Monday, September 30, 2013

PAINTINGS OF JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856-1925

"Karer See"  1914
(Karer See is a lake in the Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy)


Starting here tomorrow, a series of paintings by Francois Boucher 1703-70

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Sunday, September 29, 2013

PAINTINGS OF JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856-1925

"Artist in the Simplon"  c.1909
(Simplon is the name of a region in the Alps)


Tomorrow's painting "Karer See" concludes this series

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Friday, September 27, 2013

PAINTINGS OF JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856-1925

"Dolce Far Niente"  1905-9
(pleasant idleness)


Tomorrow - Portrait of Lady Speyer

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

PAINTINGS OF JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856-1925

"The Sitwell Family"  c.1900

L to R - Edith, Sir George, Lady Ida, Sacheverell and Osbert

Tomorrow -  Bedouins

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013

PAINTINGS BY JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856-1925

"Portrait of Madame Paul Poirson"  1885


Tomorrow - Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson

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Friday, September 20, 2013

PAINTINGS BY JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856-1925

"Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose"  1885


Tomorrow - Portrait of Madame Paul Poirson

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Monday, September 16, 2013

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Saturday, September 14, 2013

"The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog"


Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840

The above concludes this short series.
Beginning tomorrow, a number of paintings by John Singer Sargent

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Sunday, September 8, 2013

"Chalk Cliffs on Rugen"


Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840
More paintings by this artist each day this week

Have you visited "My Own Selection of British Art of the 19th Century" yet?

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Saturday, September 7, 2013

THE PAINTINGS OF JAN VERMEER 1632-75

"A Lady seated at a Virginal"


Today's painting concludes the series.
Tomorrow - The first of seven paintings by Caspar David Friedrich

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Friday, September 6, 2013

THE PAINTINGS OF JAN VERMEER 1632-75

"A Lady standing at the Virginal" (1670-2)


Tomorrow - A Lady seated at the Virginal

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

THE PAINTINGS OF JAN VERMEER 1632-75

"The Guitar Player" (1670-2)


Tomorrow - A Lady standing at the Virginal

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

THE PAINTINGS OF JAN VERMEER 1632-75

"Lady writing a Letter with her Maid" (1670-1)


Tomorrow - Allegory of Faith

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Monday, September 2, 2013

THE PAINTINGS OF JAN VERMEER 1632-75

"The Lacemaker" (1670)


Tomorrow - Lady writing a Letter with her Maid
BLOG NEWS - "The Eternal Venus" will have shown 180 paintings by Friday and will come to an end then. "My Own Selection of Pre-Raphaelite Paintings" which ran from June 2010 to June 2011 returns on Saturday 7th with a new title "My Own Selection of British Art of the 19th Century" but using the same address - http://myownselection.blogspot.com
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Sunday, September 1, 2013