Happy Mother’s Day!
With Le Berceau (The Cradle), by Berthe Morisot, one of the great ladies of Impressionism.
Posts Tagged ‘Impressionism’
Fields in Spring, by Claude Monet
Yes, springtime is here at long last. To present my best wishes for the season, I am posting one of Monsieur Monet’s many celebrations of the glories of nature. Now, if you will excuse me, I will go for a stroll in the park…
Coming tomorrow: a guest post by Stephanie Cowell, author of Claude and Camille
Whenever visiting the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, I was always struck by the deathbed portrait of Madame Monet by her husband Claude. “Pretty” pastel colors, as in many Impressionist paintings, but at the same time a sense of infinite sadness, of utter bereavement. I knew of the passionate love between Claude and Camille, his many […]
