Betty's Pub 20.1
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Quite a week for weather here, rain, snow and below freezing temps the last few days. One morning the thermometer in my back yard read 16 degrees when I went out for my walk. The following day when I went for my walk the sidewalks and roads were very icy and despite being cautious, I still fell. I was unhurt but angry. I brought out my cleats the next morning but after cleaning my sidewalk and throwing calcium chloride I decided I probably didn’t need them and I didn’t. One negative to wearing them is it makes walking around in the Shop Rite difficult due to their floor surface and I thought it would be ironic to wear the cleats so as not to fall in the street and then slip in the store. I will reiterate how much I hate the winter.
I went back to the Met to see Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet. My brother says he is a minor artist and prior to this exhibition I had never seen any of his paintings which I guess isn’t that surprising as the bulk of those in the exhibition are from overseas and from private collections. He was fairly prolific and painted in a realistic style over the whole genre of art; landscape, portrait, still lifes, etc. I found it a very enjoyable exhibit; his paintings, for the most part, are bright and appealing. The cards on the wall discussed the many influences that affected his paintings. This is a link to the Met website overview page where you can also link to the galleries and all the objects in the exhibit. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/felix-vallotton-painter-disquiet
Below is a review of the show from when it first appeared in the U.K. It’s a good article in that it gives background on who he was and how his fame is not widespread.
Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet review – a uniquely strange vision
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/07/felix-vallotton-painter-of-disquiet-royal-academy-london-review
Here are some images I enjoyed.
Félix Vallotton - Gertrude Stein – These two paintings of Stein hang side by side in the exhibit and make a nice contrast. The Picasso is from the Met’s collection and there is a famous anecdote about it. When Picasso presented it to her she said it didn’t look her. To which he replied, it will. She didn’t like it and didn’t care for Valloton’s portrait either. Neither are especially flattering. Though only a year or two apart there’s a fairly big difference in her physiognomy, her face is much chubbier in Valloton’s portrait which indicates Stein gained a fair amount of weight in the interval between portraits.
Valloton – Gertrude Stein
https://tinyurl.com/r9lzs96
Pablo Picasso – Gertrude Stein
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488221
The White and the Black (La Blanche et la Noire) – Valloton’s take on Manet’s Olympia, reversing the effects of the two woman making the black woman the dominant figure in the scene, the one in charge. She is clearly not subservient.
https://tinyurl.com/u8mfsye
Box Seats at the Theater, the Gentleman and the Lady (La loge de Théâtre, le Monsieur et la Dame) – The Guardian article speaks of how his interiors anticipated Edward Hopper and Hitchcock and this is a painting that echoes Hopper’s theater paintings.
https://tinyurl.com/rr5no84
The Pond (La Mare) – The card describes this as eerie and the pond itself is definitely creepy, not someplace you’d want to be after dark. It seems to be malevolently encroaching onto the grass.
https://tinyurl.com/rr2kk5h
Sunset, Grey-Blue High Sea (Coucher de soleil, mer haute gris-bleu) – Below this painting is one by Mark Rothko, a painter I’ve noted many times whose art eludes me. I found it interesting that I enjoyed Sunset which is not so different from Rothko’s No. 14 which is below it. It’s the difference in the Valloton painting that appeals to me.
https://tinyurl.com/wp6sbqm
https://en.artbooksonline.eu/img/600-800/art-15827-1.jpg
The Sick Girl (La malade) – The wall card mentioned this as being a good representation of Jean-Etienne Liotard’s influence, a painter I much enjoy. Like Valloton Liotard was Swiss and a realist.
https://tinyurl.com/uljxowo
The Shower (L'averse), Paris Intense VII – There were a number of woodblock prints in the show, a medium he explored to a great extent early in his career and these show the influence of the Japanese woodblock prints that had become popular around the same time with the Impressionists. Another reason for my appreciation of his work.
https://tinyurl.com/uympklv
Juliette Lacour – I was drawn to this melancholy portrait set against the industrial City background. Juliette was one of his models and she just looks so sad.
https://tinyurl.com/saplhqn
Apples (Pommes) – I’ll close with this still life which puts me in mind of Cezanne, another great painter of apples. Perhaps it’s also because there is a famous painting of Cezanne’s father reading a newspaper and I like the way the newspaper is part of the still life. I’ve copied the Cezanne below.
https://tinyurl.com/vs7z5o5
The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement"
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52085.html
In other art news.
The first article below cheers me up, hope it applies to me. The second article has an interesting short video which is part of a series on how artists work.
Want to Live Longer? Go to a Museum, Says a New Study
Apparently even one or two cultural events a year could cut your risk of early mortality by 14%.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/live-longer-museum-study-1740243
‘You Risk Falling on Your Face, But That’s a Risk You Have to Take’: Watch How Comic Artist Chris Ware Invents Characters Totally Unlike Himself
As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chris-ware-art-21-1738566
Now it’s Flickr time.
Andy G.
Danny and his sister
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinaralt/33884623/
Girl's choice dance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37079574@N00/120333960/
Being Alana
https://www.flickr.com/photos/knessia/49102441076/
Casino.5
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kellystar518/48905372913/
Here's that pink dress again
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tammybrowncd/49091177461/
fairy dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183723827@N07/48606779157/
Petticoat power
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156147874@N07/48648563632/
Let me ....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183092731@N03/49081109328/
Snow White
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackietv/49101160121/
Nouveau Review
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joberry/49087146762/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I don’t celebrate the Holidays but I spent Xmas day with my friend and her family as I have done for the last 20 years. I had a delightful afternoon; my friend really lays out a feast of food and I baked a new recipe for the event, a milk and honey cake, as well as my cinnamon almond sugar cookies. If I do say so myself, the former was delicious and my cookies are always on standing order, I never visit without bringing a batch. She lives at the Jersey shore so I had to make one of the few automobile trips I make every year. I put about 600 miles on my car annually which should tell you how often I go driving. I don’t like driving and I look forward to the self-driving car. Teleportation would be better but I think that’s probably still a ways down the road. The weather cooperated, no snow or rain, traffic was light and I managed to stay awake for the whole trip. For the most part.
Early in the week I went back to the Met to see The Renaissance of Etching. This is a link to the website with an overview and another link to all the objects in the exhibit. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/renaissance-of-etching
Here are two reviews of the exhibit with images. One of the etchings in the first one is listed as St. George and the Drago by Titian. Actually, it’s Saint Theodore and the Dragon and is only attributed to Titian. Still it’s a splendid image.
The Renaissance of Etching – At the Met
https://splashmags.com/index.php/2019/10/23/the-renaissance-of-etching-at-the-met/#gsc.tab=0
The Renaissance of Etching: a decisive moment in the history of art
This review is from the Financial Times which is behind a paywall. I originally included the URL here but when I clicked on it in preview I saw it was blocked. To read the article just Google the headline above and you should be able to access it from the Google search page.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Rabbit Hunt – Wonderful landscape by the master of the Bruegel clan. His paintings and drawings are very rare.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/366870
Albrecht Dürer – Landscape with a Cannon – Durer is arguably the most famous name in the exhibit and there were a number of his etchings. I thought this was very good as it is so filled with images, the cannon, the dignitaries, the houses in the village and the mountains in the far background.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360204
Hans Burgkmair the Younger - Four Augsburg Nobles in Full Armor, from Augsburg Book of Peerage (Das Augsburger Geschlechterbuch) – I like this for the hand tinting of the four images after the etching was created.
https://tinyurl.com/tgpjlgo
Lucas van Leyden - The Beggars (Eulenspiegel) – The descriptive information on at the Met exposes this as a lie. They are not a family of indigent circumstances but 16th Century traveling con artists who go from town to town where they borrow children to assume their guise of beggars and collect alms.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364654
Albrecht Altdorfer - The Small Spruce – Another hand tinted etching. The color really adds to the ambience of this view of the town from the forest.
https://tinyurl.com/uec99vd
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) – Resurrection – I really like the technique used by these two artists to achieve the burst of light as the Resurrection takes place.
https://tinyurl.com/ujco8qv
Battista Franco – Resurrection
https://tinyurl.com/ukl9l5c
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder - Landscape with Ruins with the Burning of the City of Troy – If you look carefully you can see the Trojan horse on the bridge to the left which identifies this as Troy
https://tinyurl.com/wsp5p4v
Frans Floris - Victory Surrounded by Prisoners and Trophies – A two fisted Victory. As with most victories, a rather heavy toll in the currency of human lives.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348385
Sebastiano de' Valentinis – Prometheus – I’ll close with this sanguinary image of poor Prometheus who stole fire from Zeus to give to mortals and was sentenced to be chained to a rock for eternity while an eagle ate his liver which grew back daily only to be eaten again. The original Groundhog Day. This really captures his agony and his precarious position on the two rocks he is standing on.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/361876
In other art news.
I’ve wanted to visit the Asian wing of the Brooklyn Museum for a number of years, but it was closed for extensive renovations. It has finally re-opened and the Times writes about it in today’s newspaper. I’ll wait until the end of January before I go as they will then have a famous Jacques-Louis David painting on display. Below are links to the Times and the museum’s website that discuss both.
5,000 Years of Asian Art in 1 Single, Thrilling Conversation
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/arts/design/brooklyn-museum-arts-of-asia.html
Jacques-Louis David Meets Kehinde Wiley
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/david_wiley
I took my friend’s granddaughter to the Met last week which was a treat for both of us. She specifically wanted to visit the current exhibit at the Costume Institute which was our first stop. Fashion doesn’t especially interest me, but I was pleased to accompany her as we wandered through the galleries and I was grateful that they weren’t crowded as they are rather small. Below is a current article on the exhibit as well as an interview with Sandy Schrier, whose donated collection is being shown, that appeared before it opened.
In Praise of One Woman’s Love Affair With Fashion
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/arts/design/sandy-schreier-met-museum-review.html
The Met’s Next Big Fashion Show Comes From One Little-Known Woman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/fashion/costume-institute-exhibition-couture.html
And now for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Veronika
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156448220@N03/48972203326/
ImageWorks pre 2006
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucyhamilton/5249714306/
20180525_184853
https://www.flickr.com/photos/slavejane/43976699764/
A festive look
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25488909@N03/23301754583/
sissy timmy goes out to play
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13842191@N02/48931855717/
Silken service
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicasatin79/49127020102/
Dommy Dearest
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gentv2000/49097879288/
336.04
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10474062@N07/1008109545/
bee1546
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bee-ceedee/48725271021/
Sunlight
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61636721@N06/48910814461/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
The weather the last few days has been mild albeit rainy. Monday was a really nasty day but I managed to take my morning walk without getting rained on so I gambled I could go into the City without getting soaked. I did but aside from buying coffee it wasn’t a success. There’s not a lot going on in the art world currently and the few exhibits running that I would consider visiting don’t have hours on Monday which is my preferred day for going into the City. So I decided today would be a good time to visit MOMA. I got there around 10:45AM, entered, let them inspect my bag, walked through the enormous lobby and exited at the other end. It was very crowded and I just did not want to fight with the crowds. I thought a Monday morning, right before New Year’s on a nasty day would be a really good time for a visit, especially as there are no blockbuster special exhibits on display. I was wrong and I’m not sure if I will ever try again. I would have enjoyed seeing the two Hopper’s again that they have on display but I was also disappointed when I checked the website to see that even with the promise of bringing items out of storage not seen in a while they did not include the other Hopper paintings or drawings in their collection. Later on I saw on a blog that at least one of the two will be traveling soon to another museum for a special exhibit. I was home before Noon. The next day, in a major coincidence, I had an email from a friend who experienced the exact same thing, at almost the exact same time and she also said she didn’t think she’d be going back. I’m just glad that it’s not the Met or another museum which I frequent. I go to MOMA so seldom that I don’t think it will be an undue burden to give it up.
I had a more successful trip another day and visited the Newark Museum to see, Beyond Zen: Japanese Buddhism Revealed. I usually don’t go to two exhibits in a week but this one is closing soon, and my window of opportunity was narrowing. As I mentioned, Monday’s are my preferred day for visiting the City but the Newark Museum is one of the venues that don’t have hours on Mondays. This is a link to the museum website with an overview and a three-picture slideshow. There are no other images on the website, so I’ll copy what I can find on the web and also use pictures that I took inside the museum. https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/beyond-zen-2019
Below are two reviews of the show with images. The first has what I thought were the most entertaining images in the exhibit, four pictures on a long scroll depicting the horrors of a Buddhist hell. Here’s one of them as an example. Pretty bloodthirsty these Monks, eh? The third review has many images as well.
https://tinyurl.com/s3zplg7
Into the Bowels of Buddhist Hell
https://tinyurl.com/swrcya8
Newark Museum exhibit showcases Zen artwork dating back hundreds of years – In this article there’s a one minute video that scans the gallery.
https://tinyurl.com/s32jaow
A Hidden Trove of Japanese Buddhist Art Revealed in New Jersey
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/newark-museum/
I got a kick out of this Mother Goose and Grimm cartoon. Appears to be homage to The Great Wave by Hiroshige, the last artist I link to below.
https://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2019/MGG-2019-12-19.gif
Let’s start with a big hanging moon.
Nehan zu (The Death of the Historical Buddha) (1713) Hanabusa Itchō.
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/mfa-boston-exhibits-conservation-of-rare-18th-century-buddhist-scroll-painting
Sixteen Rakan (Sanskrit: Arhat), Disciples of the Historical Buddha - Edo Period - Hanging scroll
https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/sites/default/files/BZ-Web-1.jpg
Chigo Daishi (Kuka, 774-835) as a Youth, ca. 1930s; Showa era (1926-89) – Hanging scroll – Once on the site you can X out the enlargement and go back to the text for more information.
http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Kobo_Daishi#/media/File:Chigo.jpg
These next two are pictures I took on my camera and will appear below. Hopefully.
Prince Shotoku as a Youth - Edo Period - Hanging scroll
Mandala of the Five Secrets - Edo Period - Hanging scroll
After the exhibit I wandered through the other galleries and here are a few of the things from the permanent collection I like. First, of course, their Hopper.
Edward Hopper - The Sheridan Theatre
https://uploads1.wikiart.org/images/edward-hopper/sheridan-theatre.jpg!Large.jpg
Charles Sheeler – Shaker Detail – Much like Andrew Wyeth’s work except it’s more photorealistic.
https://tinyurl.com/ubdz725
Kitao Masayoshi - Sparrow Hawk (Yôkin) and Camellia, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/233473
Hiroshige – Red-Crowned Cranes – I’ll end with one of his Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Again, once on the site you can X out of the enlargement and return to the text for more information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_crane#/media/File:100_views_edo_102.jpg
In other art news.
Below are a couple of interesting articles. The first is about copyrights, the lengths of which have been changed over the years, mostly driven by Walt Disney’s up to now successful attempts to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. The law was finally changed and last year works from 1923 entered the public domain. Mickey Mouse will now be public domain in 2024 unless Disney manages another end around. The article mentions, and illustrates, a number of paintings that fall into the new category, a Hopper and an O’Keeffe to name two. There is also a link to 1923, a monthly zine which highlights items that became available during the year. There are links to 9 issues from last year which you can view as PDFs.
The second article is about another deranged or disgruntled individual who damaged a Picasso painting.
The final article is about a painting by Mary Cassatt, owned by Degas until his death, which his executors thought he had painted.
Long Hidden From the Public Eye, These Artistic Treasures From 1924 Are Now Entering the Public Domain
Works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Lyonel Feininger, and other US artists are now free to be reproduced.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/1924-public-domain-day-2020-1744266
The London Man Who Allegedly Attacked a $26 Million Picasso at Tate Modern Says He Will Fight the Charge
The state of the painting is currently unknown.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/picasso-attack-tate-1744161
Mistaken identity
Mary Cassatt’s ‘Girl Arranging Her Hair’ was thought to have been painted by Degas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/mary-cassatt-girl-arranging-her-hair/
And now the first Flickrs of 2020.
Andy G.
39488902042_a2d168c0b5_o
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143416638@N05/43259073475/
Trick " em , turn him
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152257565@N08/49168137238/
Pink Curtsey
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126578290@N07/49182271877/
I need this dress or I'll never get my housework done.....giggle, blush xx
https://www.flickr.com/photos/182983234@N08/49172070883/
1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183734140@N04/49167415523/
Page one of the article about me
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184977464@N08/49159398551/
Pic by x wife
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141082126@N02/49179770177/
Schoolgirl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/womanwithdick/49189314271/
October 550R
https://www.flickr.com/photos/12464542@N05/49181956873/
IMG_20191006_105238395~2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137731770@N08/48855174638/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s 65 degrees here in Northern New Jersey while the weatherman told me this morning it was 30 degrees below zero in Michigan. Unusual weather to say the least.
I visited the Met to see the last of the treasures Mrs. Wrightsman gave the museum. The exhibit was in the drawing gallery and also in the gallery with the Venetian painters I wrote about previously. Lots of lovely things and I’ll copy some below. This is a link to the Museum website with a link for all the images. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/drawings-and-prints-november-wrightsman-legacy
Anthony van Dyck - Queen Henrietta Maria – Another star acquisition to add to all the other old masters she gave them. It’s a beauty that would be the highlight of a smaller collection, I’m sure most museums envy her largesse to the Met.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438112
Jean Etienne Liotard - Woman in Turkish Dress, Seated on a Sofa – The first of two paintings by an artist I greatly admire. One of the best exhibits I’ve seen was his show at the Frick of pastel portraits of Empress Maria Theresa and her children, one of whom was Marie Antoinette. These pastel portraits are what his reputation is based on.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438120
Jean Etienne Liotard - Portrait of a Man – This one is red chalk.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/338430
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun - Julie Le Brun Looking in a Mirror – Another great exhibit was the Met’s comprehensive review of Le Brun’s oeuvre. This portrait of her daughter was on display for the exhibit, on loan from Mrs. Wrightsman.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438132
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun - Marie Antoinette in a Park – Le Brun was a court painter and painted Marie numerous times.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/824771
Jean Etienne Liotard - Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria – This is Marie as a child from the Frick exhibit I reference above. I never miss an opportunity to include this as it’s one of my favorite images. Every inch the Queen even as a child.
https://tinyurl.com/v8e9qzc
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine) – The Met was fortunate indeed to receive four of Ingres’ drawing portraits. I picked this one at random as all of them are fine. It’s a lovely portrait of three girls in adolescence from a family he was friends with.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334710
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard - Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet) – This is an artist I was totally unfamiliar with. She was an 18th Century French miniaturist and portrait painter. This is a link to her page on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde_Labille-Guiard I was especially taken by the way she painted the woman’s hair and earring. She looks very natural and at ease in her pose.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/383862
Jean Alaux - Léon Pallière (1787–1820) in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome - Another new artist for me. Wikipedia tells me he was a French history painter of the 19th Century and friends with Ingres. There are many things I like about this painting, the desk with his books and the paintings on the walls. The very high ceiling of the room. The landscape through the window. I don’t know if you can see them but there are metal disks running down his pants leg. And his pose with the guitar and the look on his face. This painting captivated me.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438545
Jean François de Troy - The Garter – Also new to me. Wikipedia tells me de Troy was an 18th Century French Rococo easel and fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer. One of France's leading history painters in his time, he was equally successful with his decorative paintings, genre scenes and portraits. He was the inventor of the tableaux de modes ('paintings of fashions'), which attempted to provide a spirited portrayal of contemporary fashions, pastimes and manners. This and the next painting are pendants and examples of tableaux de modes style. I love the way she is blocking him in his hot pursuit while also showing him a little leg indicating she’s not that kind of woman but certainly open to a little fun.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438126
Jean François de Troy - The Declaration of Love – In this painting the woman may look a little less arduous than her suitor but the dog is certainly ready for action.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438127
John Frederick Lewis - Iskander Bey and his Servant – And someone else new to me. Lewis was a 19th Century English Orientalist painter. As the website says, a steely eyed boy with his Nubian servant, preparing to draw his sword. A real child of privilege.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/824772
David Roberts - The Temple at Dendur, Nubia – I’ll close with this watercolor, an item that was not a gift from Mrs. Wrightsman but in the show nevertheless along with a few others. Roberts was a 19th Century Scottish Orientalist painter. The website says this painting may have influenced the preservation of the Temple in the 1960’s when the site was flooded by the Aswan Dam. It was dismantled and presented to the Met where it’s on display to this day.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/382200
In other art news.
I thought this cartoon was relevant and amusing.
Bogart Creek
https://pics.me.me/bogart-creek-1-11-m-nq-v-a-1-%E4%B8%89v-tnden-63893601.png
Images of 100,000 Artworks From Paris Museum Collections Now Freely Available to the Public – This is a remarkable source for great art, really valuable for research and just amusement and pleasure.
https://tinyurl.com/sboe9ea
And now for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Had to
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52912530@N04/49205151932/
F153
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pettidoll63/49189742797/
P1018665red
https://www.flickr.com/photos/163453754@N04/46793229511/
feeling so pretty in pink 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerlee42/49211001012/
So in love with my new skirt.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144172117@N05/49186407308/
MMM loves nothing more than dancing the night away in 'Multiple Shades of GREY' taffeta lol :) xxx
https://www.flickr.com/photos/missmichaelamarbella/49183468327/
Real ladies hair do and female hormones.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/182983234@N08/49192530406/
Pretty in pink!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61493657@N05/8635500351/
Varsity Ready!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/185313345@N04/49216906317/
dressed as a little girl for a day out shopping
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134925861@N04/49256715963/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Our unusual weather continued this week, Sunday’s high was 69 degrees, then it was in the 40’s and 50’s until Friday when it was bitterly cold and windy. And today we’re scheduled for some snow which hopefully will become rain as the day progresses. Mother Nature is certainly having fun these days.
I went back to the Met to see Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore. This exhibit displays 50 of the 88 objects the Wigmore’s have promised the Met. The paintings are for the most part of the Hudson River school and many have never been seen in public. I’ll copy images below. This is a link to a Met press release announcing the gift. https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2019/aesthetic-splendor
Luckily, the Met is on the East side so my walk up wasn’t affected by the massive water main break on Broadway and Columbus that happened that day. It started around 5:00/530AM so when I saw it on the news at just before 7AM the water was still flowing and in sections it was hip deep which I guess would be completely different if it was my hips and say, a Kyrie Irving. Still, even my hips would indicate a pretty big puddle. What a mess, the subways will definitely be screwed up for a while.
The New York Times, in the Real Estate section, did a series titled, An Honor Roll of New York City Apartment Buildings. One of the buildings was the Dakota, the residence of the Wigmore’s. The link goes to the Times website with a slideshow showing the Wigmore’s apartment in the first six slides. The American wing is a good place for this exhibit as there are many period rooms on display showing how the wealthy lived in the late 19th Century. Viewing the slides is like walking through the period rooms. In the slide showing their living room you can see paintings on the walls that are now on display in the Met. I wouldn’t mind having a living room like this.
https://tinyurl.com/upmf5nu
Charles Harold Davis - Giverny, Harvest Moon – Not an artist I’m familiar with but I had to lead off with him as I’ve said so many times, I’m a sucker for a big moon in paintings.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828575
Sanford Robinson Gifford - An Indian Summer Day On Claverack Creek – One of Gifford’s numerous, beautiful woodland scenes.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828558
Walter Launt Palmer - The Student – This is a watercolor by another artist I’m not familiar with. You can see the Japanese influence which the card on the wall explains he would have acquired from the French Impressionists. This would be a lovely painting to wake up to every day.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828566
Albert Bierstadt - In the Foot Hills of the Rockies – This and the next image are small paintings by Bierstadt unlike his wall size paintings in the permanent collection.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828563
Albert Bierstadt - Owen’s Valley, California
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828564
William Trost Richards - Rushes, Easton’s Pond, Newport, Rhode Island – Richards is a favorite of my brother and I really like his work as well. This is a watercolor and I got to see an exhibit of 30 of his watercolors from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum last year.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828567
Arthur Wesley Dow – Ipswich Marsh – This didn’t come up on the Met website so I had to search for it and I’m not thrilled with this image. In the museum the painting had a very Monet like quality to it and I don’t think this really shows that. It’s darker and harsher than the original.
https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/frame-preview/27162394.jpg?sku=Unframed&thumb=0&huge=1
Alfred Thompson Bricher - Low Tide, Hetherington Cove, Grand Manan – Bricher is someone whose paintings often turn up at the auctions and they’re always beautiful landscapes like this one. The details are marvelous, the pebbles on the shore, the tiny boats in the distance, the horizon line separating the sky from the sea.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828557
William Stanley Haseltine - Rocks at Nahant – Vivid rendering of the waves splashing the shore.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828560
George Inness - Tarpon Springs, Florida, the Artist’s Home (George Inness’s Home, Tarpon Springs, Florida; or Tarpon Springs, Florida) – This was his home before he settled in Montclair, New Jersey where he spent the last nine years of his life. The Montclair museum has a large collection of his paintings and I’ve been to several exhibits of his there.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828565
Now, it’s time for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Titillating Tipple
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessica-jane/49247005066/
The legendary Randy Taylor in glorious 60s color
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/28901526616/
Room mom helps tiddy up sissy boy Taylor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152257565@N08/49202336626/
the sunshine in my
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52912530@N04/48822167243/
Sissymaid April in chains
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125054001@N04/49131048862/
Feeling Girlie all in Pink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145132025@N07/49239548167/
GOOD MORNING !
https://www.flickr.com/photos/160858910@N02/49394499636/
Gemma Jessica, a mature crossdresser turns into an amazing bride
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184134854@N08/49250126213/
19 0731
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaclare/49112990462/
Susan in white
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152512835@N05/49294827136/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s a raw, nasty morning; cold and breezy with a deluge of rain in the forecast. Normally, having missed the rain on my morning walk, I wouldn’t be terribly preoccupied by the forecast but I’m taking a friend out to Queens and I don’t look forward to the walk from the train to the museum. It’s pretty much the only time we’ll be exposed to the elements so I’m hoping we’re lucky and hit a dry spell.
I had a 12PM doctor’s appointment on 86th Street and Fifth Avenue so I stopped by the Met beforehand for the second rotation of the current Japanese exhibit, Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination. Usually the rotation dates are announced on the website but there was no notice and it was only by chance that my brother visited and saw that some of the objects had changed. The biggest change was in the woodblock prints where all of them are by Hiroshige. There are 13 prints on display including all 8 from the Eight Views of Ō-mi. I’m guessing it’s been quite a while since all 8 of them were on display. I queried the Met about future rotations and I received an email from them saying that two more rotations were planned but dates have not been determined. I wrote back asking if they would post the information to the website once it’s available and I hope they agree otherwise I’ll have to make a note on the calendar to query them again in a few months. I’ll link to all the Hiroshige prints below.
The Gion Shrine in Snow
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56889
Kiyomizu
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55277
Kyoto, Sanjo Ohashi
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36976
Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ō-mi
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36531
Autumn Moon at Ishiyama
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49927
Sunset at Seta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49930
Clearing Weather at Awazu
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49933
Fishing Boats Sailing Back to Yabase
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49932
Vesper Bells at Mii Temple
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49931
Evening Rain at Karasaki Pine Tree
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49926
Returning Geese at Katata
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49929
Evening Snow at Mt. Hira
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49928
Kyoto
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37249
I love these prints, he really was a wonderful artist, great technique and colors and a vivid imagination.
In other art news, I think I posted an article recently on a Hopper exhibition overseas and here’s another one showing some of the items in the show, one of which, Gas Station, I’ve written about a number of times. I will reiterate that it’s one of my favorites. It’s an exhibition I’d love to see as there are paintings from private collections which I’ve never come across at any of the Hopper exhibits I’ve attended.
How Did Edward Hopper Manage to Turn a Plain Country Road Into a Psychologically Charged Drama? A New Exhibition Decodes His Tricks
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/edward-hopper-beyeler-rockefeller-1748067
And now it’s time for the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Prom Dress 4
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183447195@N08/49400938228/
Jeremy's going fem.. And starting to love it
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152257565@N08/49409065832/
Colourful girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/185390320@N02/49244054377/
sissy in polkadot dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152694274@N06/47701403112/
e68bdd93f82cd93eb0cdfa04cb6bba70--saloon-girls-t-girls
https://www.flickr.com/photos/185709983@N06/49122526242/
F163
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pettidoll63/49295008716/
sissy party dress time
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/49193277941/
Candy 2019
https://www.flickr.com/photos/101366775@N04/49193005701/
And pink gets me high as a kite
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36751344@N02/42858330411/
Sissy Sue
https://www.flickr.com/photos/181760871@N03/48511101812/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I visited the Galerie St. Etienne this week. It’s a home for German Expressionism, an early 20th Century Genre that emphasizes the artist’s feelings rather than reproducing reality. Much of it can be ugly or disturbing but for the most part the images below don’t fall into those two categories aside from Egon Schiele who had a very distinctive style and didn’t aim for pretty. Certainly, his Autumn Sun is fairly grotesque and rather looks a little like the Joker. This is the same art the Neue Galerie is noted for and there’s a relationship between the two, a number of paintings in the exhibit are from the Neue, several of which I’ve linked to below.
Below are two links to the website, the first is an essay on the exhibit while the second is a link to all the objects displayed. Below that are images I liked.
The Expressionist Legacy
https://gseart.com/current-exhibitions-essay
All the objects in the exhibit
https://gseart.com/digital-catalogue
Gustav Klimt - Baby (Cradle) – This is from the National Gallery and for me is clearly the nicest thing in the show. Wonderful colors which almost overwhelm the tiny infant propped at the top.
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/1
Gustav Klimt - Woman with Fur Collar – The woman’s head seems to be floating in the black and brown background.
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/13
Gustav Klimt - Island in the Attersee – Beautifully serene seascape, the sun-drenched water seems almost Impressionistic although if you click on the link it explains that wasn’t what Klimt was aiming at.
https://www.gustav-klimt.com/Island-in-the-Attersee.jsp
Max Beckman – Portrait of Irma Simon – Very stark, simple portrait of a lady, my apologies to Henry James.
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/2
Lovis Corinth - Self-Portrait – This is a crayon drawing and as with other similar drawings I was struck by how a few smudges and lines can create a visage.
https://assets.gseart.com/pictures/7rmv5b6g/web_347_x_431.jpg
Richard Gerstl – Grinzing – Colorful landscape by a very unhappy artist, Gerstl was an unsuccessful artist who had no friends in the artistic community and upon being discovered to be having an affair with Arnold Schoenberg’s wife committed suicide at the age of 25.
https://gseart.com/current-exhibitions/8
Richard Gerstl - Self-Portrait - I had seen this before at the Neue and like the Lorinth drawing above, I was taken by the face made up of little smudges of paint. This is from the Neue collection.
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/10
Paula Modersohn-Becker - Girl in Green Hat in Profile – I’ve seen her paintings at the Neue and found them interesting. The girl in this picture looks to be wearing a mask and I wonder if there’s a story behind the model. Becker can be thought provoking, she painted a self-portrait of herself pregnant when she wasn’t. You can read a long article about her and that painting at the first link
https://tinyurl.com/rs4cv8w
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/25
Paula Modersohn-Becker - Nursing Mother in Front of Birch Forest .
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/27
Egon Schiele - Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff – This is from the Neue Galerie. The skeletal torso is classic Schiele.
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/32
Egon Schiele - Self-Portrait, Bust
https://www.gseart.com/current-exhibitions/40
Egon Schiele - Autumn Sun I – Even his landscapes are tortured. You can read about the connection between paintings like this and the human figures in his other paintings at the link.
http://www.egon-schiele.com/autumn-sun.jsp
In other art news, this article shows how favorably the world currently sees us.
Angry Slovenian Villagers Set Fire to a Creepy Wooden Statue of Donald Trump. (The Artist Insists It’s Really a ‘Statue of Liberty’)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/donald-trump-sculpture-slovenia-arson-1750023
This is a short video on three colorful paintings by Paul Signac and Camille Pissarro that will be up for auction in London in their Impressionist, Modern & Surrealist Art Evening Sale.
The Rediscovery of Gaston Lévy’s Collection
https://www.sothebys.com/en/videos/the-rediscovery-of-gaston-levys-collection
This is a one-minute video that recreates iconic Hopper images in real life settings. Very well done. The first link is to Wenders’ website which has a link to the German site where the exhibition is taking place while the second link is the actual video.
TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT EDWARD HOPPER. A 3D film installation by Wim Wenders at Fondation Beyeler
https://tinyurl.com/tq4m2l6
https://youtu.be/wxRT_eXGYvg
Here are two articles from Christie’s, the first on artist’s takes on train travel and the second a wonderful essay on an overseas exhibition of the Dutch artist, Pieter de Hooch. Both are well-illustrated.
Full steam ahead — how artists embraced the age of the train
https://www.christies.com/features/Steam-trains-in-art-10279-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-10279
Where might Vermeer have gone had he never seen the art of Pieter de Hooch?
https://tinyurl.com/ue7qg2f
Let’s see what’s doing at the Flickrs now.
Andy G.
IMG_0413a++m
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133564312@N02/49253373617/
garden glam
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gillianisok/49267863588/
2D6_19682a
https://www.flickr.com/photos/janetsexy77/49293040362/
CROSSDRESSER SISSY
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crossdresser_tranny/49207369527/
Prissy Swishy Sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/163372946@N03/49185838183/
HOME FROM WORK
https://www.flickr.com/photos/160858910@N02/49456491151/
DSC04224
https://www.flickr.com/photos/186029871@N03/49229097286/
Jan 2020
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143085282@N06/49319350773/
48671684286_4418bffb41_o
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184583402@N04/49237551158/
2020-01-01_12-10-03
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135809499@N02/49309709952/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I recently visited Sotheby’s for their Old Masters auction preview. Lots of beautiful paintings by some big names and people I like. I’ll link to some below.
Here are links for the results to the three auctions.
Master Paintings & Sculpture Day Sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-sculpture-day-sale
Master Paintings Evening Sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale
Old Master Drawings
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/old-master-drawings
This is a link to an article discussing the results.
Led by a Resplendent Tiepolo Altarpiece, Sotheby’s Old Masters Sales in New York Raked in More Than $76 Million
https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-old-masters-auctions-new-york-2020-1766238
JAN LIEVENS | WOMAN EMBRACED BY A MAN, MODELLED BY THE YOUNG REMBRANDT – This is the painting about which I sent an article around a few weeks ago. It argued that Lievens may have been a greater painter than Rembrandt. It’s a magnificent painting, one of three big ticket items with estimates in the multi-millions, along with the first Rubens and Tiepolo paintings below. Not mega-millions but still big money. I’m glad I got to see it. I also see it has disappeared from the site but you can see it at this link.
https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/JAN-LIEVENS-WOMAN-EMBRACED-BY-A-MAN-MODELLED-BY-THE-YOUNG-REMBRANDT/35-jan_lieven-29.1.20-sotheby
SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS | THE VIRGIN AND CHRIST CHILD, WITH SAINTS ELIZABETH AND JOHN THE BAPTIST – It sold at $7M, right in the middle of the pre-sale estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/sir-peter-paul-rubens-the-virgin-and-christ-child
SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS | THE LAST SUPPER, EN GRISAILLE – The look on Judas’ face is priceless. Clearly the last supper was giving him indigestion.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/sir-peter-paul-rubens-the-last-supper-en-grisaille?locale=en
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO | MADONNA OF THE ROSARY WITH ANGELS – As the article above states, this sold for well above the unpublished high estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/giovanni-battista-tiepolo-madonna-of-the-rosary
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. | PORTRAIT OF PHILIP DEHANY WITH HIS WIFE MARGARET AND THEIR DAUGHTER MARY, FULL LENGTH, IN AN INTERIOR – I’m always surprised his paintings don’t go for bigger prices, this has a range below a million dollars and sold just above the low estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/thomas-gainsborough-r-a-portrait-of-philip-dehany
JEAN-ÉTIENNE LIOTARD | PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS OWEN, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VAN DYCK COSTUME – There were two Liotard’s at the Met which I highlighted when I wrote about the exhibition of Mrs. Wrightsman’s donations and here’s another fine portrait although it’s not an overly flattering portrayal. The finger pointing is something I’ve seen in other of his paintings. I wonder if Mrs. W would have bid on this; in any event it didn’t sell.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/jean-etienne-liotard-portrait-of-francis-owen
JAN VAN DER HEYDEN | A PALATIAL GARDEN WITH FIGURES EMERGING FROM A PALACE, THE ROOF OF THE HUIS TEN BOSCH VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE – Another wonderful artist, I like the composition of this painting with the structures in the center and to the right, below the cloud swept sky, with the people engaged in different activities while two dogs play and another races along. Other people liked it as well, it went above the high estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/jan-van-der-heyden-a-palatial-garden-with-figures
GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO | VENICE, A VIEW OF THE GRAND CANAL LOOKING EAST WITH SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE – This is from the Met. It’s being auctioned with the proceeds to be used for future acquisitions which is the only reason museums are allowed to sell parts of their collection. Big scandals have arisen when other museums let paintings go because they needed the cash. The Met has many Canaletto’s, including what Mrs. W recently donated so I guess they felt they could let this one go. They must be happy, it went above the high estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/giovanni-antonio-canal-called-canaletto-venice-a
FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES | HANNIBAL THE CONQUEROR VIEWING ITALY FROM THE ALPS FOR THE FIRST TIME – I thought this painting looked different from all the other Goya’s I’ve seen and the lot notes on the website explain that this is his earliest known painting, an oil sketch for a larger painting. In his later years he wasn’t known to paint historical scenes. I think he may have been inspired by Tiepolo’s allegorical paintings. Someone really coveted this work, it sold for more than double the high estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/francisco-jose-de-goya-y-lucientes-hannibal-the
GIOVANNI GRUBACS | DECORATED BARGES AND FIREWORKS BY THE PUNTA DELLA DOGANA IN VENICE – An artist I’ve never encountered before, he was a 19th Century painter of Venetian scenes, scrupulous in their detail and clearly influenced by Canaletto and Guardi. This painting grabbed my attention with its glorious full moon and the colorful and chaotic scene depicting the fireworks. Apparently others felt the same, it sold for 50% over the high estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-sculpture-day-sale/giovanni-grubacs-decorated-barges-and-fireworks-by
FRANCESCO ZANIN | VENICE, VIEW OF THE PALAZZO DUCALE; VENICE, VIEW OF THE SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO – Another 19th Century artist I’m unfamiliar with but similar to Grubacs in style and influences. Also over the high estimate.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/master-paintings-evening-sale/francesco-zanin-venice-view-of-the-palazzo-ducale
It was a great preview, I could have included a number of other works which you can see at the links to the full auction.
And now let’s visit the Flickrs.
Andy G.
CIMG5192
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48779471@N04/6266236219/
20151031_223015
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyjj/22518129430/
K7SP8871
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tossy_cd/46892859275/
mike and jon halloween
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmyers/49476199006/
**Cigarette Girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/meagancrickett/7539669846/
I wish you all the happiest of holiday seasons and the healthiest of New Years
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91796351@N04/49278504496/
sissy lottie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_lottie/40085744692/
20180525_184853
https://www.flickr.com/photos/slavejane/43976699764/
Sissy Pet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissypet12/49351684912/
Practicing my curtesy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134925861@N04/49371505011/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s a bright sunny day today but as a friend of mine would say, it’s chilly willy. 16 degrees on my thermometer this morning and it feels every degree of it. But no snow or rain so I will refrain from complaining.
I visited the Questroyal Fine Art Gallery a few weeks ago. Questroyal is a great gallery for American art concentrating on the Hudson River painters. I expect to go back in March for what looks to be a large exhibit concentrating on several artists I enjoy. It’s on the third floor of an apartment building and it must be around a ten-room apartment, each room filled with art as well as the halls. I’ll link below to some of the things I saw today.
I’ll start with a few artists I haven’t come across previously.
Fishing at Moonlight - Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas – He was a 19th Century Dutch American marine painter. Being a sucker for a full moon this leaped off the wall at me. It tells a story with no words, a boat on a turbulent ocean, under a large black cloud heading for shore guided by the lighthouse and the moon. Wonderful colors.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/fishing-at-moonlight/
New York City View in Winter - Paul Cornoyer – He was a 19th -20th Century Impressionist painter. I love scenes of Old New York. This one of a pre-motor vehicle City when there were far more brownstones than skyscrapers.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/new-york-city-view-in-winter/
The Glass Ball Vane - Eric Sloane – He was a prolific, over 15,000 works, 20th Century landscape painter, illustrator, and author. I really like this simple depiction of a house steeple set against a cloudy sky.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/the-glass-ball-vane/
Cherokee Roses in an Opalescent Vase - Martin Johnson Heade – Heade is someone I’ve seen many times at the auctions. Wonderful landscapes, seascapes and still lifes. Beautiful image of white roses.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/cherokee-roses-in-an-opalescent-vase/
Reclining Figure in a Mountain Landscape - Thomas Cole – The father figure of the Hudson river painters; the Met had a brilliant large exhibition in 2018. I hope to one day visit his ancestral home in Catskill, New York someday. I had planned a trip but somehow got the dates of the exhibit wrong and missed it. It’s only open part of the year.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/reclining-figure-in-a-mountain-landscape/
Niagara Falls - Albert Bierstadt – Another favorite, I’ve seen many exhibits and lots of his art at the auctions. Even in a small painting you can see the grandeur of the Falls.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/niagara-falls/
Sunset - Ralph Albert Blakelock – He was a sad case; a failure at business, he had to sell his paintings well below their value so as to feed his family. When he offered a painting to a collector and the collector balked, he withdrew it. Then he and his wife argued over his not making the sale as they needed the money, so he went back and sold it for even less. It affected his mind; he tore up the money and went into a lifelong depression. A sad ending for a man who created so much beauty.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/sunset-3/
October on the Bronx, A Study from Nature - Sanford Robinson Gifford - Another favorite, I wrote about one of his paintings that the Wigmores donated to the Met.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/october-on-the-bronx-a-study-from-nature/
At the Library, Winter - Guy Wiggins – He painted many scenes of New York, particularly on snowy days. I enjoyed this old view of Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street as I’ve been there so many times.
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/guy-wiggins-1883-1962-at-the-library-5477529-details.aspx
Flat to Let - by Henry Martin Gasser – I’ll close with these two paintings by Gasser; someone I discovered at Questroyal. He was a native of Newark and lived there his whole life painting scenes of urban life. I’m not sure why but he painted the same scene twice using different titles. I like the second image better since the colors are so much more vivid. He painted his pedestrian leaning into the wind a few times as well.
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/flat-to-let/
Harrison House - Henry Martin Gasser
https://www.questroyalfineart.com/harrison-house/
And now let’s go to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
325
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindazoe/49147710703/
ultimate sissy perm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95872430@N00/9558918340/
IMG-20190820-WA0311
https://www.flickr.com/photos/186294815@N06/49352093173/
lost in the woods
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142012757@N07/49344213098/
1995 Billy Boy Transformed pics
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152257565@N08/49321615868/
PinkTed 005
https://www.flickr.com/photos/167459094@N07/49369409831/
Baubles, Buttons & Boots
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessica-jane/49268535722/
2019-04-10-02-56-12-963
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156950022@N04/40612269493/
Feminine Identities/Asher
https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurencephilomene/8399475680/
Saturday Sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/conniegirl/12542405855/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This week I went to the Met Breuer for their current exhibit, From Géricault to Rockburne: Selections from the Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Gift. If I wasn’t a member and had paid admission I would have been very disappointed. As it was I was just disappointed. If they had posted objects on the website I wouldn’t have bothered. A very undistinguished collection, mostly drawings which is fine but the bulk were contemporary and what was older wasn’t anything special. All in one room on the Fifth floor. Third and Fourth were closed for the Gerhard Richter installation. Second had new acquisitions, also all contemporary and definitely not to my taste. Very few people in attendance. A lost morning.
Much more enjoyable was an earlier visit to the City where I saw an exhibition of contemporary art at the Cavalier Gallery on 57th Street. As I’ve said before, and as expressed above, I am not a fan of most contemporary art but I felt this exhibit was very worthwhile. It was a really bitter cold day, my eyes were tearing as I walked up to the Gallery. I’ve been to Cavalier a number of times, they display American art, both traditional and contemporary and I generally enjoy what I see. This exhibit was devoted entirely to current works of David Peikon, all of them were from 2018 or 2019. He’s 61 years old and took up professional painting when he was 38, walking away from a corporate position in sales. Prior to this visit I was unfamiliar with him. He’s a fascinating guy who is also renowned as a portrait painter. In 2014 he injured his right shoulder and subsequently changed his orientation and started painting with his left hand. All of the paintings in the show are from 2018 or 2019 so you can see how successful he was in making the switch. The cards on the wall next to the paintings were filled with information about him, his influences and his thoughts on each work. He mentioned Monet, Sargent, Hopper and Wyeth in particular, as well the American landscape painters. From the samples I’ve copied below you’ll see examples of all of them.
This is a link to all the objects in the exhibit.
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/
Koi and Water Lilies – These first two show his Impressionistic point of view, akin to Monet.
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7950
Iris and Water Lentils
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7945
Lilies for John Singer Sargent
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7932
Empire – He shares with Hopper his sense of isolation; these paintings are unpeopled and there is a voyeuristic element in the darkened windows.
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7935
Someone to Watch over Me – Adding a touch of modernity, as well as paranoia, with the security camera he has attached to the lamppost in front of this old brownstone.
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7954
Zach’s Sunset – These two clearly spring from the Hudson River painters.
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7959
Evening on the Marsh
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7924
Barnyard Sunrise – And finally his Wyeth style paintings, more for the subjects than the brushstrokes. Wyeth has a much more muted palette.
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7928
Sunrise After the Storm
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7927
On Miles River Road
https://www.cavaliergalleries.com/exhibition/176/exhibition_works/7926
In other art news.
Believe it or not, this is not a photograph. It’s from the Louis Meisel Gallery, which represents photorealist artists. This is one of the most realistic paintings I’ve seen. I wonder where the giveaways are.
Bertrand Meniel – Lucky Dragon
http://www.meiselgallery.com/lkmg/imagesEXHIBIT/Meniel_Lucky-Dragon.jpg
Now off to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
#230: 2019-08-21 pic-16
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99244229@N04/49399061421/
February 2018 - Ball Verqueer
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cilii/26489224618/
Time to dance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachel_valentine/49367951493/
Susan i white dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152512835@N05/46511506581/
this dress has a built in frilly slip my first.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143983237@N05/49006829602/
Mandii_2019_07
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9346466@N06/46298069104/
Eeeeek!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissyplaything/48851875012/
Ready for my wedding proposal
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158086344@N08/49222987142/
Butterfly
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52912530@N04/49282772972/
Wedding Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/briannebeth/7416732010/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This was an odd week for the weather, a couple of relatively warm days and a few that were quite chilly and windy. Thursday and Friday I sat at my computer and listened to the 25 mph winds howling. But on one of the milder days I walked up to the Forum Gallery on Park Avenue at 57th Street for an exhibit of Andrew Wyeth’s art. I was able to leave the heavy coat home and wear just the flannel shirt with a sweater. The groundhog predicted an early spring and I guess there’s a 50/50 chance he will be right. I certainly hope so. I’ll link to some of the things that I liked; there were also a few other artist’s pictures in the gallery. The guide to the paintings had sale prices on them and illustrating a truism that sex sells, the biggest prices of the lot were for paintings featuring nudes.
This is a link to most of the Wyeth paintings in the exhibit, there were a few I had to search for.
https://www.forumgallery.com/exhibitions/andrew-wyeth
Everything that follows will be by Andrew Wyeth; then each item will be identified by artist.
Surf - This was the most expensive painting at $4.5M
https://www.forumgallery.com/exhibitions/andrew-wyeth?view=slider#13
Heat Lightning –And this was second at $2.85M.
https://www.forumgallery.com/exhibitions/andrew-wyeth?view=slider#11
Lamplight – I’ve always loved his old houses.
https://tinyurl.com/vqj2qpd
Letting her hair down – I imagine this would be quite expensive but it’s noted as being from a private collection and, I imagine, not currently for sale.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s44AAOSwUYNaE5xq/s-l1600.jpg
Maine door – Love this rural image hinting at Halloween.
https://www.forumgallery.com/exhibitions/andrew-wyeth?view=slider#6
East Point Lighthouse – Interesting perspective, making the subject of the painting such a small part of it off in the distance at the end of a wide expanse of sand.
https://www.forumgallery.com/exhibitions/andrew-wyeth?view=slider#18
Jimmy’s porch – I like this fairly detailed pencil sketch of the motorcycle, set outside the old farmhouse with the rocker.
https://www.forumgallery.com/exhibitions/andrew-wyeth?view=slider#19
Jamie Wyeth – Love the Giver – At the end of the exhibit, in a small room at the back, they had all the paintings below. This one is by Jamie, Andrew’s son, and the one that follows is by Andrew’s grandfather N.C. Wyeth. I love the ladderback chair and the way he truncated the samplers on the wall. The N.C. is just a great old book illustration.
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jamie-wyeth-love-the-giver
N.C. Wyeth - Little Samuel and Eli
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f8/1f/1e/f81f1e48558b6c1ed5689df27c2cd11b.jpg
Rance Jones – Anthem – He’s a contemporary artist, born in 1965, and someone I’ve never heard of. He paints in a photorealist style and I thought this painting was quite lovely.
https://tinyurl.com/ufd9y73
George Tooker – Red Carpet – Another photorealistic artist, also new to me. He died in 2011. His style is describe on Wikipedia as, ”(his) images use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.” I like the offhandedness of this picture, women sitting languidly on the bright red carpet, smoking their cigarettes. Also the design of the carpet.
http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/realsurreal_01.jpg
Alan Magee - Staempfli and Company – Continuing on with artists I don’t know, Magee is another contemporary artist, born in 1947, who started as an editor and book illustrator and has evolved a very distinctive, quirky style of photorealism. This trompe l’oeil captivated me. To get a better idea of his style, the second link is to the Gallery website of his works.
https://tinyurl.com/tupn32u
https://www.forumgallery.com/artists/alan-magee/images
And now, on to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
A Cute group of Brolita's
https://www.flickr.com/photos/154616405@N08/48251580547/
Grilfriend and Boyfriend enjoying dressing up
https://www.flickr.com/photos/154616405@N08/46338819724/
tranyBride04
https://www.flickr.com/photos/t-girls_bride/41479429692/
DSC_0064 (3)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37372058@N07/49121258818/
33,000 views. You had better take me.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/saralegs/998466963/
P5120069
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mika_ayukawa/49292917791/
Surly Saloon Girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pamire/49473413797/
New red boots 2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29794930@N06/
megan wood gloria Vanderbilt wedding gown
https://www.flickr.com/photos/41669838@N00/44592415922/
Lolita Alice in Sissy Land
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183871533@N07/48650974658/
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Statistically, the ground hog has been close only 36% of the time. So whatever the ground hog says, it will be more likely to be the opposite. You'd get better chances of getting it right just by flipping a coin on it.
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Hi Betty,
I was joking, I put no faith in the little rodent. When I say the odds are 50/50 I'm using the same faux logic that I do with my lottery ticket. The odds are 50/50 for that since I either win or I don't.
Andy G.
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The thing isn't even superstition. Even superstitions have something they're based on, but it's not even that. The whole thing is a club with a committee who decide whether the ground hog sees his shadow days or weeks in advance, & they will not tell anyone what they base their decision on.
You'd think whatever methodology they're using, they would change it by now -- seeing how they're totally wrong most of the time.
I'd think if it was a sunny day there, he would see his shadow, & if it's cloudy, he would not. Who knows, maybe that would work better than a commitee deciding.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Today is a lion-like blustery March day, it’s 40 degrees but feels much colder with the wind. But tomorrow will be warmer and we spring ahead tonight so hopefully we’re leaving winter in the rear view window. That’s a hope not a prediction, Mother Nature loves to play tricks on us.
I had a rare treat this week, my niece, who is in college, was in town for the week and I got to spend a day with her. She lives far away so I’ve only met her a few times but we had the nicest day. We met at the Frick museum at 11AM, then went to a gallery and ended up at the Met where we said goodbye a little after 5PM. She’s going to try and find a summer job in New York which would really by wonderful for me. She is a delightful young woman.
Earlier this week I visited the Met for the current Chinese exhibit, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Up Close. It will be open for a year, with a second rotation in August. It’s a small show, only 17 pieces on display, but to enhance it they have taken sections of the paintings and enlarged them to giant images so as to portray the fine craftmanship of the artist. I was a little confused in the first gallery as it wasn’t initially clear which paintings the enlarged images came from, but I finally figured it out. I’ll link to some of the paintings below. Afterwards I wandered through the Japanese galleries which seemed to have undergone a change again which is odd as I wrote about the second rotation a few weeks ago. I was very surprised to find that the Hiroshige’s had all been taken down and replaced by woodblock prints of the Kabuki artists which were on display for the first rotation. I can’t imagine why the Met did this and I was disappointed as I looked forward to another visit with Hiroshige.
The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai – This is an enormous scroll, 45 ft long by 2 ft high and is one of 12 scrolls the artist created commemorating the event. At the link you can see click on different sections to see the details. That’s the case for all of the horizontal scrolls. You can also enlarge the sections which helps considerably.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49156
Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains – This is another long scroll, 18ft by 9 inches. It tells the story of “two men of the Han dynasty who stumble upon a magical realm of immortals. Returning home after what seemed like half a year, they discover that seven generations have come and gone and that they are alone in the world. The men’s loss of home and paradise evokes the disorientation and alienation felt by many of the Chinese elite following the fall of the Song dynasty in 1279.”
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39545
Mandarin ducks and cotton rose hibiscus – This scroll is about 6ft tall and has images to click on for enlarged sections.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39551
Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality – Another long horizontal scroll showing a theological debate of Buddhist scripture. The text accompanying the scroll says this is a rare black and white draft before a final color version was created. The artist was allowed to keep the draft after presenting the finished scroll to the Emperor.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40513
Odes of the State of Bin - This is part of The Book of Odes, a 2500 year old Confucian classic. It chronicles the preparations for the changing of the seasons and is another very long scroll.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40287
Grooms and Horses – This horizontal scroll shows three horses with three grooms, each one painted by a member of an Illustrious family, Grandfather, Father and Grandson.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40507
Fisherman
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41468
Two hawks in a thicket – This artist was a 15th Century Audubon, painting birds in the wild.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45676
The Classic of Filial Piety – This thousand year old scroll is almost 18 ft long and periodically different sections of it are displayed. It is based on a song dating back to B.C. and early A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39895
This is a link to the overview of the exhibit which also has a link to all the objects.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/chinese-painting-calligraphy
Another very successful show, beautiful images done with a light touch.
And now let’s touch on the Flickrs.
Andy G.
24-12-18 Sissy Sarah (6)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahlouisetaylor/31509058167/
Boys in dresses
https://www.flickr.com/photos/187161544@N08/49593800686/
Pretty maids all in a row
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142877968@N07/48429030717/
Liquid Lola
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ready2role/49410718582/
Susie1084
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24899087@N05/49409600882/
IMG_8621
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134316048@N06/49408351012/
48671937987_f8f20f748b_o
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184583402@N04/49237550448/
i create the female illusion
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carol38/49510118087/
Miss P-rissy Sissy Gloria
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephsdressingservice/49383889398/
Maid Training
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephsdressingservice/49198352328/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
My Shop Rite has been crowded and this morning it looked like the day before a blizzard alert. And the shelves are starting to look like the disaster movies. I planned on buying toilet tissue, as there was a sale and a digital coupon, but the shelves were completely bare. I think people may be overreacting just a bit. How many times are they going to go out and do a shopping like this as the virus soldiers on. I was surprised there was no skim milk in the case at 8:30 AM, while other versions were available. I asked in the back room and was told there were no gallons but he gave me two half gallons. I wondered why they weren’t in the case. Will rationing be next?
I’ve been trying to reconcile my lifestyle with the virus and reality smacked me in the face. For weeks I’ve had gallery shows of Japanese art on my calendar for this weekend which I planned to attend. They’re being held at the Mark Hotel on 77th Street. In thinking about whether to go or not I was hesitant because first of all it’s a hotel with people coming and going at all hours and second of all, the galleries aren’t local and the people running the exhibits are flying in from California, Seattle and other places. So they’re in airports and exposed to who knows what. What made up my mind was when the Metropolitan Museum and the rest of the major museums, as well as Broadway theaters and all the major sports leagues closed down. I have to believe this is telling me not to go. But it begs the question as to when it will be safe to see an exhibit again, this clearly isn’t ending anytime soon. I usually visit New York City once a week; I go in and out during non-rush hours. I also walk to the exhibits and only take the subway on the way back. The museums and galleries aren’t especially crowded during the week so when venues start opening again and exhibits start to appear I’m fairly certain I will visit them. We can’t pull the covers over our heads and just stay in bed. Meanwhile, I have a couple of museum visits in draft but in a few weeks the Saturday Flickrs may actually be just a flicker.
Earlier this week, before all the closings, I visited the Met for the current rotation in the drawing corridor. This is a link to the Overview page which also has links to all the objects.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/drawing-and-prints-collectors-collections
It was an eclectic mix which started slow, with some contemporary art and some unusual art forms before it ended solidly with traditional art. I’ll link to some of the things I enjoyed.
Cyril Power – The Merry Go Round – Power was a 20th Century English artist. This is a linocut, a print process similar to the wood block prints of the Japanese except the medium is linoleum. I liked the somewhat psychedelic feel of this, similar to the old Rock Concert posters from the sixties.
https://www.theblankcardcompany.co.uk/acatalog/cyril-power-the-merry-go-round-print.jpg
Auguste Edouart - The Magic Lantern – Edouart was a 19th Century French born portrait artist. This is an example of his silhouette art; the silhouettes are cut from paper and affixed to the canvas. A very evocative scene which shows the upper-class family which can enjoy this entertainment while also showing a black servant in the back peeking in to also get a glimpse.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/365307
Margaret Neilson Armstrong - Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida), Montecito, California – Like the first two artists Armstrong was unfamiliar to me. She was a 20th-century American designer, illustrator, and author. She wrote and illustrated the Field Book of Western Wild Flowers (1915,) from which this is an illustration. She came from a family of artists; her father Maitland and sister Helen were stained glass artists. She really captured the essence of the flower in this is beautiful watercolor.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/393658
Rembrandt - Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages Beside a Road – There were four prints by the master, and I could have chosen any of them. This is a wonderful rural scene.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/359972
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) - Harbor Scene with Rising Sun – Thought I would follow Rembrandt with Claude, a French contemporary. Remarkably intricate detail in this print, the buildings to the left, the boats in the distance and the men, on the shore and in the boat.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360049
Joseph Mallord William Turner - The Fort of L'Esseillon, Val de la Maurienne, France – You can just about make out the fort running along the mountainside and imagine what must have been involved in building it. Getting the materials up the mountain as well as where the workers had to camp out while the work was going on. It certainly seems impregnable. Wonderful contrast in color of the mountains, the foliage and the clouds in the sky.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/343384
Mary Cassatt – In The Omnibus – Cassatt had been turned on to an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints by her close friend Edgar Degas and she was immediately struck by their beauty and determined that she wanted to create similar art. This is from a series of ten plates and I think you will be able to see the similarities between this and the woodblock prints I’ve sent along before. This is a link to a review of an old exhibition of her prints at Rutgers art museum. https://tinyurl.com/r7saqcw This is a pertinent quote from the review. “In the Omnibus” (1890-91), a drypoint and aquatint from that series, is a rare outdoor scene that shows two women and a child — and the flat application of color and sharp divisions of space familiar from Japanese woodblock prints.”
https://collection.mcnayart.org/objects/2915
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/365007
Sir Thomas Lawrence - Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son – Mrs. Papendiek was Queen Charlotte’s dresser. When Lawrence was painting Charlotte, he wanted to paint her jewels, but she never wore them and finally told him he could paint Mrs. Papendiek wearing them. But the jewels never came, so Lawrence chose the dress and hat she wears in the portrait as well as asking that her son be included to which she agreed. It’s pointed out in a book on Lawrence that if Charlotte had been more cooperative, he never would have made the drawing which shows how close the style is to that of Ingres’ portrait drawings. I love Ingres which I’m sure is what attracted me to this drawing.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/355382
John Downman - Memento Portrait of a Young Midshipman – Another artist I’ve never encountered along with Dusart, the artist of the image after this one, Downman was a 19th Century Welsh portrait and subject painter. This is a wonderful portrait of what must have been a very young boy in the Navy, painted with his ship off in the distance. Something his mother could look at fondly when he was away at sea and she missed him.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/341620
Cornelis Dusart – Kitchen Scene – Dusart was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th Century. I’ll close with this delightful tableau of two men enjoying a rudimentary meal in their kitchen. A detailed depiction of the kitchen right down to the two pegs hanging from the wall for pots.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/370463
As I mentioned, I was a little concerned when I was walking through the front of the exhibit but as you can see it turned out to be quite a lovely little show.
In other art news.
Just like in New York, museums around the world are closing as a precaution. Here’s an article about a major Raphael exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome, mounted in collaboration with the Uffizi. As it’s in Italy I wouldn’t have had a chance to see this brilliant exhibit but now we can all enjoy highlights of it online.
In Pictures: See Highlights of the Once-in-a-Lifetime Raphael Exhibition Shuttered by Italy’s Coronavirus Lockdown
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/see-raphael-blockbuste-shuttered-italy-lockdown-1798848
And we can always visit the Flickrs without fear of viral infection. Physical viral infection anyway.
Andy G.
Stop sulking and hang the washing up then you can demonstrate your curtsey to amuse my friends.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142877968@N07/49463420403/
White 4
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145905338@N03/31797215744/
IMGR1808_M
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jorgina_ts/49489407551/
48671684286_4418bffb41_o
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184583402@N04/49237551158/
Lindy Lou with Sissy Sarah.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindaw567/17308560421
feeling so pretty in pink 5
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerlee42/49215374902/
Bedtime
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanied/49419603056/
Kitchenmaid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emmalouisetgirl/49543274781/
Countdown: 2014
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebecca_george/49542921468/
Pink Sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127246282@N07/32133384737/
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12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stuck-home-12-famous-museums-145149289.html