To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Tiberias by Nicola Kovach, (Covach) I long to stroll these shores; even more so now that I know where they are, it is not a stop I made during my long ago...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Bedroom by Vincent Van Gogh The artist has three paintings with the same name, this is the second version, housed at the Chicago Art Institute. I am drawn to the colors...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Frankfurt Station by John Moore This is an oil on canvas, but to me it does not look like a painting; rather some sort of three dimensional art. I am not entirely...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ School Time by Winslow Homer Are you surprised? I was. It is not that I only expect seascapes from Winslow Homer, but I think of his work as being more dramatic and in...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Grey Weather, Morning with Figures, Eragny by Camille Pissarro I do not see the grey morning; rather I am drawn to the golden fields, bordered by wild flowers, and the harvest. I...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ At the Foot of the Cross by Robert Scott Duncanson I know she projects a deep melancholy; but I also find her beautiful and at the moment, she speaks to me. For many...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Little Miss Hone by Samuel Finley Breese Morse Yes, the artist is the inventor of the Morse code and telegraph. The painting, which is at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, is...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Lighthouse and Buildings, Portland Head by Edward Hopper I very much appreciate Edward Hopper’s work; thus I have featured so much of it, on these pages. I am actually surprised that...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Bank of Oise at Auvers, 1890 by Vincent Van Gogh The colors in this painting are truly extraordinary; but what I most love is how Van Gogh has used the...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Norte Dame Cathedral, Paris by Childe Hassam It has been a year since we all woke up to the news that this beautiful cathedral, a piece of art, in its own right,...
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