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The Art of Albert Bierstadt

11 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, United States

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Albert Bierstadt, American West, art, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Frederick W. Lander, German American, Painting, Who Will Comfort Me

Giant Redwood Tress of California, by Albert Bierstadt
Giant Redwood Trees of California, by Albert Bierstadt

Photo credit: Albert Bierstadt Org & Wikipedia

German-American artist Albert Bierstadt (7 January 1830 – 18 February 1902) studied painting at the Düsseldorf school of painting from 1853 to 1857.  He was a member of the Hudson School, a rather informal group of artists.  The artwork of members of the Hudson School is characterized by luminism or the use of glowing light.  However Bierstadt is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School because of his interest in Westward Expansion.  He is the foremost painter of the American West.  He was a prolific and financially successful artist.

“In 1859, he traveled westward in the company of Frederick W. Lander, a land surveyor for the U.S. government, returning with sketches that would result in numerous finished paintings.” (Albert Bierstadt, Wikipedia)

Bierstadt went back West in 1863, traveling with author Fitz Hugh Ludlow, whose wife he would later marry.

When my family moved to British Columbia, I was seduced by the beauty of snow-capped mountains and Giants among trees.  I decided I would never leave so beautiful an environment.  But destiny had other plans.  I am writing a long article and suffering from a bout of myalgic encephalomyelitis.  I am, therefore, a little late.  My longer blog be will posted today, but I wanted to send you a progress report and a short post.  My research took me to Albert Bierstadt.

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artist: Albert Bierstadt  (7 January 1830 – 18 February 1902)
singer: Connie Dover‘s “Who Will Comfort Me“
 
 
Albert Bierstadt

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Vase of Flowers with Fruit, by Jacques-André Portail

01 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Art Museums, Arts and Entertainment, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum, New York City, Painting, Prada, United States

 

Jacques-André Portail

This painting has long been my favourite.  When I paint, I want to paint a Portail.

It is a watercolour painting, over traces of graphite, and is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.  It is also featured on the internet with other works by Jacques-André Portail (1695-1759).

After writing my blog this morning, I had a malaise.  So let this painting be my post for the day.

Allow me to wish you a lovely weekend.

Here is the gift of music: Adagio, by Chopin.

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A Painting by Suzor-Coté

16 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Canada, Fine art, French Canadian, Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor Coté, Painting, Rebellion, Suzor-Côté, WordPress

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté
(1869-1937)

 

This is a painting I simply love.  When he made this painting, I believe Suzor-Coté was thinking about every little girl.  I therefore wish to share it with you.

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté is a French-Canadian artist whose assistant was my grandmother.  She loved the fine arts.  She loved beauty.

Writing the story of the indépendantistes tired me out, so today I cannot post a long blog.  Yet, I feel that someone had to tell the story of the indépendantistes just so people can understand what is going on.  

The indépendantistes wish to have their own territory, which is understandable, but they cannot do so not at the cost of severe social unrest.  We are a privileged people.  By the way, I made slight corrections to my text and added links.  

My best to everyone.

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

05 Saturday May 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Barbizon School, Charles Jacque, Corot, En plein air, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nantes, Painting, Visual Arts

  Nantes

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (July 17, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was the leading member of the plein air Barbizon school.  

 

Woman with a Pearl, by Corot

I so love the colours he uses. Look at the water in Nantes.  He has created a patch of light by using a greenish blue with mauve hues.  It matches the sky.  Also note the serene ambiance and the discreet place he has given the little boat. 

Among paintings, few have the monochrome quality of Corot’s “Woman with a Pearl.” And few portraits depict so beautiful a woman as Corot’s lady.  It may be that Corot saw the beauty of this woman’s soul and let it shape her face.

I hope you have a lovely weekend, filled with beauty.  

Brahms Symphony No.3 Poco Allegretto
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Tom Thomson’s Jack Pine

13 Friday Apr 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Canada, Canadian, Emily Carr, Grey Day, Group of Seven, Jack Pine, Painting, Tom Thomson

Jack Pine

The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson (1916-1917)
A maple leaf adorns the Canadian flag.  However, the painting to the left, Thomas John Thomson’s The Jack Pine and The West Wind, to be featured in a future blog, constitute powerful symbols of Canada.

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Tom Thomson (b at Claremont, Ont 5 Aug 1877; d at Canoe Lk, Ont 8 July 1917) was not a member of the Group of Seven, arguably the most famous group of Canadian artists, but he is associated with the group, as is Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) who worked on the West Coast. 

Tom Thomson died at the age of forty, in somewhat mysterious circumstances, and he did not leave a large number of paintings for posterity to enjoy, but the Jack Pine, above, and the West Wind are iconic.  Canada has changed, but when Canadians think of Canada, they remember the Jack Pine. 

 

Tom Thomson, artist
With his instinctive technical abilities and his intense love of the North, Thomson had all the elements necessary to become a great painter (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-17399). The Canadian Encyclopedia                              

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