“To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.” ~ Auguste Renoir Photos of paintings done by Auguste Renoir displayed at the Clarke Museum, MA. Onions, 1881 Girl Read more…
Women in Paintings (1800s) as seen at the Clarke Museum. Auguste Toulmouche, French : Woman and Roses, 1879 Alfred Stevens, Belgian, Memories and Regrets, 1874 Alfred Stevens, Belgian, The Visit, 1874 Raimundo Garreta, Spanish. Reverie – The Letter, 1870 Raimundo Garreta, Spanish. Woman with Parrot, 1872 The Clarke Museum, USA – Read more…
The Clark Art Institute in Williamston, Massachusetts (also known as the Clark Institute) is probably the most beautiful art museum I have visited so far. The outside grounds alone is already picture perfect and serene. Inside the 11,000 sq. ft of gallery space is filled with huge (as in huge) Read more…
Happiness is when you come face to face with some masterpieces. Some of the few masterpieces at the National Gallery of Ontario in Ottawa. Paul Cezanne’s The Road to Auvers-sur-Oise 1873-1874 Paul Cezanne’s Forest 1902-1904 Paul Cezanne’s Meadow and Farm of Jas de Bouffan 1885-1887 Paul Gauguin’s Quarries of Le Chour Read more…
The Don Valley Brick Works (often referred to as the Evergreen Brick Works) is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known Toronto landmarks, Read more…