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Re: Well it’s certainly hot enough for the Summer Flickr!
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2017, 04:28:44 PM »
Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

It’s a beautiful cool day and I’ve just spent a pleasant afternoon with my friends from Puerto Rico. In the last few years they have reversed their living situation so now they spend most of the year in New Jersey and just a few of the colder winter months in Puerto Rico.  They still have family and friends living there and they’ve been told that the hurricane situation wasn’t too bad, at least for them. The power went out but it wasn’t nearly the disaster Harvey was. They’re still nervous because of the upcoming storms but on the whole they’re OK. I only see my friends annually and we had a great time just sitting and chatting and catching up with each other.

Once again I went back to the Met this week but for a much more pleasant exhibit. Another exhibit drawn from the treasures of the Met’s permanent collection. This time their American art, Gilded Age Drawings at The Met. The title is a bit of a misnomer as many of the objects are watercolors.  The time period, the Gilded Age, started in 1870 and lasted through the 1890s and highlights many of my favorite American artists. I don’t know why but the Met hasn’t listed any of the artworks on the web page for the show although all of them are in the Met database. This is one instance I really wish they had as I liked everything in the show so picking favorites isn’t easy. I’ll link up a bunch of them. Click on enlarge for better viewing.

There were four John Singer Sargent watercolors which actually are out of the gilded age era having been created in the 20th Century.

Sirmione – A muted landscape
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12185

Two Soldiers at Arras – Another of his war paintings.
http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=258493

Boats – Sargent painted many scenes of boats, this one in muddy browns and faded blues and whites.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12045

In the Generalife – Sargent’s sister Emily painting in a garden with two of her friends.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12116

A bunch by Thomas Eakins

John Biglin in a Single Scull – This is a wonderful painting of a man out in a scull rowing, you can see the muscles in his arms as he strains to propel the boat. There’s a lot to see, the 8 man scull off in the distance as well as several sailboats. And the coastline in the background with some kind of structure right in the middle.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10818

Gross Clinic – An ink and watercolor study for his large scale masterpiece. Another painting with a lot going on, Dr. Gross standing while lecturing students as surgeons utilize his techniques to repair the thigh of the patient. His distraught mother sits to the left and Eakins has inserted himself as well taking notes and sketching.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10815

The Dancing Lesson – A sentimental depiction of three generations after Emancipation.  I wouldn’t have noticed it if the wall card hadn’t pointed out that the very tiny picture up in the left hand corner is Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10821

The Pathetic Song – This is a smaller watercolor reproduction of a larger oil painting which he created as a gift for a friend who posed as the singer. Both women were students of his.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10822

Young Girl Meditating – A girl in what even then was an old time dress standing next to an old time tilt-top table.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10829

Winslow Homer

Inside The Bar – Depicting  the women who stand by water’s edge waiting for their men to return from the sea on what appears to be a stormy day.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11125

Boys in a Dory – One of his many depictions of childhood pastimes.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/17053

Sloop, Nassau – The second link is to an essay discussing the painting.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11139
http://artlivesatlci.blogspot.com/2007/09/immitationalism-and-literal-qualities.html

James McNeill Whistler – Lady in Gray – A miniature portrait, a scaled down version of his full size oil portraits, this one is thought to be one of his usual models and one critic who wrote about the painting commented on the model’s “intrepid arrogance.”
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13245

Thomas Wilmer Dewing - Portrait of a Woman – This is a silverpoint drawing of a woman’s head. A very ethereal, delicate image whose luminescence doesn’t really come across on the web. It hypnotized me while I stood in front of it.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10748

Laura Coombs Hills -- Hollyhocks in the Sunshine – A new acquisition for the Met. Pastel painted en plein air (outdoors), very beautiful and realistic.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/755524

Louis Comfort Tiffany – Louise Tiffany, reading – Another pastel showing his wife reclining on a couch. He painted her wearing a vivid blue frock on a lush green sofa with her face turned away from us. She’s sitting next to a table with a still life of books, vase and plants. 
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/17724

Mary Cassatt – Mother Feeding Child – And another pastel showing the special bond between mother and child, a theme that she explored to great effect  in her later years.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10403

William Trost Richards – Two lovely mini landscape paintings.

Franconia Notch, New Hampshire – From the website:
Early Museum records identify this picture as “The Franconia Mountains from Campton, New Hampshire,” but Campton is miles from the site portrayed, the entrance to Franconia Notch. In the center is Mount Lafayette, flanked by Cannon Mountain and Eagle Cliff on the left and Mount Lincoln and Little Haystack on the right. The image reflects a tour of the White Mountains shared by Richards, the Reverend Elias L. Magoon (who donated this and 84 other watercolors to the Museum in 1880) and their wives in June 1872, and probably portrays the white-maned clergyman himself, absorbed in a book as he strolls the path in the foreground
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11891

Lake Squam from Red Hill – A very picturesque view captured in watercolor.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11897

There were others but I think this will give you an idea of the quality and breadth of this exhibit not to mention the Met’s permanent collection. This is one of my favorite exhibits of this summer, it’s open until December so hopefully I’ll get back to it again.

And this looks like a good place to visit the Flickrs.

Andy G.

School Gender Switch 03 - Tutus for Boys - Jeans for Girls. (see other photos)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133827690%40N07/33425652024/

Skater Perfection

https://www.flickr.com/photos/amberjolake/35912416216/

Candy 2016

https://www.flickr.com/photos/101366775%40N04/31432822680/

Susie695

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24899087%40N05/33843985753/

February 14, 2009 -- Transpitt Meeting -- Wedding Theme

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robynmichaels/3282893170/

P1030623

https://www.flickr.com/photos/96984932%40N06/34231962946/

Pansy 10

https://www.flickr.com/photos/queerina_slutskaya/35423609702/

Me as sissy girl

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29794930%40N06/35681184030/

SSD 491

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tkr022/35926178116/

DSC06868

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134329784%40N03/32007132334/


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Re: Well it’s certainly hot enough for the Summer Flickr!
« Reply #21 on: September 16, 2017, 04:01:50 PM »
Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

I spoke with friends who live in the Miami area of Florida the other day and they reported back that they had been without power for four days. They have a generator which powered some lights and some fans which helped but both of them are in their 90’s and not having air conditioning was certainly unpleasant. But they felt lucky in that the brunt of the storm didn’t hit them, not a deluge of rain and no terrifying high winds.  Could have been much worse.

I took a break from the Met this week and visited the two auction houses for their Chinese painting previews. I think Sotheby’s had the larger catalog but Christie’s had some nice things as well. There were objects, Buddhas, statues and vases which were pretty, but my interest was in the scrolls. The majority of them were from the 20th Century although I did see some ancient ones as well. Below are some of the ones I especially enjoyed.

Pu Ru is an artist I first came across in last year’s auctions and he’s well represented this year as well.  Here’s a little background on him from Wikipedia:

He was a traditional Chinese painter and calligrapher and a member of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, the ruling house of the Qing dynasty. He was a cousin to Puyi, the final ruler of the Qing dynasty and the last Emperor of China. It was speculated that Puru would have succeeded to the Chinese throne if Puyi and the Qing government were not overthrown after the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. Puru was reputed to be as talented as the famous southern artist Zhang Daqian (Chang Ta-ch'ien). Together, they became known as "P'u of the North and Chang of the South."

I’ve complained about Christie’s before, the illustrations on the site are not the best and can only be enlarged so much. I’ll show a few and then move over to Sotheby’s which has much better quality for their images.

PU RU - Boating Among Verdant Cliffs – Very elegant depiction of a river downstream between two mountainous ranges with two boats floating down. You can see a few small houses on the near cliff.
http://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_14807_0103_000.jpg?height=400 

ZHANG SHUQI - Bees and Blossoms – One of two colorful paintings from nature the other being Two Birds and Flowers.
http://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_14807_0060_000.jpg?height=400

HUANG JUNBI - Burbling Spring – A small open walled hut in the forest by the water.
http://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_14807_0064_000.jpg?height=400

This is a link to all the images. At the top of the page is a button to click on to view the catalogue and the images are much clearer that way.

https://tinyurl.com/y989e7jd

The following images are from Sotheby’s and are clearly better reproductions.

Pu Ru – ZHONGKUI – This is a colorful depiction of a figure of Chinese mythology. Traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.626.html

Ren Xun - PORTRAIT WITH LOTUS FLOWERS – A man at ease sitting next to a potted plant, nice color.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.578.html

Tao Lengyue  - MOONLIT LANDSCAPE – The full moon peeking out from the clouds, I always enjoy depictions of the moon.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.731.html

Shen Shijia - CLOUDS IN LOFTY MOUNTAIN – Colorful mountain setting showing its enormity by the tiny image of the man seated on a hill taking in its majesty.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.661.html

Wu Hufan - RETURNING HOME LATE FROM FISHING – Tiny boat with a single passenger floating down the river to the little hut on the banks.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.640.html

Yang Shanshen  - TIGER AND CUBS – Colorful image of a mother and her cubs literally just hanging out.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.593.html

Xie Zhiliu - OLD TREES AND LAYERS OF MOUNTAINS – One more colorful landscape
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675/lot.638.html

This is a link to all the images in the auction.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2017/classical-chinese-paintings-calligraphy-n09675.html

Now let’s visit the Flickrs.

Andy G.

Boys in skirts

https://www.flickr.com/photos/30830242@N07/37144110175/

Hot mess

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tatianabrooks/31882484170/

A kitchen trio

https://www.flickr.com/photos/susansmith/35967992131/

Sunshine all the way

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephsdressingservice/35839414570/

Sissy Doll

https://www.flickr.com/photos/95163690@N07/35844187470/

Slide2

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152802635@N05/35563834876/

Tsukiko--6.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tsukiko/35423224614/

Like to Jive

https://www.flickr.com/photos/amberjolake/36033678872/

lazy Dirndl 02

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdhousewife/36201505296/

July 2017 - Pforzheim, Night of 1000 brides event

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cilii/36242817765/


 

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