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Whenever sadness and disappointment settle in, I like to return to George Frederic Watts' painting, 'Hope' (1886). Stranded on a globe, blindfolded, Hope plays a lyre missing all but one string. Only she can hear the music. How beautiful and soothing it must be! #WednesdayWisdom
#painting: ‘View of Dresden by Moonlight’ (1839)
Johan Christian Dahl was a Norwegian-born artist who spent a large part of his life in Germany – Dresden, in particular – where he befriended the well-renowned painter Caspar David Friedrich. Read more: https://t.co/mR5lbyR92l
Edward Hopper completed 54 preparatory sketches before he painted the interior of a theater in 'New York Movie' (1939). As it was often the case, the model for the woman/usherette was his wife, Jo Hopper.
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As a staunch feminist, throughout her career Joan Semmel has been using her art to offer us a woman's perspective on nudity and eroticism. Her more recent nude self-portraits highlight a subject often overlooked in art: the aging female body. #painting: 'Centered' (2002)
"As for me, I am calm, and I decorate myself with three words that I wish to be the seal of all my work: Pictor classicus sum."
~ Giorgio de Chirico
#painting: 'Self-portrait' (1922), oil on canvas https://t.co/9DoHEjrDJ7
#painting: 'View of Dresden by Moonlight' (1839) by Johan Christian Dahl, oil on canvas https://t.co/mR5lbyR92l
Leopoldo Méndez – Little School Teacher, How Great is Your Will (1948) https://t.co/8KLWc4sthB
Nicholas Roerich – Mount of Five Treasures (Two Worlds), 1933 https://t.co/cacjYvRsAg