still life masters

I could study these paintings every day for the rest of my life yet still see something new to appreciate and discover. They are a masterclass in composition, color, texture and beauty. How a few simple objects can transform into a masterpiece.

still life with self portrait ~ emil carlsen

still life of cooking utensils, cauldron, casserole and eggs ~ jean baptiste simeon chardin, 1733-1734

still life with pepper and carrot ~ william merritt chase, 1900

still life ~ henri matisse

still life with teapot and fruit ~ henri rousseau

still life ~ julian alden weir, 1902-1905

still life with apples ~ paul cezanne, 1879

still life with apples and pears ~ gustave courbet, 1871

still life ~ giorgio morandi, 1925

still life with pears ~ vincent van gogh, 1888

still life in green ~ helene schjerfbeck, 1930

still life ~ camille pissarro, 1867

still life with nautilus cup (detail) ~ willem kalf, 1662

still life glass, silver goblet and cup of champagne ~ henri fantin latour, 1871

still life with china vase, copper pot, an apple and a bunch of grapes ~ william merritt chase

kitchen still life ~ william scott, 1948

brass kettle with porcelain coffe pot ~ emi carlsen, 1910

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painted skies

Expressive skies as seen through the eyes of some of my favorite artists…

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Detail from The Roofs of Paris ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Wind Swept Sands, Shinnecock, Long Island ~ William Merritt Chase, 1894

Le Havre, Stormy Skies over the Estuary ~ Eugene Boudin, 1894

Wooded Plateau, Fontainebleau ~ Camille Corot, 1835-1840

French Coastal Scene ~ Charles-Francois Daubigny, 1868

Clouds ~ Fyodor Vasilyev

Cabasson Landscape (study) ~ Henri-Edmond Cross, 1896-1899

Above the Clouds ~ Georgia O’Keeffe, 1962-1963

In the Patio VIII ~ Georgia O’Keeffe, 1950

Hanging the Laundry out to Dry ~ Berthe Morisot, 1875

Mountain Mist ~ Albert Bierstadt

Fontainebleau, Storm over the Plains ~ Camille Corot, 1822

Seascape Near Trouville ~ Gustave Courbet

Sky Study ~ Edgar Degas, 1869

Farm Scene ~ John Henry Twatchman, 1888-1891

The Roofs of Paris ~ Vincent Van Gogh, 1886

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a spring day

Henry David Thoreau

1855

April 15, 9 A.M. – To Atkin’s boat-house.

No sun till setting. Another still, moist, overcast day, without sun, but all day a crescent of light, as if breaking away in the north. The waters smooth and full of reflections. A still cloudy day like this is perhaps the best to be on the water. To the clouds, perhaps, we owe both the stillness and the reflections, for the light is in great measure reflected from the water. Robins sing now at 10 A.M. as in the morning, and the phoebe; and pigeon woodpecker’s cackle is heard, and many martins (with white-bellied swallows) are skimming and twittering above the water, perhaps catching the small fuzzy gnats with which the air is filled. The sounds of church bells, at various distances, in Concord and the neighboring towns, sounds very sweet to us on the water this still day. It is the song of the villages heard with the song of the birds.

Three Trees in Spring ~ Claude Monet, 1891

Spring ~ Pablo Picasso, 1956

The Cascade in Spring ~ John Henry Twachtman, 1890-1899

Pasture in Bloom ~ Vincent van Gogh, 1887

The first flowers ~ Paul Gauguin, 1888

“Cool” Series No. 80, Impatient Spring ~ Perle Fine, 1963

Spring at Catou ~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1872-1873

Melikhovo at spring ~ Isaac Levitan

Dark and Deep ~ Wolf Kahn

Trees by the Water ~ Paul Cezanne, 1900

Lake, Spring ~ Isaac Levitan, 1898

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