogarth_13_MLM57441_123090v_0001.jpg
Fourth Stage of Cruelty – (The Reward of Cruelty) – Finally we see Nero having paid the price for his life of crime by being hanged and then having his corpse dissected and used for an anatomy lesson in the surgical theater near the prison. A scene shown to deromanticize the image of the criminal.
https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/Hogarth_14_MLM57435_123080v_0001.jpg
This is a link to the Tate museum which owns the four print series of the Four Stages of Cruelty with each illustrated and discussed.
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/hogarth/hogarth-hogarths-modern-moral-series/hogarth-hogarths-4
William Hogarth - Self-Portrait – An oil painting.
http://tinyurl.com/yyvdygn4
The second exhibit was of Maurice Sendak’s designs and was, like the Tolkien exhibit, a lot of fun. Multiple watercolors and drawings of stage sets, back drops and character designs. There weren’t any that especially stood out and these two links show a broad array of what was on display.
Discovering Maurice Sendak, the Opera Designer – A review of the exhibit from The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/arts/design/maurice-sendak-morgan-museum.html
Multiple images from the exhibit at Arts Summary.
https://artssummary.com/2019/06/17/drawing-the-curtain-maurice-sendaks-designs-for-opera-and-ballet-at-the-morgan-library-museum-june-14-october-6-2019/
The third exhibit was Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy – This is a link to the website where you can view a 4 minute video discussion of Whitman and the exhibition. On display were photos, manuscripts, placards and other memorabilia of his life as a poet.
https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/walt-whitman
It’s always an enjoyable visit to the Morgan, I’m a member and usually wait until there are several new exhibits to see.
In other art news
As soon as I started visiting the auction previews I became aware of the various ways of describing artworks when it wasn’t definitely attributed to someone. This is an excellent article explaining the different designations and how each one can be a step further away from the named artist. Pretty much all of them just a ruse to pump up interest in an item whose provenance is unknown.
What Does ‘Follower of Raphael’ Really Mean? Here’s a Glossary for Understanding the Mysterious World of Old-Master Attributions
https://news.artnet.com/market/glossary-old-master-attributions-1594426
And now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Too Much?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/35611996761/
By Mariette Pathy Allen, photographer: The legendary Cori with Poodle, pictured in 1987
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/47696081412/
Tutu
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62488796@N06/7002110002/
190_1000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143614548@N05/48028798811/
982_1000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143614548@N05/46917435195/
efe70d4a912df67e556b597da2662dc0
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146827757@N06/30538779997/
Spots....Lots
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessica-jane/48053687361/
5309413004_0ecc183d04_o
https://www.flickr.com/photos/151848203@N04/30025064058/
JENNIFER
https://www.flickr.com/photos/49568606@N06/30331558607/
Red PVC girl stand 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/savannasteel/47985546426/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Like much of the United States we’re experiencing a heat wave here in Northern New Jersey. I won’t complain about the heat as I hate the winter but I will admit that heat indexes in the hundreds are pretty hot. But we need to get used to it as nothing is being done to counter it.
I visited Sotheby’s this week for the Chatsworth exhibition. Chatsworth House is in Derbyshire, England and is the ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. It has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549 during which time the family has amassed a fantastic collection of great art. The estate has been opened to the public and become a tourist spot in part due to the art collection. To generate interest in having Americans make the trip to visit the estate the current Duke made the arrangement for this exhibit with Sotheby’s. It will be on display all summer, from the end of June to Mid-September. I’ve been reading about it for months and seeing samples of the great artworks that are on display and I’ve been avidly looking forward to it. Having seen it I can say It definitely lived up to my expectations. Anyone who is in the New York Metropolitan area should make a point of seeing it, there’s no admission charge. You can make a reservation on the Sotheby’s website which I did. I don’t know if this will always be the case but when I arrived at 11AM for my visit, there was no reception or check in and hardly anyone in the galleries. At some point there was a small tour group with guide. At no point was it crowded. Everything was quality, this is a great collection and apparently there’s much more to see at the house that didn’t make the trip.
These are two early articles prior to the opening that discuss the rationale for the exhibit and also show images of some of the art. The Telegraph is behind a paywall but registration is free, once you’re registered you can read the article.
Chatsworth House sends treasures to New York in hope of luring US tourists
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/13/chatsworth-house-sends-treasures-new-york-hope-luring-us-tourists/
Leonardo's 'Leda and the Swan' Returns to the United States for the First Time in Over 15 Years - Video at link
https://tinyurl.com/yxwu9gtt
In one gallery they had two Duchesses side by side. In a beauty contest Georgiana would win hands down, it’s a very flattering portrait, that knowing smile and frank look is very appealing while Evelyn looks rather stern. In her biography Evelyn is not described favorably, "cold, authoritarian, and frugal.” On the other hand Georgiana was an inveterate gambler and worse, an inveterate loser. When she died the Duke discovered she owed about $6 million pounds if I remember the wall notes correctly. Unfortunately Georgiana’s portrait was cut down from its original full length size to fit in a space over a fireplace. When I posted about the Gainsborough exhibit at Princeton I linked to an article from 1994 in the New York Times which traced the history of Georgiana’s portrait discussing how it had been stolen and missing for 25 years. I’ve linked to that article again since it’s now pertinent to this post as well. It’s a fascinating story.
The Disappearing Duchess
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/31/magazine/the-disappearing-duchess.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Georgiana,_Duchess_of_Devonshire
https://painting-planet.com/images/4/image022.jpg
John Singer Sargent - Lady Evelyn Cavendish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire
In another gallery were four Old Masters portraits.
Rembrandt - An Old Man in Fanciful Costume
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Rembrandt_An_Old_Man_in_Fanciful_Costume.jpg
Anthony Van Dyck - Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland – Cary was an intellectual, an author and politician and a quiet melancholy man who when civil war came to England made him despair. He joined up on the Royalist side and in what many consider a suicide he led a regiment into battle during which he was shot and killed.
https://rfjblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/lucius-cary-2nd-viscount-falkland/
Valentin de Boulogne – A Concert with Three Figures – This was thought to be by Caravaggio until the late 20th Century.
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/valentin-de-boulogne-a-concert-with-three-figures
Thomas Lawrence – Portrait of William Spencer Cavendish – The link goes to a long list of items at Chatsworth house.
http://www.oldhousephotogallery.com/historichouses/chatsworth.html
Two Canaletto’s side by side – Canaletto, Venice: A View of Santa Maria Salute and the Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Piazzetta, circa 1729.
Canaletto - Venice: a View of the Doge's Palace and the Riva Degli Schiavoni from the Piazzetta
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/treasure-of-the-week-canalettos
And in a drawing room a remarkable collection of Old Master drawings.
Leonardo da Vinci - Leda and the Swan – Article and video at link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan_(Leonardo)#/media/File:Study_for_the_Kneeling_Leda.jpg
Sir Peter Paul Rubens - A Peasant Girl Churning Butter
https://www.chatsworth.org/art-archives/devonshire-collection/old-master-drawings/a-peasant-girl-churning-butter/
Rembrandt - A Bend in the Amstel at Kostverloren
http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/rmbrndt_selected_drawings/village_and_trees.htm
Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of the painter Jan Snellinck I
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/55921
This is a link to a series of videos about the collection.
https://tinyurl.com/y49tzdvh
In adjoining galleries was another exhibition, Inspired by Chatsworth, with items up for auction. This is a link to all the items in that auction.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2019/inspired-by-chatsworth-n10201.html
And here are three that I especially liked.
Frans Hals - PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN BLACK WITH LACE COLLAR AND CUFFS, AND WEARING A BROAD BRIMMED BLACK HAT – A real treat to see a Hals up close.
https://tinyurl.com/y22ngz3p
Jan van der Heyden - A PALATIAL GARDEN WITH FIGURES EMERGING FROM A PALACE, THE ROOF OF THE HUIS TEN BOSCH VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE – I mentioned before that I fell in love with van der Heyden when I first encountered him in an exhibit at the Bruce Museum.
https://tinyurl.com/yxkgde2o
HENRI-PIERRE DANLOUX - PORTRAIT OF LUM A´KAO – Danloux is someone completely new to me but I thought this portrait of a Chinese man was remarkable. As the card on the wall pointed out it was unusual to find a portrait of an Asian at this time and especially one being treated with dignity.
https://sanctlucas.com/old-masters/french-masters/danloux/
There were other nice things as well as you’ll see if you look at the link. Chatsworth is an exhibition well worth seeing as you’d have to go the UK to view it once it is no longer on view.
In other art news.
This is an article on Francoise Gilot, one of Picasso’s numerous lovers as well as the mother of two of his children. She’s 97 years old and still active. She’s the only one who successfully broke away from him, marrying Jonas Salk of all people. She wrote a memoir of her life with Picasso in 1964 which was savaged by the art critics who felt she should have submitted to Picasso’s will like the other lovers so as to allow him his creativity. It’s a fascinating article and speaks of the recent exhibition I wrote about, Picasso’s women. Picasso was a great artist but also a misogynist who caused untold misery to the people around him, you can read the list of deaths by suicide in the article. It’s a popular topic nowadays, can you separate the art from the man.
The New Yorker
How Picasso’s Muse Became a Master
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/how-picassos-muse-became-a-master
Now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
F57
https://www.flickr.com/photos/169026028@N03/48075033137/
"Let Them Eat Cake" # 3: Meeting the People
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebecca_george/48066194052/
Stills from my music video, 'The Trouble with Tina'
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinamartiniweeny/48065233563/
(I Wanna B) UR Babydoll
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145162776@N03/48052609726/
Schoolgirl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/womanwithdick/32775538457/
Showing fifties dress and petticoat
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mariacd1/43826388225/
Anyone need cleaning services?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/163401631@N07/48051040001/
2018_dress_0915
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61083860@N00/45250217672/
Monday night slut
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayleighcd/47354083311/
blondie inside
https://www.flickr.com/photos/katvarina/48091534207/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited the newly opened Poster house this week, it’s on West 23rd Street just off Sixth Avenue. It’s a beautiful new space with large galleries. There was hardly anyone there which was good for me although probably disappointing for the museum. But they’ve received a lot of publicity and their first exhibit is a good one, Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau / Nouvelle Femme. This is a link to their website describing the exhibit along with some images.
https://posterhouse.org/exhibitions/mucha
Mucha was a Czech artist of the 20th/19th Century whose most iconic works are advertising posters using the image of Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress who was the first celebrity to be paid to advertise products. This was the first poster he did for her and he only received the commission as all of the poster maker’s regular artists were on holiday. She liked it so much she signed him to a contract to create posters for her other stage roles. This is an article discussing it.
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/sarah-bernhardt/object/21
Here are a few more of Sarah for her performances.
La Dame aux Camélias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Dame_aux_Cam%C3%A9lias
'Médée'
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/sarah-bernhardt/object/26
La Samaritaine
https://www.alfonsmucha.org/La-Samaritaine.html
These are other well illustrated articles about Mucha and the exhibit.
The First Poster Museum in the United States Will Open its Doors in New York City
https://hyperallergic.com/502846/the-first-poster-museum-in-the-united-states-will-open-its-doors-in-new-york-city/
Graphic, Grabby and Democratic: Posters Get Their Own Museum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/arts/design/graphic-grabby-and-democratic-posters-get-their-own-museum.html
How Alphonse Mucha’s Iconic Posters Came to Define Art Nouveau
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-alphonse-muchas-iconic-posters-define-art-nouveau
Below are some other posters I liked. I’ve always enjoyed poster art and this was a splendid exhibition. You can see how he influenced comic artists as well as graphic designers.
Champagne Ruinart (1896)
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/browse-works/object/276
Moet Champagne – I wonder if Klimt saw the Dry Imperial poster, it puts me in mind of his famous Adele Bloch painting. It’s definitely possible, the poster is 1899 and the painting was done between 1903 and 1907
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/browse-works/object/52
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/browse-works/object/53
"Vin des Incas" – This was originally Coca des Incas and was a pharmaceutical drink made with cocaine to calm the nerves.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_Inca_man_and_the_Godess_Incas_Wellcome_L0047158.jpg
Biscuits Lefevre Utile – This doesn’t show it but in the gallery you saw this was a calendar.
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/browse-works/object/330
'Bières de la Meuse'
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/browse-works/object/46
Champenois allegories – Idealized women Mucha painted as allegorical symbols, in this case the four seasons.
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/art-posters/object/80
The Times of the Day
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/art-posters/object/278
This was a fun exhibit and hopefully there will be more of them as time goes by.
Now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Maid Petra
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maidpetra/33414904778/
TinaMärz (1 von 1)abc
https://www.flickr.com/photos/47384164@N08/47255170382/
jenniferpruitt18
https://www.flickr.com/photos/80442712@N06/40324525023/
bee1116
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bee-ceedee/17350121562/
sissy in polkadot dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152694274@N06/47701402982/
IMG_1087
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10792226@N00/41618795070/
Polka Dot Ballerina_3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pettisue/6742610413/
(355)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124772931@N03/48093197471/
cp1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanncd/48049795071/
Waiting for Mistress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129285689@N02/33046081888/
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As usual Andyg a good posting for Saturday reading but for some reason I can't see the Flickr adult pics. It will not let me sign in or take a new password. Will need to work on that some more.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s hard to believe it’s August already, time is certainly racing along. I’m always amazed when I think back to remember something and realize it was far longer ago than I thought. I’m certainly in no hurry to find out what happens at the end. Anyway, on to more enjoyable topics.
I visited the Brooklyn Museum this week to see their new exhibition, Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper. It had over 100 items from their archives some of which had not been on view in many years. It was a wonderful exhibit. There were far too many to include everything but I’ve copied a few below. Many of them were new to me. I also walked through the European Galleries on the third floor where I renewed my acquaintanceship with some old friends like the two Monet’s at the very end of this post. On the way home I decided to transfer to the A or C at Atlantic Avenue so as to avoid the long walk in the tunnel at the Port Authority. I followed the signs to the C and took it. When it got to Rockaway I finally realized I was going downtown in error. I walked to the other side of the platform and caught the C back uptown, transferring to the A at Utica. And the final insult, I was riding in the front of the train so when I got off at 42nd Street I was directly in front of the 44th Street exit, the furthest possible point from the Port Authority. I figure I lost more than an hour. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned I am directionally challenged. It’s why I’m leery of visiting new places, I can so easily get lost even when I’m in familiar territory. This is some of what I saw.
Rembrandt’s Mother – There were a number of Rembrandt’s prints but this one was completely new to me. I see in this how Goya was clearly influenced by him.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/11877
Rembrandt – Self-portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre – This was a new one as well. Rembrandt made many self-portraits in his lifetime. When you get to the other art news section below you’ll see there’s a new book out on just that topic.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/73911
Rembrandt - Faust in His Study, Watching a Magic Disc – In January one of these prints sold for $187.5K in a Christie’s auction.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/73922
Édouard Manet - The Equestrienne (L'Amazone) – Manet worked mostly with oils so there aren’t that many watercolors of his to see. This is a nice one. The second link has images of letters he sent when he was ill and couldn’t work with oils illustrating the letters with watercolors.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4674
http://paintwatercolorcreate.blogspot.com/2013/01/featured-artist-edouard-manet.html
Édouard Manet - Lola de Valence – As Rembrandt influenced Goya, so Goya influenced Manet as this etching shows.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/103651
Édouard Manet - The Urchin (Le Gamin)
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/50261
Henri Matisse - L'Odalisque – In April 2018 a similar Odalisque was sold at Christie’s for $25K, you can see it at the second link.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/23816
https://tinyurl.com/yyxy96sc
Vasily Kandinsky - Small Worlds VII (Kleine Welten VII) – This is a lithograph and I couldn’t bring it up in the Brooklyn database so I found another image from MOMA. As I’ve mentioned so many times I’m not a fan of abstract art but something in Kandinsky appeals to me.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/67193
Jean-Honoré Fragonard - The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/73942
Camille Jacob Pissarro – Stone Bridge, Rouen (Pont de Pierre, Rouen) – Pissarro created many drawings, he is quoted as saying, “drawing is crucial to him.” The second link is to a journal with an article on his drawings.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/112450
http://joachimpissarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Camille-Pissarro-case-study-for-impressionist-drawing1.pdf
Paul Cézanne - Bathers (Baigneurs) – Cezanne painted a number of paintings showing bathers. This is more than likely a study for one of them.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/50848
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Woman Smoking a Cigarette – This is done in multiple media, oil paint, opaque watercolor, and graphite over charcoal on commercial paper board.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12624
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes - Can't Anyone Untie Us? (¿No hay quien no desate?) – There were four etchings on view from Los Caprichos, a series I’ve seen a number of times. This is one and so is the next link.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/47219
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes - Until Death (Hasta la muerte) – This leads nicely to the Goya oil painting below.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/47199
These next images are from the European gallery.
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes - Portrait of Don Tadeo Bravo de Rivero – Wonderful full length portrait.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/37754
Frans Hals - Portrait of a Man – The only Hals oil the museum owns.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/34336
Claude Monet - The Doge's Palace (Le Palais ducal) – In February I was pleased to be able to view a similar painting at Sotheby’s which was up for auction in their London showroom. That painting sold for 27.5M GBP and you can see an article from Sotheby’s at the second link.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4377
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/the-magic-of-light-on-water-in-monets-venetian-masterpiece
Claude Monet - Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement, effet de soleil) – One of the early exhibits I visited some twenty years ago when I renewed my interest in art was a Monet exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The theme was the Gare de Lazare, the train station in Paris and Monet’s paintings of the trains arriving enveloped in smoke. In viewing the rest of the collection I got to see his Houses of Parliament paintings of which there are many.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/93746
Very enjoyable afternoon aside from the detour on the way home.
In other art news.
This looks to be a wonderful exhibit in Chicago, wish I could go. This is a one minute video from the museum’s website. https://youtu.be/oCLxX3sh7no
New York Times
Manet’s Last Years: A Radical Embrace of Beauty
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/arts/design/manet-modern-beauty-review-chicago.html
In the first article below there are some wonderful Rembrandt etchings, a number of which I’ve never seen before. Looks to be a great book. And below that, from Sotheby’s, some Caravaggio’s and a little information about one of arts bad boys.
Looking for Instagram Inspiration? Take a Tip From These Attention-Grabbing Self-Portraits by Rembrandt, Old Master of the Selfie
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/selfie-rembrandt-weirdest-1615627
Caravaggio by the Numbers
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/caravaggio-by-the-numbers?locale=en
And now let’s detour to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Sissybrianna
https://www.flickr.com/photos/181771517@N05/48072744651/
I'll be such a cute princess :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/forrickfromkira/48137156803/
Wedding Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xgirltv1000/48138544956/
Dressed for a Garden Party
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robynmichaels/2039382456/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36227588@N02/30
The legendary Jan Carlove
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/40619640443/
Red Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xgirltv1000/42776985844/
Jenny And Sierra Pretty Pink Princesses
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126578290@N07/45192835962/
IMG_3465
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149954333@N07/48162439376/
Pink/peach dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephmar314/48117074463/
bee1537
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bee-ceedee/48133895847/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited the Met this week for the new exhibition in the Japanese Wing, Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination. I generally keep abreast of the rotations but this one caught me unaware as it did my brother who let me know about. It opened recently and runs for a year so I imagine there will be changes in the rotation of items, all of which are from the Met’s vast collection. As my brother said, beautiful screens, scrolls, stoneware, lacquer and the woodblock prints I enjoy. This is a link to the website for an overview, there are no objects at the site which is unusual. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/kyoto-capital-artistic-imagination
Below are samples of what was on view.
Fujiwara no Kamatari as a Shinto Deity – This hanging scroll venerates a court minister turning him into a God while also depicting his two sons, one of who succeeded him.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44847
Fifty-Four Scenes from The Tale of Genji – There were many screens and a number of them were similar to this one, filled with images. It’s hard to take everything in from these images and I confess it was equally difficult to really see it when standing in front of it. If you go to the link you can zoom in on different sections of the screen to get a better view. I recently wrote about the exhibit at the Met that was concerned completely with Genji. It’s the Flickr of June 1, 2019, http://pearlcorona.org/betties/index.php?topic=1511.msg14438#msg14438
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/671027
The Battle of Yashima, from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari) – It’s hard to see in this one as well but it depicts one of the most celebrated feats of martial skill in Japan's history. The Taira forces again fled by boat from the advancing Minamoto, shown here on the shore of Yashima. At dusk, a young woman appeared on the deck of one of the Taira ships and proceeded to perform a taunting dance with a red fan decorated with a rising sun. Yoichi Munetaka, one of the Minamoto's best archers, rode his horse into the shallows and shot the fan from the woman's hand at a distance of some ninety feet.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45182
Amusements at Higashiyama in Kyoto – If you zoom in on this one it’s much easier to see the figures and their detail.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/653246
Large Bowl with Cherry Blossoms and Maple Leaves – This large, beautifully decorated bowl was a gift from the Irvings this year. If you remember from previous posts they were long time benefactors of the Met for Asian artifacts.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/748298
Pheasants among Trees: Flowers of the Four Seasons – Richly colored birds.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53237
Small Box (Kobako) with Kyōgen Theater Scene at Mibu Temple in Kyoto – Despite the disclaimer that it isn’t on view, this lovely little box does appear in the exhibit.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/58290
Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi – No we’re at the woodblock prints, as I mentioned, my favorites. All of these are scenes of Kabuki. Like the next link there are two prints to view here.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/76556
Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune senbon zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune). Two prints to view here.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/76563
Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō III as the Spirit of the Courtesan Yonakishii – I especially enjoy the way the robe is decorated at the bottom.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/76571
Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Akogi Heiji, from the print series Tōsei keshōkagami (Makeup Mirrors of Our Time)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/76568
Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories) That is a very creepy image on the lantern.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/76565
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/76557
Another wonderful show, I look forward to the next rotation.
While visiting the Met I got to see two new bequests from Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, a wondrous Van Dyck and a DeLacroix illustration of a scene from Ivanhoe.
Anthony van Dyck - Queen Henrietta Maria,1636
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438112
Eugène Delacroix - Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe,1823
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438110
And now it’s time to Flickr.
Andy G.
Former soccer boy ready for weekly hypnosis
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152257565@N08/48392540206/
Working Blind here!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61636721@N06/47925678806/
C.M.A. <3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelica_vice/48034593713/
Celebrating the weekend
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alittlemisschloe/46582953615/
Disney Frozen Queen Elsa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fairyboyprincess/45785140905/
48987134_1980746928700159_7355927214400995328_n
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanncd/48192656627/
Summer of love?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gentv2000/35119215784/
IMG_6948
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133564312@N02/31562262318/
IMG_3537
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149954333@N07/48223066371/
Mistress Candy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/181594057@N05/48222996102/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited Questroyal Fine Art a while ago and for some reason never got around to writing about it so I thought this would be a good time since there’s not that much going on in the art world. It’s my second favorite gallery after Ronin and I’m thinking I’ll have to go back soon. I’m also looking forward to Ronin reopening at its new location. The featured exhibit was, A CALL TO THE WILD: IMPORTANT HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL PAINTINGS. It was filled with beautiful things and as always it was a very large selection, the gallery is a multi-room apartment at 903 Park Avenue just off 79th Street. I’ve copied below some of the things I saw. I have Gifford and Cropsey at the top and I would say they’re my favorites but in truth the whole group is a favorite although I do generally put those two first.
Manchester, Massachusetts - Sanford Robinson Gifford – I love the illusion of the “face” in this painting and I think I’ve linked to it before.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/manchester-massachusetts/
View of Constantinople (The Golden Horn) - Sanford Robinson Gifford – I find this rather exotic unlike most of his work. He was familiar with Turner from an early age from viewing his brother’s prints and was a devotee. I think you can clearly see his influence in this painting.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/view-of-constantinople-the-golden-horn/
A Sketch of Clay Bluffs on Noman’s Land, 1877 - Sanford Robinson Gifford – Wonderful image of a lone fisherman out on a bright, beautiful day with the waves gently lapping at the shore.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/gifford-a-sketch-of-clay-bluffs-on-no-mans-land-1877/
Sunset, 1865 - Sanford Robinson Gifford – More gently rolling waves at twilight with the quarter moon up in the sky watching the sun descend.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/sunset/
Sunset on a River Inlet - by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900) – Another brilliant sunset, this time by Cropsey, with the sun obscured by the clouds but with its rays illuminating the water. And the tiny boats off in the distance while two tiny figures well back from the shore observe the scene.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/sunset-on-a-river-inlet/
Winter, 1860 - Jasper Francis Cropsey – We can see the isolation of the tiny cabins in the immensity of the snowcapped mountains while the sun peeks over the mountaintop. And the two figures either strolling or exploring with their dog while you can just barely make out other figures closer to the cabin.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/winter/
Reclining Figure in a Mountain Landscape - Thomas Cole – Gorgeous, colorful landscape with a man almost off the canvas who I think may be the artist himself although it’s difficult to see if he is holding a brush in his hands.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/reclining-figure-in-a-mountain-landscape/
Moonlight - John William Casilear – Big beautiful moon dead center in the sky looking over the trees and water. I’ve said before I’m a sucker for a moon in paintings.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/moonlight/
The Traghetto, Venice, 1880 - Robert Frederick Blum – Blum is someone who is new to me and this is the only painting of his the gallery has. He wasn’t one of the Hudson River painters; he spent time in Venice and met Whistler who introduced him to Japanese techniques and he subsequently traveled to Japan where he was successful with Japanese themes. The Traghetto is an example of his Venetian paintings and this watercolor catches the murky ambience of the canals.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/the-traghetto-venice/
View of Niagara Falls - Thomas Doughty – This is a great painting of the Falls showing it in its magnificent intensity. The greatest painting of the falls I’ve ever seen is by Frederic Edwin Church and is in the National Gallery in D.C. This one is relatively small while the Church is almost 8ft x 3ft. I’ve said that standing in front of it you can feel the moisture, a truly great painting. I’ve linked to that below this one.
http://the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=118543
Niagara Falls - Frederic Edwin Church
https://tinyurl.com/yxnmgwaz
Harrison House - Henry Martin Gasser – Gasser is someone who I first came across on earlier visits to Questroyal. He’s a 20th Century American artist who followed in the wake of the Ashcan school painting colorful images of urban New Jersey where he was born in Newark. I really like his bright, vibrant depictions of the houses in New Jersey in the early 20th Century of which Harrison House and the Yellow House below are good examples.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/harrison-house/
The Yellow House - Henry Martin Gasser
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/the-yellow-house/
In other art news
Four links to Sotheby’s; some information on Caravaggio, a brief video on a painting in their Inspired by Chatsworth: A Selling Exhibition auction and an article on a Canaletto painting also in that auction. Finally, interesting facts about Alfred Hitchcock.
21 Facts About Caravaggio
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/21-facts-about-caravaggio?locale=en
The Red Sea and the Wrath of God in Antonio Tempesta’s Masterpiece on Marble
https://www.sothebys.com/en/videos/the-red-sea-and-the-wrath-of-god-in-antonio-tempestas-masterpiece-on-marble?locale=en
Find the Hidden Cameo in A Magnificent Early Canaletto
https://tinyurl.com/y2gwfxl3
Alfred Hitchcock: 7 Things You Need To Know
https://tinyurl.com/y442qd35
4 articles from Artnet News.
I read an enjoyable novel, The Memory Painter by Stephanie Kallos, which was about reincarnation and whose main character was a man who dreamed about former lives and when he woke up he had new talents, one of which was that after one dream he woke up to be a great painter. I thought of this when I read the first article.
As to the article about the Barnes, I don’t agree at all. I remember how awed I was the first time I visited the museum. Great art everywhere. I remember walking through a doorway and realizing there was something magnificent over the doorframe. The layout of the art is what makes the Barnes the Barnes. If it was changed it would just be another museum with great art. It’s also a bit of ego on the critics part, he’s saying his vision of what the collection should be is superior to Barnes’ vision. I’ve linked to the original Washington Post article but it’s behind a paywall.
I don’t particularly want to spend a night in a Motel room inspired by Edward Hopper but I wouldn’t mind seeing the exhibition which sounds wonderful. I don’t think I’ve seen the painting from the Indianapolis Museum in any of the exhibits I’ve visited.
And radiography is really something remarkable, being able to see how an artist changed his mind about the composition of his painting is truly fascinating.
Lee Hadwin Never Dreamed of Being an Artist. To His Surprise, He Becomes One in His Sleep
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sleep-artist-lee-hadwin-1623505
Washington Post Critic Calls for the Breakup of the Barnes Collection
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-august-14-2019-1624963
https://tinyurl.com/y4e9wmx8
A New Edward Hopper-Themed Motel Room Allows You to Experience All the Alienation of the Artist’s Classic Paintings
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/vmfa-edward-hopper-sleepover-experience-1625359
Stunning New Images of a Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ Have Revealed Underdrawings of an Entirely Different Composition
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardo-da-vinci-virgin-rocks-immersive-experience-1625230
And now for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Dreams
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisamcd/46424538702/
Alice (4)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahlouisetaylor/45210713045/
01 Savanna agreed to meet the guy in his motel room
https://www.flickr.com/photos/savannasteel/48271985601/
My new purple dress Mistress sent me
https://www.flickr.com/photos/181771517@N05/48282327117/
dragged2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/41278239221/
square dance dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cindy_denmark/48213130587/
TG
https://www.flickr.com/photos/val_entina/40559106463/
982_1000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143614548@N05/46917435195/
Screenshot_20190414-175836_Gallery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142892918@N05/47628768291/
Peg Subtv
https://www.flickr.com/photos/p_tvslet/17028183557/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Today was an absolutely beautiful day, fall like in its relative coolness with the sun shining all day. It’s hard to believe summer is drawing to a close, something I regret although, of course, it’s inevitable. As I’ve said before time is just moving far too quickly for me. But at least I’m able to enjoy leisure time in my retirement.
This week I visited the Neue Galerie for a small exhibit of German art, ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: ART OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. Admission was half price as the third floor was closed for installation of an upcoming exhibit. During this period artists moved away from Expressionism to what is referred to as New Objectivity, a harsh depiction of the world around them. It was a very tempestuous time and the paintings exemplify this by their harshness, these are not pretty paintings. This is from a New York Times review of a previous similar exhibition at the Neue.
Dix’s saggy-breasted, frightened-looking nudes and gray-skinned portrait of the lawyer Fritz Glaser always generate revulsion, no matter how often you’ve seen them at the museum. So, for that matter, does George Grosz’s glass-eyed man shown squinting at a book (“Portrait of John Förste, Man With Glass Eye”). These works are not for all tastes, but they’re a part of the social context of German Expressionism (even if they’re painted in a “post-Expressionist” style).
Here are two reviews, one from the New York Times and one from Art Daily.
Beat the Heat With These 10 Must-See Art Shows – Scroll down to see the review.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/arts/design/must-see-art-new-york.html
Neue Galerie New York opens 'Eclipse of the Sun: Art of the Weimar Republic'
http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=113807
This is a link to the website with a detailed explanation of what the painting Eclipse of the Sun represents.
https://www.neuegalerie.org/eclipse-sun-art-weimar-republic
George Grosz – Eclipse of the Sun – This is an enlargement of the painting which is on loan from the August Heckscher museum in Huntington. I visited the Heckscher museum a number of years ago, it’s a very long ride on the LIRR and I imagine I saw the painting although I don’t really remember it. It’s a very large fascinating painting and reading the explanation really helps.
https://www.tate.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/width-1200/public/images/george_grosz_eclipse_of_the_sun.jpg
George Grosz - Portrait of John Forste, man with glass eye
https://tinyurl.com/yyarj9qt
George Grosz - Panorama (Down with Liebknecht) – This is a painting of a riot, the Spartacist revolt. The Spartacists were Communists and the revolt was led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, both of whom were murdered after being arrested. Grosz was part of the revolt and was arrested as well. The second link speaks of the history of the Spartacists.
https://tinyurl.com/y57gxnrb
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/weimar-germany/the-spartacists/
George Grosz - People in the Street – Click to enlarge the image – More mayhem, if you look in the windows you can see people fighting.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/114907?artist_id=2374&locale=en&page=1&sov_referrer=artist
Raoul Hausmann – A bourgeois precision brain incites a world movement (Dada conquers) – The first link is an enlargement while the second link explains the painting.
http://countermapcollection.org/files/cache/7f6622e72d032ba758a3fc8860393f64_f158.jpg
http://countermapcollection.org/paratexts/commentaries/avant-garde-i-dada-conquers/
Georg Schulz – Of Things to Come – I could find no information on Schulz. This is a rather ominous painting with three sinister individuals so the things to come don’t bode well for mankind in general.
https://tinyurl.com/y3ctq4hu
Otto Dix - Portrait of Johann Edwin Wolfensberger – A Zurich printer, fat and balding and well to do. I wondered about what he’s holding in his hand and I believe it’s a cane with large disk at the top.
https://www.neuegalerie.org/content/portrait-johann-edwin-wolfensberger
Otto Dix - Half-Nude – I mentioned ugly paintings at the top and there is certainly nothing pretty about this portrait.
https://ayearofpositivethinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Dix-Half-Nude-1926-340x500.jpg
Otto Dix – Seated Female Nude with Red Hair – I get the impression this is a prostitute.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/41/42/754142e165fa1dfff5e004e08a4fc5fb.jpg
Otto Dix – Mother and Child – This is a large painting 3ft x 4ft and the mother’s body seems to be out of proportion, the bottom part seeming to extend a very long way and it’s disconcerting that he’s cut off her feet.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/76671ab62e70baeb9cae420c5bbafca8/tumblr_n0c0yskT6j1rvpbxco1_1280.jpg
Gustav Klimt – Ria Munk III (The Dancer) – This is a link to an article discussing Klimt’s three portraits of Ria Munk, the last of which is titled The Dancer and is unfinished.
https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/the-three-portraits-of-ria-munk-by-gustav-klimt/
Egon Schiele - Stein on the Danube – One of Schiele’s rare landscapes
https://www.wikiart.org/en/egon-schiele/stein-on-the-danube-1913
So, a small but interesting exhibit.
And now let’s look at what are hopefully prettier pictures at the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Pretty Maids all in a row
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144058205@N04/47046034431/
2017-10-16-VIDEO-00000056
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126832199@N08/37696376726/
Dressed by Queen Morningstar at thesissydressingparlour.co.uk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maidpetra/47099891914/
2019-04-10-02-16-21-723
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156950022@N04/40612273433/
4R8A0112
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149954333@N07/48338968421/
Wuchara Kuntavud
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155135402@N07/48303635957/
DeeDee 562
https://www.flickr.com/photos/deedeelassen/48310253752/
Actually Working!!!!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cutie_ruthie/8622703612/
A curtsey for Mistress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/taniasissygirl/48178784391/
MAID CURTSEY
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22979184@N05/45695684842/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I was back at the Met this week to see the Leonardo and go through the new rotation in the drawing corridor. The Leonardo is unfinished, on loan from the Vatican collection and a one painting exhibition in the Lehman wing. It’s an interesting picture, certainly not beautiful but the fact that it’s from the Vatican, was cut into pieces and reassembled, and is one of the few of his paintings with no challenges to its provenance, radiography shows his fingerprint on it, makes it a picture one should see. I guess I can now say I’ve seen it. The Vatican acquired it in 1856 and I don’t imagine it’s been loaned out very often although the Met had it once before in 2003 as part of a larger show.
Leonardo da Vinci - Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Saint_Jerome.jpg
Carmen Bambach on Leonardo's "St. Jerome" at the Met – Bumbach is a curator at the Met and an expert on Leonardo. It’s 4 ½ minute video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSR9JyEgCDg
A longer discussion of the painting by Dianne L. Durante, a blogger and independent researcher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdfmzlmwUs
Two reviews and a television video.
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/leonardo-st-jerome-metropolitan-museum-1594957
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/arts/design/davinci-saint-jerome-metropolitan-museum.html
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/leonardo-da-vinci-st-jerome-metropolitan-museum-of-art
It’s a weak drawing rotation which I knew before I went as I checked it out online. The title is, Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Brewster & Co. Brewster & Co. was a 19th Century manufacturer of carriages and there are numerous pictures of the carriages which make for an interesting curio but don’t demand multiple viewings. Still, there are always nice things some of which I’ve linked to below, in particular two Rembrandts and an Ingres portrait. I thought the Bouchardon, Sense of Smell was exquisite. I also walked through the Space exhibit, but it really didn’t move me, the Caspar David Friedrich painting was nice though.
Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro) - The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco) – like the next two drawings I’m unfamiliar with the artist.
https://tinyurl.com/y3mzru8d
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) - Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)
https://tinyurl.com/y2k694jt
Edme Bouchardon - The Sense of Smell – As I said I haven’t encountered this artist either but I really like this.
https://tinyurl.com/y67pdao4
Rembrandt - Cottage Beside a Canal with a View of Ouderkerk – All Rembrandts are wonderful.
https://tinyurl.com/y6qzft8j
Rembrandt - Cottage Beside a Canal with a View of Ouderkerk (counterproof) – Counterproofs offer mirror images of the print which some artists created to make something unique for a client. The card on the wall said it destroys the original image.
In printmaking, a counterproof is a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of the plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the printmaker to inspect the state of the plate
https://tinyurl.com/y4hvxm96
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - Niccolò Paganini – Another wonderful Ingres portrait.
https://tinyurl.com/y4fy2rrd
Luigi Calamatta – Paganini – Calmatta worked with Ingres to create this engraving. The wall card said that Calmatta was so faithful to the original that he included a circle on Paganini’s middle finger which Ingres drew for construction reasons, never meaning it to appear in the final version.
https://tinyurl.com/y3k72jw6
After Winslow Homer - The Drive in Central Park, New York (Harper's Weekly, Vol. IV),September 15, 1860
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/392672
Childe Hassam - Broadway and 42nd Street – Not sure why this was included in the exhibit but splendid nevertheless.
https://tinyurl.com/y4r7ktcm
Endicott & Co. - Wm. L. McDonald, Manufacturers of Carriage Harness & Co. Repository, No. 26 Beekman & 18 Spruce Street, New York – I thought this a nice lithograph, the mid-19th Century version of our latest model automobile ads.
https://tinyurl.com/yy6sqexe
Model of a Coach,19th century – This was rather neat, a miniature Italian State coach with doors that open and steps that fold down.
https://tinyurl.com/y5v7y238
Ed Ruscha - Flies (from Insects Portfolio), 1972 – This doesn’t hold up as well in reproduction as it does on the wall; he individually painted each fly in meticulous detail.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Flies--from-Insects-Portfolio-/314314A40B524739
Caspar David Friedrich – Two Men Contemplating the Moon
https://tinyurl.com/y3zyo9ke
In other art news.
I watched a program called “The Lost Hokusai,” about a large Hokusai painting that was destroyed in a fire. Only one black and white photo of the picture exists but it was considered a masterpiece. The Hokusai museum asked a team of art restorers to recreate the painting, full size and in color, from the photo. I thought it was wonderful. In addition to following the technique of the recreation, it’s also the story of Hokusai. It's a very touching and sad portrayal of a man who was clearly a genius to everyone but himself.
This is the 50-minute documentary film about how they went about doing it. (The narration is in English while the Japanese dialog is subtitled.)
https://allarts.wliw.org/programs/all-arts-documentary-selects/the-lost-hokusai-hf6oje/
And now, the Flickrs.
Andy G.
The Halloween costume that I didn't get to wear
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonne_oakley/44242274640/
20160606_79
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissymaidjoslyn/26020163357/
Summer Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amnesiasparkles/48336788171/
DSCF1238
https://www.flickr.com/photos/susanrosybottom/7609248682/
Pretty in Pink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stayfocused2/48380028202/
P8830289
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44815144@N07/48314070871/
More retro
https://www.flickr.com/photos/missfrancescamcminn/48128750307/
Look for Swiss National Day
https://www.flickr.com/photos/valentina_rossi/48371280047/
The Legendary Richard Schaeffer as Disney's Cinderella
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/46363266165/
Long sleeve bodysuit_2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trans_kyoko/26521415307/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This is an early Flickr as I’m revisiting the Chatsworth exhibit at Sotheby’s with a friend. As if I needed reminding that the summer is drawing to a close last night was very cool. Today look to be a beautiful day albeit a little brisk this morning.
I visited the Met for their new Indian art exhibition, Sita and Rama: The Ramayana in Indian Painting. It took me a while to come to appreciate Indian art and it’s still third on my list after Japanese and Chinese art but these little watercolor paintings, and they are small, roughly 8 x 12 ½”, are really beautiful. They all tell a story; in many of them there are multiple narratives being addressed at the same time and you really have to look at the entire painting to comprehend everything. Reading the accompanying brief essays explaining what you’re looking at will add to your enjoyment. Aside from the final two paintings which are from the Met’s permanent collection, these paintings are from a dispersed folio which illustrates the Ramayana, the life of Rama, beginning with his exile due to a jealous stepmother. His brother and his wife accompany him. During this period his wife, Sita, will be kidnaped and he will have to fight demons to recover her. It ends with him triumphant and crowned King. The first three images are separate from the folio but also illustrate scenes from the Ramayana.
This is a link to the website where you can view all the images.
https://tinyurl.com/y2vanufa
Rumal with Scenes from the Ramayana – This is embroidered cotton with multiple scenes from the story appearing out of sequence with the three protagonists emerging triumphant in the center.
https://tinyurl.com/y4xfqn6f
Hanuman in His Tantric Five-Headed Pancha Mukha Form – Hanuman is the immortal monkey warrior who aided Rama in his battle with the demon Ravana.
https://tinyurl.com/y6p67dez
The Combat of Rama and Ravana, late 18th – This is a textile depiction of the battle which results in Ravana’s death and the rescue of Sita.
https://tinyurl.com/y4tjfpwt
"Rama and Lakshmana Enter the City of Mithila to Perform in an Archery Contest," Illustrated folio from the “Bharany" Ramayana (The Adventures of Rama) – the story begins.
https://tinyurl.com/y2h57wce
Rama and Sita in the Forest: A Thorn is Removed from Rama’s Foot,ca. 1800–10 – The three protagonists in exile.
https://tinyurl.com/y6pjjnwt
"Indra Offers Sita a Plate of Payas, a Heavenly Sweet," Illustrated folio from the “Shangri" Ramayana – Sita has been kidnaped
https://tinyurl.com/y4ehxdqf
"The Court of Ravana", Folio from a Ramayana,ca. 1605 - Their demon enemies conspires.
https://tinyurl.com/y2qhqwku
The Monkey King Vali's Funeral Pyre: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series – Rama helps Sugriva murder his brother in return for his support in the battle against Ravana.
https://tinyurl.com/yyjeoggv
Mourning the Assumed Death of Rama and Lakshmana: Folio from the dispersed Shangri Ramayana series (Style III),ca.1700–1730
https://tinyurl.com/y2qauy4g
Hanuman Revives Rama and Lakshmana with Medicinal Herbs: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series. - You have to look very closely at the upper left to see Hanuman flying through the air with the top of a mountain he took not knowing what plants would revive the hero and his brother. The mountain top sits at the lower right of the painting while Hanuman is center stage holding the herbs he hopes will do the trick.
https://tinyurl.com/y4ekefvn
"Rama and Sita Enthroned," Folio from a dispersed Vishnu Avatara (The Incarnations of Vishnu) – The happy ending.
https://tinyurl.com/y2zan7l8
Chakrasamvara and consort Vajravarahi – An immensely ornate, brilliantly colored cotton cloth showing two deities embracing and literally crushing their enemies under their feet.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/714877
Acala, The Buddhist Protector – Another very busy painting, this is from the website:
Acala (literally, “immovable”) is a wrathful manifestation of Manjushri. He wields a sword to dispatch ignorance and a noose to snare disbelievers. His enflamed wide eyes and a facial grimace exposing teeth express his fearsome aspect. He kneels with one knee on the ground, evoking his role as a protector of the earth. He is set in a flaming aureole, his knowledge field, and is honored with an elaborate archway (torana) topped by Garuda fighting two nagas. Numerous protective emanations surround him in a series of registers; in the lower register, a Vajracharya priest performs rituals for the benefit of the donor family seated opposite.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38011
I thought this was an outstanding exhibit.
In other art news.
I thought this was a neat story. The great-granddaughter of the Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte’s butler bequeathed to the Musee D’Orsay five paintings that had been in her family since he had painted them. They were of the butler, the butler’s son and the residence they all lived in. The second article which links to a Google translation site includes all five paintings. As the article says they were the only art she owned and hung on the walls like members of the family.
Rare Impressionist Paintings Owned by the Butler of Artist Gustave Caillebotte Have Re-Emerged in a Paris Show
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/gustave-caillebotte-orsay-1640947
The fabulous destiny of 5 works by Gustave Caillebotte bequeathed to the Musée d'Orsay
https://tinyurl.com/y2ch9b6c
The next article from The New Yorker discusses Georgia O’Keeffe’s sister Ida, who was also an artist, and their relationship. They had a falling out when Ida’s star was rising and Georgia’s was at a low point and they never reconciled and Ida faded into obscurity. Georgia remained an icon while Ida is only now enjoying a renaissance of sorts. This is a link to a review in the Times of an exhibit of her work at the Clark Institute as well as what looks to be a beautiful Renoir exhibit. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/arts/design/renoir-ida-okeeffe-clark-art-institute.html
The Rivalry Between Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Sister Ida
https://tinyurl.com/y5ckzcq8
The final article is about an exhibit I saw at the New York Historical Society the other day. It focused on six women photographers and their work for Life Magazine. One of them was Margaret Bourke-White whose photo of Fort Peck Dam in Montana was on the cover of the first Life Magazine in 1936. You can read about her here. https://wednesdayswomen.com/margaret-bourke-white-trailblazing-american-photojournalist/ The subject of the article is Martha Holmes’ photographs that accompanied an 1950 article on the singer Billy Eckstein. One of them showed the singer, who is multiracial, being embraced by a white woman which was, to say the least, controversial and the magazine debated whether to run the photo. The article talks about the hate mail the magazine received because of this. The movies dealt with the problem of racism by eliding it. In the 1940’s musicals I watch on TCM there are sometimes scenes with black singers or dancers but they’re always completely separate from the rest of the movie so that when the movie played in the South the scene could be cut without disrupting continuity. Which is ironic since in some of the films those scenes are the best ones.
LIFE in Pictures: Pop Star Billy Eckstine and the Infamous 1950 Photo That Impacted His Career
http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/life-infamous-1950-photograph-billy-eckstine/
Now let’s see if there is anything outstanding at the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Tranny panic?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nattilydressed/48639085192/
Alice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/51647347@N05/48380593297/
The Return Of Sissy.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanied/48323051041/
Katie's on a Chromium photo binge right now. Hopefully you like the idea.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14676683@N08/48446832021/
Fun maid dressing day at Stephanie's in Blackpool.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142877968@N07/48436977846/
Miss Michaela loves DAFFODIL frills & pretty LIME GREEN bows !!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/missmichaelamarbella/5463286108/
Prissy Sissy Kelly
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellyukslut/48385546781/
Why You're Upset
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67287944@N02/47953556638/
bee1562
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bee-ceedee/48326770966/
7
https://www.flickr.com/photos/93384274@N00/4372076417/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I was back at the Met this week to see the current Chinese exhibit, Another World Lies Beyond: Chinese Art and the Divine. It was very enjoyable. On the way home I stopped in the P.A. to buy bus tickets. When I told the woman behind the counter I wanted senior fare, she looked at me and said quizzically, you’re a senior? How old are you? Stopping to think I finally said 68. She said I didn’t look it. I laughed and said it was a long time since someone had said that. But she was serious. She said I had a young face and didn’t look old, a little scraggly maybe, (that made me laugh as well) but not old. As I’ve been getting senior admission at the museums since I was in my early 50’s and have a head of white hair I got a real kick out this. I thanked her for making my day. Much nicer than getting on the bus and being called Pop by the driver.
Much of the exhibit concerned Luohans, a Chinese term for an arhat, one of the historical disciples of the Buddha.
Below are some things I saw.
Wu Bin - The Sixteen Luohans – This is a very long scroll, approximately 13” x 13 ½ ft. If you click on the link you can see other sections. I liked this one as it shows a Luohan who has meditated for so long a tree grew around him.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/48948
Luohan, after a set attributed to Guanxiu, stone carved in 1757; rubbing 18th or 19th century? - There are 16 of these and each is rather large, approximately 2ft x 4ft. I chose this one because it looks like he is holding the Ninth Century version of an IPAD. Below is the essay from the website.
Of the many luohan painters throughout Chinese history, none was more influential than the Buddhist monk Guanxiu (832–912), whose wild caricatures inspired generations of artists to depict luohans as exotic, superhuman beings. Guanxiu’s paintings were already considered rare in 1757, when the Qianlong emperor encountered what he believed to be an authentic set in a monastery in Hangzhou. To preserve their appearance, the emperor commissioned copies and had them carved in stone so that rubbings like these could be made. The original paintings are now lost, making these copies some of the most important surviving evidence of Guanxiu’s style.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/64009
Portrait of Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki) – He is the Chinese founder of the Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism in Japan. Very colorful hanging scroll which is unusual as Zen lifestyle is considered austere.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/663886
Dragon,14th century – I had to step back to actually take in what I was looking at but when I finally comprehended it I was thoroughly taken with the eyes.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36431
Marshal Wang – There is a lot to see in this hanging scroll and I’ll just copy the essay from the website which describes it.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41474
According to Daoist scripture, this figure, the Li Star of the Southern Dipper, was granted the honorific title "Master Thunder" (Lei Gong) by the Jade Emperor, who also bestowed upon him a gold ball and chain. He often wears a plaque—seen here hanging across his right shoulder—that describes his merits: "compassionate, loyal, and virtuous." His official duties include protecting people, safeguarding the laws, and dispelling all manner of evil spirits. Accordingly, he is depicted riding on a flaming wheel and subduing a roiling sea of serpents as other Daoist deities offer spiritual reinforcement.
An inscription written in gold at the upper right states that this image was "painted by order of the imperial concubine née Shen at dawn on the first day of the fourth lunar month in the renyin year of the Jiajing era [May 6, 1542]." Executed by an anonymous court artist attached to the inner palace, the painting may have been commissioned for a ceremony that sought to cure the patron of a disease or other affliction.
Zheng Zhong - Searching the Mountains for Demons,17th century – This is another very long scroll, 10 ½” x 27 ft. The first link is to a specific section while the second link is to the website where you can see other sections. These are fantastical, grotesque creatures and it’s hard to tell the demons from the hunters.
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/44630/161964/main-image
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44630
Guan Yu – Another colorful hanging scroll of a third century warrior.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/62002
Guanyin as the Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva – This is a celebratory hanging scroll commemorating an omen that the Empress Dowager Cisheng would be reincarnated as Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41472
Guanyin the Bringer of Sons – Guanyin was also the provider of male offspring, something greatly hoped for by parents in China.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41475
Luohans – There are 18 pictures in this folio, each painted on the spade-shaped leaves of a type of ficus tree, the Tree of Enlightenment revered by Buddhists. The first link is to this picture while the second link goes to the website with all the leaves.
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/38822/152755/main-image
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38822
In other art news.
I thought this article about the conspiracists on the Internet was interesting. I recently posted an article on the rivalry of the O’Keeffe sisters and this article concerns the unique spelling of their name. Apparently there is nothing so trivial to some people that they can’t see something dark in it. The danger about relying on information from the Internet is there is a wealth of misinformation. A friend quoted Churchill in an email and I remembered it differently, so I Googled my version and found it. Then I Googled her version and found it. And numerous other variations so you really need to consider the source.
The Spelling of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Name Is Now the Subject of an Internet Conspiracy Theory About Parallel Universes
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/georgia-okeeffe-mandela-effect-1570156
I thought this was a neat story. The great-granddaughter of the French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte’s butler bequeathed to the Musee D’Orsay five paintings that had been in her family since he had painted them. They were of the butler, the butler’s son and the residence they all lived in. The second link is to an article which I’ve translated from the French that includes images of all five paintings.
Rare Impressionist Paintings Owned by the Butler of Artist Gustave Caillebotte Have Re-Emerged in a Paris Show
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/gustave-caillebotte-orsay-1640947
The fabulous destiny of 5 works by Gustave Caillebotte bequeathed to the Musée d'Orsay
https://tinyurl.com/y2ch9b6c
I speak of conspiracists above and I thought this an Interesting article debunking the theory that Van Gogh was murdered rather than a suicide.
Van Gogh committed suicide: ten reasons why the murder story is a myth
All the evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/van-gogh-committed-suicide-the-murder-story-is-a-myth
An interesting article on the place I visit the most.
Here Are 10 Amazing Secrets About the Metropolitan Museum of Art, From Its Florist-in-Residence to Its Hippo Mascot
Discover the greatest little-known facts about the famous museum.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/secrets-of-the-metropolitan-museum-1645864
Below are three short videos, under five minutes each, from Sotheby’s. Ambroise Vollard was an art dealer and friend to the Impressionists and Post Impressionists. The first video discusses a groundbreaking published collection of prints he issued at the end of the 19th Century. Many great paintings passed through his hands, the Met had an exhibit in 2006 which brought together 100 of them in celebration of his fame and it was spectacular.
Lucian Freud is a 20th Century artist who passed away in 2011. He mostly painted portraits of family and friends. He was a terrible womanizer and had numerous children, Wikipedia says, “Fourteen children have been identified, two from Freud's first marriage and 12 by various mistresses.” Clearly he didn’t spend all his time painting.
I would guess Leonardo needs no introduction.
Munch’s First Colour Print Stars in Ground-Breaking Vollard Portfolio
https://tinyurl.com/yxkts3lw
A Look at Lucian Freud’s Etchings with David Dawson
https://tinyurl.com/yyb5ap89
Leonardo da Vinci’s 'The Lady with an Ermine,' a Beguiling Portrait of Elegant Mystique
https://tinyurl.com/y2g5oj3x
And now let’s Flickr along.
Andy G.
Ribbed or fruit flavoured ?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephsdressingservice/48265078032/
I'm afraid I'm doing poorly in my job, I always end up being punished
https://www.flickr.com/photos/161596142@N07/48088694063/
(355)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124772931@N03/48093197471/
Best of Vegas trip
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joannajonescd/23260853152/
Evolution - Happy birthday to me!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/madeleinelabelle/48460537061/
tumblr_oftcj5ykNt1v9z94do1_1280
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaby_s/48697715066/
10 years later
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexisraemoon/32916259268/
Another blast from the past
https://www.flickr.com/photos/118612276@N08/48324057071/
Legendary "All the Vogue": Iconic photographer Cecil Beaton pictured in 1925 by photographer Dorothy Wilding
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/48179222311/
064218-112118
https://www.flickr.com/photos/167027157@N06/46021750592/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This is the last Flickr of the summer but at least we went out with a beautiful week. Couldn’t have asked for nicer weather, sunny and pleasant.
I took the long walk up to Sotheby’s this week to see their American art auction preview. It was a very lowkey exhibition, no blockbusters at all with a few going for several hundred thousand dollars while the bulk were under $50K. That makes them “affordable” for people, unlike me, who have disposable funds to spend on art. This is a link to all the items in the auction, https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art?locale=en In looking at the page I realize I missed a wall or two when I did my circuit around the galleries. I’ll copy some of the things I liked below.
JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER | PORTRAIT OF FLEET ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY – Leyendecker was a commercial illustrator and this was a WWII poster. During his career he and Rockwell below weren’t in the same league as non-commercial artists but now all these years later they are accepted as the great artists they were.
https://tinyurl.com/y3nnhdtp
NORMAN ROCKWELL | FATHER LEADS HIS SON THROUGH HIS PLANT – This is an advertisement for a bank.
https://tinyurl.com/y3ma3znm
IDA TEN EYCK O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH WALL) – By coincidence, an Ida O’Keeffe is up for auction after those two recent articles about her. There was a Georgia O’Keeffe as well, but it seems to have disappeared from the website, possibly withdrawn.
https://tinyurl.com/y4yg2mtr
Maxfield Parrish - Mill Pond – This glowing picture has also disappeared, but I found an image on Pinterest. The mirror imaging on the water is remarkable. Parrish was another commercial illustrator who found fame as a creative artist. Wikipedia says Rockwell referred to Parrish as his idol.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51G7ec4NGTL._AC_.jpg
The Hudson River painters are always well represented at these auctions, below are examples.
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD | STUDY FOR 'MORNING IN THE ADIRONDACKS, 1867 – I don’t really have a favorite artist in this genre as I love them all, but I find Gifford especially wonderful. This is a vast landscape on a very small canvas, roughly 12” x 10”.
https://tinyurl.com/y4qu3vzl
JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY | AN OCTOBER DAY – Cropsey appears in just about every auction of American art, he was very prolific.
https://tinyurl.com/yyc5s8zt
JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT | MOUNT CHOCORUA – Kensett and Bierstadt below also appear on a fairly regular basis. Prices vary a lot for these artists, a Bierstadt went for over $7 million dollars in 2003 while the painting below has an estimate between $80K and $120K
https://tinyurl.com/y3yavhep
ALBERT BIERSTADT | SOUTH AND NORTH MOAT MOUNTAINS
https://tinyurl.com/y2fdvy34
The final three are artists I’m unfamiliar with but each of these paintings spoke to me.
JOHN FERGUSON WEIR | STILL LIFE WITH YELLOW ROSES – Just something about the color and composition is very appealing.
https://tinyurl.com/y23gugnb
WILLIAM MASON BROWN | THE BRIDGE – Love the way he captured the wear of the bridge surrounded by the forest with the cascading water in the background.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art/william-mason-brown-the-bridge
DOUG SAFRANEK | SMALL CHANGE – Unlike all the other artists above who were born in the 19th Century and have passed on, Safranek was born in 1956 and is still alive. I was blown away by the composition and perspective as well as the detail in this Cityscape.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/american-art/doug-safranek-small-change
In other art news.
Below are two articles on what looks to be a fabulous exhibit in the Netherlands. The articles show a completely different side of Van Gogh, not the friendless, unappreciated artist but a man surrounded by family and friends. I had no idea that in the last few years of his life his work was being exhibited. The second article has additional images.
Vincent van Gogh's inner circle explored in new exhibition in the artist's homeland
http://artdaily.com/news/116926/Vincent-van-Gogh-s-inner-circle-explored-in-new-exhibition-in-the-artist-s-homeland-
Van Gogh Had Many Friends, and Even a Girlfriend. A New Show Seeks to Debunk the Myth of the ‘Lonely, Tormented Artist’
An exhibition in Den Bosch counters the popular misconception of the artist as outsider.
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/van-gogh-den-bosch-1656760
Now let’s see what the last summer Flickrs look like.
Andy G.
Halloween, 1989
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30517065@N00/40475412673/
Ken Chan as "Destiny Rose"
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10379538@N05/46274012175/
Dress for Halloween
https://www.flickr.com/photos/182095124@N08/48438973862/
Flower Power
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessica-jane/48430358781/
cute crossplay
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanncd/48594631817/
Maid to Please
https://www.flickr.com/photos/182821250@N04/48598172136/
IMG_1304EE
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32448134@N04/48070259637/
Purple Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahtgirl/47977140017/
Blonde?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143614548@N05/48592338047/
Sissies Together
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanied/48572983247/
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Hey andyg, I still check in every week to see your post and read your gallery reviews although the past few months have been very busy and not my best summer so far. I guess old age is taking it's toll and my past working life has not been kind to my body (my fault).
I don't post much anymore only read quickly through anything new. I seem to spend a good deal of time on facebook talking with relatives in the U.K., Australia and both the U.S. and Canada as we don't get to travel that much these days.
Many of us have health problems that slow down travel plans just a bit and of course most living on pensions we hope will keep us comfortable in our old age. Thanks to Betty for this board so we can still indulge a little in our hobby and see how old friends are getting on. Oh the times they are a changing.
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Hi Angela,
Always nice to hear from you. I hear you about old age but I always fall back on my old refrain, old age is tough but it's better than the alternative. Hope the fall is easier for you than the summer.
Regards,
Andy G.
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Hi Angela, yes, old age seems to get us quicker each year. How is your health and do you live by yourself. I am only 4 years younger than you,but lucky that my health is not yet affecting me, however it will soon.
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My DSL connection has been cutting out or slowing down a lot. So it's a mad rush when I get here just to do basic maintenance & security before it cuts out or slows down again. So I can't post as much as I should.
Yeah, I can't get out to see the few family members & friends that are still alive either. They live far away from each other & are old too, so they can't get out or go far anymore. My sister & I being the youngest in the family, are only a few left from the original family. There's nieces & nephews, but they've drifted away from most of their older relatives, so we hardly see or know them anymore. They're busy with their own kids now... some even starting to send them to college. Most of our family & friends contact is through Facebook too. So I have to spend a lot of time there.
I'm still living independently. With COPD, just basic household survival can take up most of the day... or has to be postponed for another day when I'm breathing a little better. But then I have even more to do. I still have to work to pay my bills too. That also takes up a lot of my online time.
Then a significant portion of what I need, I get a discount on or free if I write honest reviews about them. It also consumes a lot of my time... or a lot of time hunting these people down who will send me stuff cheap or free for a review. My reviews are honest, but I try to target those who have stuff I use or need anyway, so they're more likely to get a positive review because it's the stuff I would normally buy.
Sometimes I can't choose what I get for free though. Like I have enough free detergents, soap, & oatmeal to last me over a year. But to get free stuff that I can eventually use up, even if I don't need it, I'll review them.
My newest microwave, & wireless router was free if I reviewed them. I just got 2 boxes of free Rice Crispies & a box of granola bars to review. That's all stuff I didn't need, but was nice to get free anyway.
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Hi Betty, yes I hear you about reviews on things you don't really need, I have done my share of that in the past but I don't do any of it now. A few years ago I did a review of plastic panties and cloth diapers for a new company and got some samples and discounts on things I needed but I have not done that for awhile either.
When I started to need diapers at night I was not sure which brand would be good or serve my needs so I wrote to a supplier who sent me a large box of disposables. They were too big and not thirsty enough for my night wetting's and as I was preparing to write my review they called and talked to somebody in the family who did not know I was using these things. I tried to pass it off as a wrong number but the looks I got said they did not believe me. Nobody ever said anything about it later but their call was in the middle of a big family dinner and I was too busy cooking to get the call.
Hi samantha1, my health is OK for an old guy. I have some ups and downs but mostly I can deal with the downs with some Meds and good doctors visits. I need to get my back sorted again in December and then I can sleep better and do some gardening again and perhaps longer walks also.
I am married to the girl next door for 43 years now and she knows about my hobbies and my need for diapers at night but I guess she loves me because she has never complained. When we were younger she would go along with a little bondage love making if the results were in her favour and always seemed to love it but she was not creative enough to do things to me for my satisfaction so as we got older it died a slow death.
We also have a son so it was not easy sometimes to get away with it until he moved away to school and then got married to his partner and left home for good. I am finding the weather effects my day to day health now more than it did before but like I said it is what it is and you have to learn to live with these things just like Betty and the many challenges she faces on a daily basis.
Betty I sure wish the healthcare in the U.S. was similar to ours in Canada so you could get some help. Most of my meds and most of the tests I have to take are covered as are my back procedure each year so I am thankful for that. My urologist told me to register to get a discount on diapers also as he assured me my condition will get worse.
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Hi Betty and Angela,What sort of pension do you get in USA and Canada compared to what i get in uk.My government pension is approx £9000 per year and because i am over 60 i get all medication free.Is that the same in Canada and uSA .
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Hi samantha1, your money is about $15,000.00 Canadian dollars and my government money comes to about $17.200.00. On top of that I get a company pension which is pretty good after 42 years of service. My Government pension was reduced by 30% because I retired early to look after my mother who was getting Alzheimers and did not want to leave our family home. At aged 60 our government covers some drugs but the Provincial government just reduced the number covered so they could offer rich businesses a Tax brake. I have a company funded Drug Plan so I don't pay for much most times.
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Hi Angela, do you pay tax if your pension benefits goes over a certain amount like uk.If my pensions goes over this year of £13500 ,i have too pay tax on the remainder I would gather that your company pension is more than your government pension.My company pension is very good as i use too work for Mobil.Does this drug plan still cost you.
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Hi samantha1, my drug plan does not cost me but the insurance company funding it, insists on generic drugs instead of the branded ones. My doctor insists one of my Arthritis drugs be the branded kind so I would have to pay 10% of the cost for it but I wrote to the drug company and they sent me a card so I get the discount for getting the brand name drug. Funny enough the generic drugs are made at a factory in our town. My company pension is pretty good and I do pay tax but my accountant always gets me a good refund. I also get an Energy supplement each month which is not much but enables me to go out to dinner once in awhile. So far I have not touched my investments but when I do I will pay more Tax and with this Government I might get Taxed in a higher bracket and it may cut my government pension some more. To read this it sounds like I have a great deal of money but I only live comfortably not high on the hog as they say. Like everywhere else, prices are rising daily on groceries and Petrol and heating costs so I live within my means keeping up my hose and a small vehicle to get around. It is very much needed in Canada with our weather and snowy winters although I don't go out in the snow much if I don't have to.