I've feeling right now, in this moment, that the world, our world here at any rate, has turned ever so slightly, and perhaps just for a second, back to a happy moment in time, a time of love and innocence. ut then the child appears doubtful.
Young Mother Sewing, 1900, by Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926.
A tale worth retelling by an artist whose own story is worth knowing.
Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614-1620, by Artemisia Gentilischi (1593-c.1656).
And in a flash she was engulfed by a wave of sadness, deep and profound, a tsunami of anguish.
Head of a Young Girl, c. 1916, by Amedeo Modigliani.
She was lost in thought, but looked up at me as if to ask as "what's happening around the globe and when is it going to end. . . "
The Girl in a Japanese Costume, c. 1890, by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
The thought struck her how stunningly beautiful she was. That was followed immediately by the question "What will I do now?"
The Lady of the Snows, c. 1896, by George Henry Boughton (1833-1905).
As she was getting ready for the day, the young woman looked into the mirror asked herself one more time, "OK, so if Lizzie Borden didn't murder her father and step-mother then WHO DID? She had the opportunity, a motive, lame to be sure, but still. . . and at least one of the murders occurred when she was most likely in the house. And she burned a dress the very next day! A puzzle indeed."
1875-1880, by Berthe Morisot (1841-1895).
Join with the artists at Skagen and have a grand Independence Day!
1888 by Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909)
In seeking escape from dwelling on the attempt by radical Republicans to storm the US capitol on 6 January, her mind drifted to the Red Rose by John Lavery (1856-1941).
Clarice Pusterla looked at me and said, "No more moral relativism, you've got to take sides. It's really that simple."
Portrait of a Lady, 15th century, by Giovanni Boltraffio.
