To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Miners in the Sierras 1851-1852 by Charles Christian Nahl and August Wenderoth I love color! When looking at art, I am often drawn to the color on the canvas before the subject of...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Toilette by Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec Look at her, it is as if strands of blue thread have been woven into her hair; and why not — the thin blue lines...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Mada Primavesi by Gustave Klimt She is just so darn sassy! I love how bold this little girl is, with her hand on her waist, and the look of expectation, as...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Large Tree by Paul Gauguin Painted in 1891, this idyllic and exotic oil was one of the first paintings created by Gauguin, upon arriving in Tahiti, where he had gone seeking the...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Evening Tones by Oscar Bluemner Strolling through a museum, I often feel that I am at a reunion of sorts, looking for familiar friends, which I long to reconnect with, and hoping perhaps...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The South Ledges, Appledore (1913) by Childe Hassam Have you ever wished you could be dropped into a painting? At the moment, I wish I were the woman in this painting, sitting on...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The White Ballet by Everett Shinn I must confess that I initially thought this was a Degas, as opposed to a work by Everett Shinn, an American artist, who was part of “the Eight”;...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Red Pepper Time by Oscar Edmond Berninghaus A St. Louis, Missouri transplant to Taos, New Mexico, like so many artists after him who fell in love with the light of area and the...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ South Entrance to the Covered Bridge in Winter Snow by Paul Sawyier Though born in Ohio, Paul Sawyier (1865-1917) is considered one of Kentucky’s finest artists; I was introduced to him by my...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Spring in Boston by Sergio Roffo Yes, I am well aware that autumn is upon us, and winter is around the corner, nevertheless, I offer you Spring in Boston (1994), a bright, vibrant...
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