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Image: Alfred Sisley, Snow at Louveciennes (1874) Our Saturday art post takes us to the small towns outside of Paris where the Impressionists took up lodging to save money. Alfred Sisley, a Brit among the French, painted winter scenes from this area for several years. His work was among those who caught the eye of […]
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Image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880-81). The re-opening of D.C. restaurants and the casting off of social distancing rules (in many places) brought to mind one of the most cherished paintings in the District. Renoir’s celebration of sun, friends, and conviviality captures all the emotions of the moment and is a jewel […]
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Image: Claude Monet, Nature morte au melon d’Espagne (1879) This week’s art posting does not travel far from last week’s. We go from Manet to Monet. From 1864 to 1879. From fish to fruit. And we continue our still life series. The still life of apples, grapes, and melon may be a tad out of […]
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Image: John Singer Sargent, Venetian Wineshop (c.1898). Earlier this week, we posted our guide to great D.C. neighborhood wine shops. In that posting we included a painting by John Singer Sargent of a wine shop in Venice. On Saturdays, we like to highlight art, especially art related to food and wine. So, this Saturday, we […]
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For our weekly trip to the museum, we take a virtual voyage to Cleveland where The Apple Seller by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Renoir went by the name Auguste. For late August and the coming of apple season, it seemed apropos. From the Museum description: “This painting […]
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