Tag Archives: Monet

The Magpie by Claude Monet

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Being in a much milder, wetter and windy climate it is always a novelty to see snow except atop distant mountains and for those of you are knee-deep in it, you have my sympathy, as I tend to agree with … Continue reading →

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Réunion de famille (Family Reunion) by Frédéric Bazille

Posted on October 21, 2012 by

Often when I am driving down a large highway and see that the traffic flow in the opposite direction has stopped resulting in a formidable two or three mile tailback and I go further on, past the hold-up, around a … 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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Camille Doncieux and Claude Monet (Part 2)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

In my last blog I looked at the first meeting of Camille Doncieux and Monet.  It occurred in 1865 when Frédéric Bazille, a good friend of the twenty-five year old Monet, introduced him to Camille Doncieux who was still in … Continue reading →

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Camille Doncieux and Claude Monet

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

My next two blogs deal not with a particular painting but with the subject of a series of paintings completed lovingly by one artist.  The subject is Camille-Léonie Doncieux, who was the beloved model, mistress and wife of Claude Monet.  … Continue reading →

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Étretat by Various artists

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

There are many subjects depicted by artists in their paintings which are the same.  One only has to think of religious paintings and the likes of the pietà or the deposition or even the crucifixion itself to see how numerous … Continue reading →

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The Artist’s Studio, Rue de La Condamine by Frédéric Bazille

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur “Whom the gods love, die young.” The aphorism comes from the Roman playwright Plautus, who flourished around the end of the 3rd century and actually based his story on a Greek legend about a mother … Continue reading →

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Les Charbonniers by Claude Monet

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

When I think of Impressionism and Impressionist paintings I think of light airy scenes.  I think of lily ponds and flowering arches at Givenchy.  I think of colourful young things boating on the mirror-like waters of the Seine.  I think … Continue reading →

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