Monday, February 25, 2013

Haystacks at Chailly at Sunrise

Haystacks at Chailly at Sunrise, 1865, Claude Monet

An early representation of haystacks. When Monet did the famous haystack series later in his painting life he is said to have propped multiple canvases with each canvas capturing the play of light on hay at a certain point of time in the day. The BBC series on The Impressionists shows Monet flitting from one canvas to another in sheer joy as the light changes.



Saturday, February 16, 2013

Venice, 1899

Venice, 1899, Roger Fry


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Self-Portrait


Self-Portrait, 1547, Tintoretto

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Monk by the Sea

Friedrich Caspar David, 1809