Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Dancers 1878 by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!

It's really about two things: movement and those luscious red flowers. . .

1878

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Dancer tilting and dancer with bouquet by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!

Two fine examples of Degas's obsession with movement and the moment of action:

circa 1883
circa 1877

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Portrait of Edma Pontillon by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot!

Edma was Berthe's sister and an equally remarkable painter in her own right. She gave up painting when she married.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, 1871

Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Bernice Audrey Van Halsema Vandenberg 1927-2025

Happy Birthday Mom/Gram/Greatgram!!