Just recently, and somewhat belatedly, I have fallen in love with art. I am not a painter. I am not an art expert but I know the artists who give me so much pleasure and I know which of their paintings I admire the most. I would just like to share my favourites with you.
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- Vanitas Still-life with a Portrait of a Young Painter by David Bailly
- Peter Paul Rubens and Hélène Fourment
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- The Holy Family paintings by Joos van Cleve
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Hello,
Nice Blog!
I own a directory that displays daily content under different categories and to complete the art one, I have included your rss feed:
http://www.w3streams.com/potd/daily_art/
Let me know by mail if it’s ok (or not).
Thanks.
That’s OK
Jonathan
what is the name of your B&B in Wales? where is it? we are visiting Wales next fall, to track down ancestors. I like your blog, I’m an architect, and I paint.
The Bed & Breakfast establishment my wife and I run is in Conwy, North Wales and is called The Old Corner House. This is the website:
http://theoldcornerhouse.moonfruit.com/
Jonathan
Hi. Very interesting entry about Savonarola. I have seen the painting in the Convent of San Marco, and was interested to hear the priest say that it was a portrait of “Savonarola, who saved our religion and our city.” A very different take on what you usually read!
Thanks, Connie
Hello Jonathan
I very much enjoy the blog and have recommended it to friends. Some of them though are not used to blogs or RSS feeds, and find the prospect of setting up Google Reader off-putting. Would you give some thought to setting up a subscribe by e-mail feature on the home page? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-subscribe/
I know you can set up the email link from below the comments box, but you do have to look hard to find it, and a subscribe by email box at the top of the right hand column would be much more visible and simpler to use.
Thanks
Anne
Unfortunately after hours of trying to do what you suggested I found out it was only possible if I was signed up to WordPress.org and not WordPress.com
Thanks for your hard work.
Very nice blog. Thanks for all the information. Also, who is the author of this blog? (I already know the autor…)
As a retired art teacher, now an actor, I find your work fascinating and only wish i could drop by
for a chat. However, I live in Melbourne (Australia) so it could be a while. I,l bring the wine.
great blog – keep it up – all the best – simon
Hi,
I wouldn’t want to sound pedantic, but the caption under the picture of the man in the Virgin Annunciate post, (Antonello da Messina), should say “Condottiere” (the leader of a mercenary army).
Thank you, nice work.
L.
Many thanks Leonardo
Great Article it their really informative and revolutionary keep us posted with new updates. its was really important. thanks a lot.
Hi Jonathan,
I just stumbled across your blog whilst reading up on Gauguin. You put your thoughts across very well.
I am interested in both finance and fine art. If time machines were real, what do you think Gauguin would say to Bob Diamond?
i really appreciate your posts – thank you
http://manoftheword.com/2012/09/04/thankfulness/
Hello Sir,
I have translated in English and posted a biography of Mario Sironi on my blog, if you are interested.
I always look forward to your posts.
Thank you.
L. Pavese
Jonathan, this is a great post, on an intriguing painting & artist, and on a fascinating episode- Napoleon’s Egyptian and Levant campaign- of history . I haven’t timet to look around the rest of the blog just now, but I shall return on some future date and I most certainly will then. I just subscribed too, to get updates & reminders. In my own blog I actually wrote quite recently on some of the same themes, as it relates to Egyptian influence coming to Europe on the back of Napoleon’s campaign, and especially Egyptian-styled neo-classical architecture, for example here in Dublin where I live. Have a look sometime, you will find the post in the archives of my blog. It’s called “the Ripples of History” Anyway, well done again, on a great blog, I look forward to seeing more. best regards- Arran.
Hi Jonathan,
Great blog! I just discovered it, while reading up on Gabriele Münter and Kandinsky, for the art classes I give (I’m a visual artist myself). Your writing is informative, interesting and well written. Just one thing: in the Gabriele Münter post you put a photograph of ‘Kandinsky and Münter’, according to the caption. But the woman in the photograph is Nina Andreevskaya, his second wife, whom Kandisnky married after leaving Gabriele Münter.
Gabriele has a very different kind of serene beauty. The way you write about her, makes it worthwile to look for a photograph of Gabriele.
Kind regards,
Marijke
Many thanks for your comment Marijke. I have obviously taken the pic which was incorrectly titled or I just wasn’t paying attention !!! I have replaced it with another photograph of the couple and hope that this one is correct
Jonathan
Hi again, In my studies on Gabriele Münter I came across a piece of information about your favourite painting ‘The Blue Mountain’ that you show in your blog. Though it’s probably a case of ‘useless knowledge’, it might interest you….as it did interest me. Münters words you cite are about an oil sketch she made of the blue mountain (Murnau); a photograph of the sketch still exists, though the whereabouts of the original are currently unknown. Based on this sketch Münter painted her first ‘Blue Mountain’ in 1909, which sadly got lost in Herwarth Walden’s Sturm-Gallery in Berlin, after World War I. She claimed and eventually got damage restitution from Walden in 1924 for the loss of this painting. The image however was so important for Münter, that (much later) she painted a new ‘Blue Mountain’, based on the same sketch. This is probably the ‘Blue Mountain’ in your photograph. (Source: ‘Gabriele Münter 1877-1962 Retrospektive’, Prestel Verlag 1992) I hope you don’t find me too much of a school teacher, but maybe we just share the same passion for art and artists. Keep up the good work! With kind regards, Marijke
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Hi Jonathan,
Yes, the new photo shows Gabriele Münter, shortly before Kandinsky ‘dumped’ her… I imagine I can see the strain about the deterioration of their relationship in her face. She suffered from severe depression after the break up. Earlier photographs of Gabriele show a sensitive, happy woman. What an extraordinary artist she was. You are so right to point out that several excellent female artists are unjustly snowed under by their male partner’s success.
With kind regards,
Marijke
My father and I love your blog and love to comment about it.
From Mexico, thank you!
Dominic
Your blog was a wonderful discovery. I will recommended to fellow teachers and to my science students. Human activity must never be devoid of context, the appreciation of science must run concurrently with the knowledge and appreciation of art. Thank you