My newest art treasure:
Second-hand Modigliani print
Daily Diversion #259: Modigliani
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Tag Archives: Art
[Book Nerd Art] The Boy’s King Arthur
The Boy’s King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier. 1922.
Cover of The Boy’s King Arthur, 1922. N.C. Wyeth.
Title page of The Boy’s King Arthur, 1922. N.C. Wyeth.
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: William Morris/Olive Schreiner
Night Angel Holding a Waning Moon by William Morris (born 24 March 1834)
“So age succeeds age, and dream succeeds dream, and the joy of the dreamer no man knoweth but he who dreameth. Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms, man cannot exist.”-The Story of An African Farm, Olive Schreiner (born 24 march 1855)
Writers in Art: Stéphane Mallarmé by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé by his friend, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1892):
Stéphane Mallarmé by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1892. Palace of Versailles.
Spring! Spring! Spring!
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”-Hal Borland
Washington Arch, Spring by Childe Hassam, circa 1893
Writers in Art: Thomas Hardy by William Strang, 1893
Thomas Hardy by William Strang, 1893. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Daily Diversion #257: Rainy Day Activities
Thursday was beautiful and sunny. Today…well, today is rainy and dreary. Never fear, for I have a plan: lounge around, read, eat some oatmeal, read. Nap. Repeat.
View from my studio window, oatmeal with strawberries, a book about Renoir. Not pictured: napping next to my sweet doggie.
Poetry in Art: I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth
Charles Demuth’s fabulous painting, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, was inspired by his friend William Carlos Williams’ poem, The Great Figure. The artwork is full of references to the poem and poet.
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth, 1928. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
It’s always nice to see artists inspiring other artists, especially when they work in different mediums.
The Great Figure by William Carlos Williams
Books in Art: Three Paintings by Gwen John
Portrait by Gwen John, circa 1910
Portrait by Gwen John, 1916
The Seated Woman by Gwen John, circa 1910
[Book Nerd Links] Four Interesting Bookish Articles
- Cool Girls Do It Better: On Kim Gordon’s Juicy, Modest Memoir, ‘Girl in a Band’ [Flavorwire]
- 20 Female Harlem Renaissance Writers You Should Know [Flavorwire]
- Victor Hugo’s Drawings [The Paris Review]
- Alice Neel’s Brothers Karamazov [The Paris Review]
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