Just for fun, I'm posting one Christmas picture a day as my first post. Of course this doesn't prevent me from posting other holiday scenes as the mood strikes. Among other things, I love the visual aspects of Christmas - as if you couldn't tell. Ha. (Love this hilarious Norman Rockwell celebration of the season!)
Monday, December 20, 2010
A Good Morning Christmas Picture
Just for fun, I'm posting one Christmas picture a day as my first post. Of course this doesn't prevent me from posting other holiday scenes as the mood strikes. Among other things, I love the visual aspects of Christmas - as if you couldn't tell. Ha. (Love this hilarious Norman Rockwell celebration of the season!)
Ah! The wonderful Mr Rockwell! Love it, Yvette!
ReplyDeleteI love this one, especially as, since we see no children, we may assume this is a middle-aged couple grimly determined to carry on the Christmas tradition for its own sake, despite the danger of two of them on a ladder. His meticulous, if pathetic, placement of the star, and her heroically gripping his belt. Life is indeed a slippery slope sometmes.
ReplyDeleteSue: Yes, I love his work. I laughed when I saw this. But there's also something very touching about the scene.
ReplyDeleteJacqueline: I was new to this painting, but when I saw it I loved it immediately and laughed out loud. And yet, as you say, there's a whole story there for us to decipher. Very touching in their sweetly patient determination.
ReplyDeleteThere is a special Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum I have been meaning to visit! It shows photos of the live models he posed to paint many of his famous scenes.They were often peoople from his hometown. I hope to go once the holidays are over.
ReplyDeleteOh Pat, I hope you'll have tons of photos (if they let you take them). I've been reading how Norman Rockwell's hero when he was a young illustrator was the often mentioned (by me) J.C. Leyendecker, but Rockwell did go on to develop his own recognizable style. Love his workk. Love Leyendecker too.
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