Today, I was dropping off books at the Emily Carr Library here in Victoria. I arrived to find cake and coffee: a celebration of the birthday of the library’s namesake! And so, today’s blog is a wee bit about Emily Carr (13 Dec 1871 – 2 March 1945) and her work. One of the
After writing my blog on John Singer Sargent’s paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago (click here to read that blog), I realized that although I was familiar with many of Sargent’s paintings, I knew little about his life. I was also intrigued by the furor around his most well-known portrait, “Portrait of Madame X.”
I was looking through a book, Art Revolution, by Lisa Cyr. In it, I discovered an artwork by Cynthia von Buhler that incorporated a figure that looked oh so familiar and I finally figured it out. It appears to have been taken from a famous painting by Jan Van Eyck (before c. 1390 –
While at the Art Institute in Chicago recently (you can read a bit more in a previous blog), Cam and I came upon five John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) paintings on display. They ranged from paintings I was fairly familiar with (including a life-sized portrait) to one that was a complete and utter surprise
So here I am finally with another blog on John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902). (To read the first part, click here.) So where were we? We got as far as 1889 when his work was about to change again. At this point, he only had 12 more years to live and there was some amazing work
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