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There are positives to #StormFranklin - the rain coming into my flat via the roof is watering my Prayer Plant & Orchids… (apparently the latter don’t like the fluoride in Irish water. I’m watching them carefully for any other conspiracies or Fascist tendencies).
She continued to paint the Scenery around Murnau throughout her life & sought to share the emotion the landscapes evinced from her. Schloss Elmau in Winter (1933), Staffelsee (1934), Blauer Kegelberg (1930) & Self-Portrait (1935)
Münter gave us a significant number of portraits of her friends & family. These are startlingly modern & exciting. Each utterly beguiling. Portrait of Anna Roslund (1917), In der Erdbeerzeit (1919), Woman in Stockholm (1917) & Meditation (1917)
Tunis (1905), Rapallo (1905-6), Le Jardin St Cloud (1906) & Snow at Kochel (1909) track her rapid development in style from almost sculptural dark landscapes to her bright, flattened Expressionist approach.
Münter was born to a well-off Berlin family. In 1898 she spent 2y in the US. From 1901 she studied at a range of schools & came into Kandinsky’s orbit. She was his partner for 10y. Münter by Kandinsky (1903) & early drawings (1902), including a self-portrait
Here’s what #StormEunice is up to right now. Yellow circle shows hurricane force winds. Red arrow shows likely track of the storm.
Charge your phone, find torches, fill kettle, be careful with candles, make sure your bins & trampolines tied down, stay home, make love 😉
Here’s the current satellite image of wind power with red as strongest winds. The yellow arrow shows where Storm Eunice is building up. She’s popping by from Thursday & there’s a possibility of snow in N Ireland, N England & Scotland
Lady Lavery, an American with a British title, would go on to become the embodiment of the Republic of Ireland, appearing on all bank notes until the Euro. I’ve ‘digitally restored’ Belfastman John Lavery’s canvas to allow those whites to sing, once again. https://t.co/isKRF8Mdaw
The Norman Rockwell Museum holds 700 of his works. His work is still extremely popular & has influenced commercial cinematography in particular. Coming & Going (1947) & Statue of Liberty (1946). Few artists have charted the contemporary society of their time with such genius.
The role of African Americans in society was something he cared deeply about, just as he was keen to document the space race. Spring is in the Air (1969), Apollo 11 Space Team (1969), The Final Impossibility (1969) & The Collector (1971)