bluedahlia

A couple versions of "The Lady of Shalott".

John Sidney Meteyard - 1913



John William Waterhouse, 1894

jcitron

These paintings are from my favorite period in history. Even though I play a lot of Baroque music on my harpsichord and clavichord, the Romantic period is up there on my passionate list. The art and music from this period gives me goose-pimples.

A few weekends ago I had quite an experience that I'll have to post about in detail. I did some piano-sitting at the Frederick Collection in Ashburnham, MA www.fredereickcollection.org

Their casework is just as beautiful as the music that is played on them.

John

bluedahlia

I'm glad you like them. I just love the rich colours and peaceful looks.

bluedahlia

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema..(1836-1912), is another one of my favourites.

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Laurel (I especially like the plant in the piece. Have a few oleanders that I keep outside during the summer months only.)



Few artists enjoyed the success that the Dutch-born painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema achieved in the United Kingdom with his studies of semi-nudes, which were set against a background of daily life in ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. Born in Dronryp, his art training began at the Antwerp Academy, and was completed with Baron Leys, an historical painter whose careful reconstructions of life in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries made him the ideal teacher for a painter like Alma-Tadema, whose choice of subject-matter had always been similar. But it was left to Ernst Gambert, the Belgian international art dealer to realise that in Alma-Tadema he had found himself a first-class artist. After seeing his work, Gambert immediately commissioned forty-four paintings which were eventually shown in England, where they caused an instant sensation.

pokie too

Sorry the previous might have been a wild transmission since my new baby kitten attacked my labtop unexpectedly....BUT yes art love it and these examples are great will you except any art like photos or hand work? pokie

bluedahlia

Of course!

bluedahlia