Monday Morning Museum: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot – Sunday 17 July 1796 Paris, France to Monday 22 February 1875 Paris, France

French Realist Painter


Though it may actually be a nymphaeum, this painting of the ruin by Corot – Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, March 1826 – is not diminished by giving the subject of the work its commonly know name.



Last Monday’s Artist – Jacob van Strij
Next Monday’s Artist – George Wesley Bellows


Images:
Left: Rocks in Amalfi, circa 1826-1827 from the website artrenewal.org
Center: Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath), 1836 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: A Windmill in Montmartre, circa 1845 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Brilliant Solstice Sun

Brilliant Solstice Sun
Flares star energy toward Earth.
Summer light arrives.

- Adrean Darce Brent
Tuesday 21 June 2011

"Summer Solstice 2011" graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Jacob van Strij

Jacob van Strij – Saturday 2 October 1756 Dordrecht, Netherlands to Saturday 4 February 1815 Dordrecht, Netherlands

Dutch Landscape Painter


Though Jacob van Strij mainly painted the land life of rural people, here is a different image – The Yacht of the VOC-Chamber of Rotterdam, 1790 – showing the sea life of urban people.



Last Monday’s Artist – John Singer Sargent
Next Monday’s Artist – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot


Images:
Left: Kustlandschap met figuren bij een ruïne, circa 1790-1800 from the website rijksmuseumtwenthe.nl
Center: Landscape With Cattle, circa 1800 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Landschap met veedrijver en schaapherder, circa 1800-1815 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Clarence Anicholas "The Big Man" Clemons - Tenor Saxophonist

Clarence Anicholas Clemons - Sunday 11 January 1942 Norfolk, Virginia to Saturday 18 June 2011 Palm Beach, Florida

"Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage. His loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly forty years. He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band."

- Bruce Springsteen

Images:
Left: Clarence Clemons from the website wolfsgangvault.com
Center: Clarence Clemons from the website umes.edu
Right: Clarence Clemons from the website mediaconfidential.blogspot.com

Boston Vanquishes Vancouver And Skates With Stanley!

Boston Bruins win!
Silver Stanley Cup at home
With Black, Gold and White.

- Adrean Darce Brent
Wednesday 15 June 2011

Images:
Left: Boston Bruins Stanley Cup from the website facebook.com
Center: Boston Bruins team from the website bruins.nhl.com
Right: Boston Bruins logo from the website upload.wikimedia.org

Monday Morning Museum: John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent – Saturday 12 January 1856 Florence, Italy to Tuesday 14 April 1925 London, England

American Portrait Painter


I have always admired this painting – Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888 – ever since the first time I saw it at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during my freshman year of college. I like its simplicity and the recurring motif of the neckline’s shape in the pearls around Isabella’s waist and the clasping of her hands. The Italian-inspired museum is absolutely wonderful and visually stunning from the central courtyard to the variety of artwork on all three floors.




Last Monday’s Artist – Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky
Next Monday’s Artist – Jacob van Strij

Images:
Left: The Chess Game, circa 1907 from the website artrenewal.org
Center: Thistle, circa 1870-1872 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: A Study of Architecture, Florence, circa 1910 from the website artrenewal.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky – 16 December 1866 Moscow, Russia to 13 December 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Russian-born French Expressionist Painter


Kandinsky presents in this piece – Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925 – a work whose theme is the display of the primary pigment colors utilized in painting. I have used these same colors in the "Monday Morning Museum" logo.



Last Monday’s Artist - André Kertész
Next Monday’s Artist – John Singer Sargent

Images:
Left: Interior (My Dining Room), 1909 from the website cgfa.acropolisinc.com
Center: The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27), 1912 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: In the Blue, 1925 from the website pintura.aut.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent