Monthly Archives: May 2014
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958), Karsavina
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958), Karsavina, 1929. Oil on paper, 20.5 x 14 cm (8.1 x 5.8 in.). Richard Nathanson Impressionist & 20th Century Art, Inventory Catalogue.
(Source: Artnet)
Christina Rosetti, Color (The Golden Book of Poetry), 1947
What is pink? a rose is pink
By a fountain’s brink.
What is red? a poppy’s red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro’.
What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? the grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!
“Color” by Christina Rossetti (The Golden Book of Poetry, 1947)
[Retrieved from The Poetry Foundation]
Valentine Green, Life and Death Contrasted, ca.1770
Life and Death Contrasted (ca.1770), an engraving by Valentine Green. More here: http://bit.ly/1fPBmxd
Edward Hopper, Yonkers, 1916
Edward Hopper, Yonkers, 1916. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY.
Telemaco Signorini, Sketch for Straw Weavers at Settignano, ca. 1805
Telemaco Signorini, Sketch for Straw Weavers at Settignano, ca. 1805. Oil on laminated board, 16.1 x 13.2 cm. Presented in memory of Beniamino Forti by his daughter Luciana, 2008. The National Gallery, London, NG6610.
National Gallery of Art, London
This small oil sketch is a first idea for a painting in a private collection. It shows a craft worker in Settignano, a village in the hills above Florence. Signorini was a member of a group of Florentine painters known as ‘macchiaioli’ – literally, mark or spot-makers. He was a life-long friend of Degas, whose works hang nearby in the Gallery.
Joan Miro, Untitled, 1964
Keith Haring (1958–1990), Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1985
Happy birthday, Keith Haring! Celebrate Haring’s life and art with us this November when we present the special exhibition, Keith Haring: The Political Line.
Keith Haring (1958–1990). Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1985. Acrylic on canvas © Keith Haring Foundation
Alexander Calder
Untitled, 1937, steel, 228 x 203 x 260 cm, Tate Collection
Black Sun, 1953, gouache on paper, 73.7 x 107.7 cm, Tate Collection
Antennae with Red and Blue Dots, 1960, aluminium and steel wire, 1111 x 1283 x 1283 mm, Tate Collection
I remember playing a game of…
The pleasure given by art is not a passive one. We give it to ourselves … what we call taste is a real art. The work of art may remain silent to many; even to those who understand it more or less. It is an appeal to another mind, and it cannot draw out more than that mind contains. But to enjoy is as it were to create; to understand is a form of equality, and the full use of taste may be a work of genius.
John La Farge (American, 1835 – 1910)
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