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Tag Archives: Painting
Strap-on your skates
Winter Landscape with Skaters or Winterlandschap met Ijsvermaak is a c.1608 oil on oak painting by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.The painting shows ice skaters of all sorts enjoying a day on a frozen river. People dressed … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Museums, Tech
Tagged Amsterdam, Henrick Avercamp, Painting, Rijksmusem
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Sometimes in Winter
Gabriele Münter (Berlin, 1877 – 1962) was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Museums
Tagged Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionism, Germany, Painting
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Intermission
Edward Hopper, Intermission (1963)
The Book
The Book, Juan Gris 1913
Reading 1932
Pablo Picasso, La Lecture (The Reading) 1932 : The artist’s “muse” Marie-Therese Walter asleep in a chair with a book in her lap.
Homage a George Seurat
Homage a Seurat by Jonathan Burton h/t M. Wuerker
Posted in Art, Books, Europe
Tagged Georges Seurat, Painting, Un Dimanche apres-midi a l'Ile de la Grande jatte
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Get Smart
Smartify is a very clever free app that allows users to scan artworks to identify them and then get meaningful background information. This Shazam for art is already available for more than thirty major international art venues and more are being added monthly. … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Art, Museums, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged apps, art galleries, Painting, Sculpture, Wikipedia
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The Mind Loves The Unkown
“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown since meaning of the mind is itself unknown.”
Posted in Art, Europe, Museums
Tagged Belgium, Brussels, Painting, Rene Magritte, Surrealism
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I needed color
Okay, I admit that when I first ran across this short documentary video about the artwork from actor/comedian Jim Carrey I waited for the punchlines, but they never came. The film shows Carrey sketching, drawing, and painting large, colorful canvases … Continue reading
