I like brioches. I like smelling them, I like viewing them, I like gently squeezing them, I like tasting them.
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Vincent van Gogh: The Potato Eaters
Van Gogh painted the potato eaters in 1885, in Nuenen. He hoped that the picture would gain him entry into
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Art Institue of Chicago – Modern Art
Today my topic is works of modern art from the Art Institute of Chicago which I last visited in April
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Woman Reclining, Sleeping (1901 – 1995)
Last update: 7th April 2024 The topic of this post is the pictorial depiction of the female figure reclining, or
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Carmen Gaudin
Carmen Gaudin was the favourite model of the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901). Toulouse-Lautrec met red-haired Carmen Gaudin in
Continue readingView of the Asylum and the Chapel at Saint Remy de Provence
At the end of the 19th century, the former Augustinian monastery of Saint Paul de Mausole, dating back to the
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Caspar David Friedrich: “the most solitary of the solitary”
First time I saw “The Wanderer”, CD Friedrich’s masterpiece, it was on the front cover of Nietzsche’s book “Thus spoke
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The Discovery of Matthias Grunewald: a personal journey
Featured Image: Grünewald in a 19th century depiction on the de:Frankoniabrunnen, by Ferdinand von Miller (1824), now in front of the Würzburg Residence.
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Church of Saint Anna, Amorgos, Greece – Αγία Άννα, Αμοργός
This is a painting I finished a few days ago. It depicts the small church of Saint Anna, on the
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