Wednesday, December 28, 2016

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A new series begins here on
TUESDAY 3rd JANUARY
The blog will be updated every day

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

TODAY'S PAINTING BRINGS THIS SERIES TO AN END

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An Eloquent Silence  (1890)
Laurence Alma-Tadema 1836-1912


No.600
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Monday, May 30, 2016

After the Sitting  (1884)
Richard Bergh 1858-1919

No.599
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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Closed Shutters  (c.1900)
Elizabeth Nourse 1859-1938

No.598
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Saturday, May 28, 2016

Young Street Arabs
Bartolome Esteban Murillo 1617-82


No.597
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Friday, May 27, 2016

Joan of Arc  (1879)
Jules Bastien-Lepage 1848-84

No.596
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

A Marriage of Convenience
William Quiller Orchardson

No.595
The new Art Blogs begin on Wednesday 1st June
ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
http://onehundredpaintingseveryoneshouldknow.blogspot.com
and
THE ART OF JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD
http://theartofjohnwilliamgodward.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Sara with her Dog in an Armchair  (1901)
Mary Cassatt 1844-1926

No.594
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The Massacre of Glencoe
James Hamilton 1853-94

No.593
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Anna Pavlova as a Bacchante  (1911)
John Lavery 1856-1941


No.592
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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Icebergs  (1861)
Frederic Edwin Church 1826-1900

No.591
TWO NEW ART BLOGS
are coming soon
ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
will replace
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART
and
THE ART OF JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD
will replace
THE PAINTINGS OF EDVARD MUNCH

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Saturday, May 21, 2016

The Tempest
Giorgioni 1477-1510

No.590
TWO NEW ART BLOGS
are coming soon
ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
will replace
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART
and
THE ART OF JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD
will replace
THE PAINTINGS OF EDVARD MUNCH

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Friday, May 20, 2016

The Tease  (1901)
John William Godward 1861-1922

No.589
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Bathsheba at the Fountain  (c.1635)
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640

No.588
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The North Sea in Stormy Weather after Sunset  (1909)
Laurits Tuxen 1853-1927

No.587
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

A Day of Celebration
Fanny Brate 1862-1940

No.586
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Monday, May 16, 2016

Place d'Anvers, Paris  (1880)
Federico Zandomeneghi 1841-1917

No.585
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Daisies
William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905

No.584
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Jane Morris (The Blue Silk Dress)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-82

No.583
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Friday, May 13, 2016

The Orange Blind
Francis Cadell 1883-1937

No.582
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

A Highland Funeral  (1882)
James Guthrie 1859-1930

No.581
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

On the Banks of the Oise  (1883)
Dennis Miller Bunker 1861-90

No.580
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Johannes Vermeer 1632-75

No.579
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Monday, May 9, 2016

The Death of Cleopatra  (1874)
Jean-Andre Rixens 1846-1925

No.578
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Niagara Falls  (1893/4)
John Henry Twachtman 1853-1902

No.577
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

After the Ride  (c.1903)
Julian Alden Weir 1852-1919

No.576
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Friday, May 6, 2016

Twilight Confidences  (1888)
Cecilia Beaux 1855-1942

No.575
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Mail Coach driving along the Beach at Skagen, Denmark  (c.1890)
Carl Locher 1851-1915

No.574
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Mr and Mrs Andrews  (c.1750)
Thomas Gainsborough 1727-88

No.573
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Nude in Dappled Sunlight  (1915)
Frederick Carl Frieseke 1874-1939

No.572
THE PAINTINGS OF EDVARD MUNCH blog is now being updated every day

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Zoe Ionides  (1881)
George Frederic Watts 1817-1904

No.571
From now on THE PAINTINGS OF EDVARD MUNCH will be updated every day

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Isaac van Amburgh and his Animals  (1839)
Edwin Landseer 1802-73

No.570
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Saturday, April 30, 2016

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp  (1632)
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-69

No.569
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Friday, April 29, 2016

A Sleeping Nymph watched by a Shepherd  (c.1780)
Angelica Kauffman 1741-1807

No.568
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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer  (1907)
Gustav Klimt 1862-1918

No.567
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

The Wedding at Cana
Paolo Veronese 1528-88

No.566
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Self-Portrait
Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya 1875-1952

No.565
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Monday, April 25, 2016

Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825

No.564
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Nude Girl with a Parrot
George Bellows 1882-1925
No.563
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Saturday, April 23, 2016

For of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven  (1891)
Frank Bramley 1857-1915

No.562
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Hay Wain 
John Constable 1776-1837


This painting, finished in 1821, depicts a rural scene on the River Stour between the English counties of Suffolk and Essex. It hangs in the National Gallery in London and is regarded as Constable's most famous image and is one of the greatest and most popular British paintings
No.560
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Fishing Boats in Morning Fog
Berndt Lindholm 1841-1914

No.559
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Still Life with a Crab  (1644)
Pieter Claesz 1597/8-1660

No.558
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Monday, April 18, 2016

The Bunch of Lilacs  (1875)
James Tissot 1836-1902

No.557
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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Whistlejacket  (c.1762)
George Stubbs 1724-1806


This is the most famous of George Stubbs' paintings. In 1997 it was acquired by the National Gallery for the sum of £11 million pounds.
No.556
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Saturday, April 16, 2016

David Garrick as Richard III
William Hogarth 1697-1764

No.555
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Friday, April 15, 2016

Morning Awakening  (1876)
Eva Gonzales 1849-83

No.554

My Current Blogs are updated as follows
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART - every day
THE PAINTINGS OF EDVARD MUNCH - Monday, Wednesday and Friday
POETRY - A PERSONAL CHOICE - every day
ARABESQUE - POETRY AND PROSE - Tuesday and Saturday

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

The Sea View of Cliffs
Guy Rose 1867-1925

No.553
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Nocturne  (1887)
Eilif Peterssen 1852-1928

No.552
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Spirit of the Night  (1879)
James Atkinson Grimshaw 1836-93

No.551
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