Category Archives: Art History

Frederic Edwin Church, Part 2

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

For those of you who have just landed on this page I suggest you go back to my previous blog which looks at Frederic Church’s early life and talks a little about his exhibition at the National Gallery, London which … Continue reading →

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“Moonlights” by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Today I am featuring some works by the English Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw, who was born in Leeds in 1836.  His father, David, at various times during his life, served as a policeman, worked for Pickfords and then as … Continue reading →

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Greta Bridge by John Sell Cotman

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

I try to visit my children, who live in London, every couple of months and take the opportunity to visit new art exhibition at one of the many city galleries.  As they are all away on extended breaks in far-off … Continue reading →

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Bringing in the Maple Sugar by Grandma Moses

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

Grandma Moses – Part 2 This is the second part of my story about Grandma Moses and if you have just alighted on this page, you should go back to my last blog in which I looked at her early life. … Continue reading →

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The Old Hoosick Bridge by Grandma Moses

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

For the last few blogs I have been looking at the lives of artists who were taken from us at a very young age, and in very sad circumstances.   I looked at the lives and works of the French artist … Continue reading →

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James Tissot and Kathleen Newton

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

My blog today is the second part of the life of the French painter James Tissot.  In my last offering I looked at one of his beautiful and unusual religious paintings and I told you a little about the life … Continue reading →

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A View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam by Jan van der Heyden

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Today I am going to leave 19th century French art and Impressionism, which has featured in my recent blogs, and look at some 16th and 17th Dutch and Flemish art and artists.  Dutch art has always been very popular and … Continue reading →

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Berthe Morisot by Edma Morisot

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

For the next few blogs I want to look at the life and works of Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot and some of the paintings other artists have done of her.  As I told you in my last offering I visited … Continue reading →

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Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

For my blog today I am not showcasing an artist or a painting but a small museum , the Musée Marmottan Monet, which I visited last week when I was in Paris and I hope that for any of you … Continue reading →

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Picasso: The Early Life Part 2

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

I ended my last blog with Pablo Picasso and his family in Malaga during the summer of 1897 on vacation at the home of his uncle Don Salvador.  It was during this stay that Picasso’s father José Ruiz Blasco and … Continue reading →

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