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Showing posts with label uplift. Show all posts

The Cradle by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot! 

Morisot painted her sister Edma numerous times, and here she has captured Edma as a new mother watching over her daughter (Blanche). One of Berthe's most enduring and endearing paintings.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, 1872

Madame Boursier and her daughter by Berthe Morisot

Tuesdays with Berthe Morisot! 

Frankly, there's nothing quite like an exquisite painting to forget the ugliness in this world, at least for a moment or two.

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1873

Plum brandy by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet! 

Also known as "The Prune" the model is Ellen Andrée; we'll meet her again later.


National Gallery, Washington, DC, 1878

Irma Brunner by Edouard Manet

Welcome to Mondays with Edouard Manet, Tuesdays with Berthe Morisot and Wednesdays with Edgar Degas. Enjoy the show!

Who was Irma Brunner really? What did she do with her life, who did she love, what did she look like when she made love, who did she hate, was she ever angry, what did she look like when she laughed, was her heart ever broken, did she ever cry, and where is she now?

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, c. 1880

Chihuly in the Japanese Garden

We returned to Meijer Gardens recently to finish off our tour of the Chihuly sculptures, this time focusing on the Japanese Garden. new take...