Monday Morning Museum: Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer – Wednesday 31 October 1632 Delft, Netherlands to Wednesday 15 December 1675 Delft, Netherlands

Dutch Baroque Era Painter


Since Vermeer mainly painted intimate interiors, I like this expansive exterior – View of Delft, circa 1660-1661 – exception to the usual subject matter of his works.




Last Monday’s Artist – Joseph Mallord William Turner
Next Monday’s Artist – William Lamb Picknell


Images:
Left: The Lacemaker, circa 1669-1670 from the website artrenewal.org
Center: A Maid Asleep, circa 1656-1657 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: The Geographer, circa 1668-1669 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner – Sunday 23 April 1775 London, England to Friday 19 December 1851 London, England

English Romantic Painter

This image by Turner – Old London Bridge, circa 1796-1797 – reminds me of the nursery rhyme whose first verse is “London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady.”




Last Monday’s Artist - Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Next Monday’s Artist – Johannes Vermeer


Images:
Left: London, 1809 from the website pintura.aut.org
Center: View of London From Greenwich, 1825 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Chichester Canal, circa 1828 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat – Thursday 20 June 1833 Bayonne, France to Friday 8 September 1922 Monchy-Saint-Éloi, France

French Academic Painter


My experience in the Sistine Chapel was somewhat different than the one being depicted in this Bonnat painting - Intérieur de la Chapelle Sixtine, circa 1877-1879 – I was certainly not alone with my thoughts and admiration.




Last Monday’s Artist - Katsushika Hokusai
Next Monday’s Artist – Joseph Mallord William Turner


Images:
Left: La Petite Sœur de L’artiste, 1850 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: Roman Girl at a Fountain, 1875 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Jeune Fille Italienne, date unknown from the website the-athenaeum.org
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Monday Morning Museum: Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai – October/November 1760 Edo, Japan to Thursday 10 May 1849 Edo, Japan

Japanese Ukiyo-e Printmaker

All of Katsushika Hokusai images in this post are from his series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”.


When I first saw this print – Fuji Seen Through the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, circa 1830 – the bridge seemed familiar to me, though I have never been to Japan. Then I realized that the Mannen Bridge could be the inspirational source for Claude Monet’s Japanese bridge at Giverny (which I have seen in person). I love the connection from one artist and culture to another!



Last Monday’s Artist – Charles Nègre
Next Monday’s Artist – Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat

Images:
Left: Sazai Hall – Temple of Five Hundred Rakan, circa 1830 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: The Great Wave at Kanagawa, circa 1830-1832 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Ushibori in the Hitachi Province, circa 1830 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Charles Nègre

Charles Nègre – 1820 Grasse, France to 1880 Grasse, France

French Photographer

The primary reason that I like this photograph – Arles. Saint-Trophime, 1852 – is the composition of the print and how it draws me into the picture.




Last Monday’s Artist – Francesco Lazzaro Guardi
Next Monday’s Artist – Katsushika Hokusai

Images:
Left: Der Wald von Muy (Var), 1852 from the website images.zeno.org
Center: The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes, 1858-1859 from the website images.zeno.org
Right: Pinien an einem Strand bel Cannes, 1852 from the website images.zeno.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent