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Summer is at an end trees are already changing from green to gold red yellow and brown All is well here in Amsterdam change is in the air, let autumn come I'm ready Greetings to all, it will be nice to photograph my city when its in full autumn colours...
Amsterdam My city My life, 2020 is here a new decade as began, lots of new wishes for a great year. The visit of my nephew was very good for me, it was nice to see how he is growing and happy to hear of the choices he is making in life. My health is good...
saturday night in amsterdam summer 2019 things are shaking all over town I was doing some myself out and about exploring and lots of pin ball lovely Elvira Mistress of the dark today was a hot day tomorrow we will see, would be nice to go out on gaivota...
Weekend is here there is a mid august chill in the air not yet the end of summer but its starting to cool down Sister came to visit from LA 12 days was good to catch up and spend time with family i am keeping myself busy with work and domestics not long...
Random Words and paintings MMaxi11 study on colours That was my thirteenth Lesson The landscape attempt was fun but I decided that there was not much more I could do I decided to finish the journey with my hand stamp I started a new project Reflection...
Random words and photos Days go By MMaxi10 study on colors A couple hours to go and it is time to have my tenth oil painting lesson I am going to have a go at a landscape the city of Funchal in Madeira I wish I was actually there now where it is warm...
MMaxi Study on colors Random Paintings and thoughts Days go by And that was it for the ninth lesson, I'm pleased with the outcome The voyage is not over A lot more colors to discover Next project a landscape, maybe a picture of Funchal Tomorrow is baby...
MMaxi10 study on colors Random paintings and thoughts My Seventh Lesson I'm one week behind, this was last week's lesson It is late in Amsterdam and cold to, it will rain a lot this week and cold wind as well The project of clearing up the VHS videos...
MMaxi10 Drawings and thoughts Days Go By My fourth lesson It is finished, I decided that I don't want to do more to the painting I want to start something new. Lessons take time, and time is even more scarce than ability in my case. I enjoyed my four...
Random Word's and Phrases Random Drawings and Thoughts Days Go By CATS are fighting MARIA is singing as she does always when I'm a little down WHY am I a bit down I have no idea WHY? I just do So it is a good time to work on a new idea The air is kind...
MMaxi10 Study on Colors My Eighth lesson Days go by Random Paintings and thoughts One more lesson and the painting will be ready, I better start thinking of what to paint next I'm enjoying my lessons and study on colors, it is nice to have one day in...
Henry Matisse De Muziek Schilderij 1939 Het thema van de twee zittende vrouwen is aan het einde van de jaren dertig niet ongewoon. Ongewoon voor Matisse is echter wel het vierkante formaat. Verticale en horizontale lijnen hoeden elkaar in evenwicht, met...
La dame en bleu 1937 Dame in Blauw Philadelphia, Mrs. John Wintersteen Collection In de doeken die in de jaren na 1937 volgden, zoals Dame in Blauw, miste Matisse het evenwicht dat hij had bereikt. Aan zijn collega-Kunstschilder Pierre Bonnard schreef...
Bij Interieur met etruskische vaas 1940 wordt de decoratieve stijl intiemer weergegeven. De verf is minder glad en de vormen zijn zachter. Het meisje zit te lezen in de zwarte kamer tussen de bladeren van de woekerende planten. Ze wordt op de voorgrond...
La Famille du peintre, 1911 Het Gezin van de Schilder, St Petersburg, Hermitage La famille Matisse: Matisse est né un 31 décembre, dans la maison de ses grands-parents maternels, bourgeois catésiens qui pratiquaient la tannerie. Après une dizaine de jours,...
"The new Matisses, seen in the autumn of 1905, were very shocking indeed. Even their handful of defenders were uncertain about them, while their detractors thought them barbaric. Particularly offensive was his use of this discordant colour in the familiar...
La Musique , De muziek 1910 Music is an art form that involves what are sometimes organised sounds and silence, although in some forms of 20th century aleatoric, and indeed improvisational music, as well as most Eastern traditions such as Gamelou, this...
In 1905 Matisse and his associates, notably André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck, caused a sensation at the Salon d'Automne with their brilliantly coloured, raw-factured canvases which earned them the label 'Fauves' (wild beasts). Matisse, however, also...
Goya Capriccios Spanish: Porque Esconderlos? English: Why Hide the Money? The answer is easy. He won't spend it; He doesn't spend it; he can't spend it. Although he is over eighty and as barely another month to live, he is afraid that he might have no...
La carrière d'Henri Matisse se laisse diviser en trois périodes: de ses débuts à la Première Guerre Mondiale, de la fin de la Première Guerre Mondiale à la fin de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, de 1945 à sa mort en 1954. À la première période correspond...
Goya 1746-1828 The remarkable Self-Portrait illustrates the painter's mastery at the age of about twenty-seven. A number of versions of the painting exist. It is the first of a series of self-portraits that continues throughout his career, recording truthfully...
Goya " Los Caprichos " Spanish: Al Conde Palatino English: To the Count Palatine In all sciences there are people who know everything without Having learned and have a ready remedy for all ills. One can't believe what they say. The really intelligent...
The Countess del Carpio, *Marchioness of Solana 1794-1795 Oil on Canvas Musée Du Louvre, Paris *marchioness |ˈmär sh (ə)nəs| noun the wife or widow of a marquess. • a woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval...
Goya The capriccios Spanish title: Nohubo remedio English title: There was no Cure They have made up their minds to kill this good women.After judgement was pronounced, she was dragged through the streets in triumph.She has indeed earned a triumph.If...
The Duchess of Osuna Oil on canvas in Private Collection The oil painting of the Duchess of Osuna, the beautiful quality of the portrait of the Duchess, with the rich harmony of it's colours, could deservedly take its place among the most outstanding...
