Edgar Degas’ “L’absinthe”, or “Glass of Absinthe”, was painted in 1876 and is one of my absolute favorite paintings. Though the actress it depicts is clearly heavi… more →
ELISA & DAVID @ Chelsea Girl Vintagewrote 5 months ago: One small family… …among the many that flooded the streets of David’s city. Brueghel ima … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569), Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c.1558, oil on canvas … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Turning from Gone With the Wind and 1937, I find myself arriving in a new poetic year at last— … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I was off to see The Courthald Gallery and entered along the Embankment entrance to Somerset House, … more →
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wrote 2 years ago: I love this painting. It’s about something totally tragic, a horrible killing in a winter vill … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Edgar Degas’ “L’absinthe”, or “Glass of Absinthe”, was painted i … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I am totally in awe of the work of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, the patriarch of the great Flemish fam … more →