To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice.
~ Andre Malraux ~
Himself and Herself
By
Robert Henri
I was immediately drawn to these portraits, which the artist painted while on a trip to Ireland. I found her beautiful, with a slight sparkle, almost as if she wishes to smile, but fears it may be inappropriate; and him a bit somber though steady, with a look of let’s get on with this foolishness, I have work to do.
I was pleased the couple were kept together, and that I was able to see them side by side.
Johnny Cummings, and Irish fisherman
Biddy, Johnny’s wife
Art can never exist without naked beauty displaced.
~ William Blake ~
