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Category Archive: General

Painting the gardener 2 1800-1941

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Paintings of gardeners by Bazille, Sisley, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Grant Wood and others.

June 30, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Painting the gardener 1 to 1700

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Before 1700, the myth of Vertumnus and Pomona was popular, as was Mary Magdalene’s mistaking of the resurrected Christ as a gardener.

June 29, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 262

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Roll on […]

June 29, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A to Z of Landscapes: Trees 2

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Second and concluding article, including paintings by van Gogh, Chase, Monet, Pissarro, Cézanne and others.

June 28, 2024 General, Life, Painting

A to Z of Landscapes: Trees 1

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The first of two articles about painting trees, featuring Rubens, Poussin, Gainsborough, Constable, Corot and others.

June 27, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Sea of Mists: Pupils, Knud Baade

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From the south-west coast of Norway, he studied under JC Dahl in Dresden between 1836-39, and specialised in dramatic nocturnes.

June 26, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 139 Ferry

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Charon ferrying the dead to the Underworld, and rarely back again, Psyche in her quest, the centaur Nessus, and lots of sheep and cattle.

June 25, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Changing Paintings: 25 The slaughter of Niobe’s children

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The consequences of pride, when all 14 of Niobe’s children are slaughtered by Apollo and Diane, but she’s unrepentant to the last.

June 24, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 261

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 261. Here are my solutions to them. 1: From […]

June 24, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Heroines 6: Jason’s first abandoned wife

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First wife of Jason of the Golden Fleece, abandoned when he went off on his quest and married Medea. He came to a sticky end, though.

June 23, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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