Saturday, September 28, 2013

Saturday Salon: Rooms With A View



Irish painter William Orpen (1878 - 1931) The Window Seat

Polish painter Edward Okun (1872 - 1945)

Irish painter Sir John Lavery (1856 - 1941)

Danish painter Laurits Andersen Ring (1854 - 1933)

Italian painter Silvestro Lega (1826 - 1895)

Contemporary American painter Mark Keller

American illustrator Dick Sargent (1911 - 1978)

Hungarian painter Spanyik Kornel (1848 - 1943)

Contemporary English painter Nicholas Hely Hutchinson - A Window in St. Ives

Spanish painter Pablo Picasso - Studio 1957

American painter Andrew Wyeth (1917 - 2009)

French painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) Young Man at a Window 1875

Contemporary Swiss illustrator Etienne Delessert

Contemporary French painter Bernard Scholl

French painter Pierre Bonnard (1867 - 1947) - The Window

Danish painter Laurits Andersen Ring (1854 - 1933)

American painter Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958)

American painter Edward Lamson Henry (1841 - 1919)

Contemporary Italian illustrator Roberto Innocenti

Italian painter Vito D'Ancona (1825 - 1884)

French painter Henri Lebasque (1865 - 1937) - The Blue Robe 1920

Belgian painter Henri de Brakeleer (1840 - 1888)

Irish Painter Sir John Lavery (1856 - 1941)

The Met's exhibition of Rooms With A View: The Open Window in the 19th Century gave me the idea and title for this post and for the Pinterest Board which hoards these and many more paintings.

The Mets Catalogue - Cover painting by Casper David Friedrich - Sabine Rewald, designer and curator.

Unlike The Met, not all the works of art I feature are 19th century, some are later, but the view is always looking out. That was my one requisite. Oh, and in my version, it's not all strictly windows.


20 comments:

  1. Dear Yvette - what a lovely theme you have picked for this weeks Saturday salon.
    I enjoyed taking a peek through all of these windows.
    If there is one thing that we humans desire in our homes - its a room with a view.

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    1. Thanks Rosemary. Yes, I agree. Even if it's just a couple of trees or a beautiful building - we MUST have a view. :)

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  2. Yvette I enjoyed the Bernard Scholl with the just opened window and view. That would be my choice.

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    1. You can probably get it in some sort of print form, Dave. I thought it was an older painting, but found out the artist is a contemporary painting in this style.

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  3. Freud could make a lot of this, but what the hell -- the painting that speaks to me today is the one by Danish painter Ring -- the one I wish spoke to me is by Irish painter Lavery ...... these are wonderful, Yvette...

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    1. Oh, our moods change from day to day, Becky. There's no call to get old Freud involved - he'd probably make too much of it. :)

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  4. Of course you are right, Yvette -- and when you're right, you're right -- right? -- of course right!!

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  5. Wow! Beautiful. I like so many of these. A room with a view -- we all like that, I say as I look out my living room window over a garage and seeing big city buildings. I'd love more of a view of nature.
    A hint: Putting up artwork around helps to give oneself the room with a view, especially near the windows, as well as nice window coverings and frames.
    And I agree not to get Freud into it -- Sometimes art is just art, and personal taste is just that; nothing to justify.

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    1. I wouldn't mind seeing big city buildings outside my window, Kathy. It's what I was used to growing up. Although for a few years we lived across from a small park. All my walls have art hanging on them, so even when it's dull outside, it's never dull inside. :)

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  6. I love the topic of the paintings. When buying houses or renting apartments, I always make sure there's a view I enjoy. We spend much more time looking out of our windows than we do standing outside of our houses looking back at them. They may be pretty from the outside, but I want something pretty or interesting to look at from the inside.

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    1. I'm with you, Joan. At the very least, interesting. :)

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  7. So many good ones, Yvette! I love the subject. My favorites are the first one and the Edward Henry, I love the red chair and the cosines of the room.

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    1. Yes, that Henry painting has a real feel of warmth and cosiness about it. It's one of my favorites too.

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  8. Dear Yvette,

    A great theme, and I enjoyed the rooms as much as the views. It was a particular pleasure, as one who worked as an illustrator, to see once again the charming and whimsical work of Etienne Delessert. I still have in my reference folders wonderful illustrations he did for the big-format magazines of the 1970s.

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    1. Oh, I do to, Mark. He is and was a wonder. I love this particular illustration so I knew I had to include it.

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    1. Glad you enjoyed the post, C.W. :) Art should transport.

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  10. It's fascinating how one theme can be painted in so many styles. And even if one prefers one over another, the differences are still to be appreciated.

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  11. Yvette, I'm with everyone on this page. A lovely theme and fantastic paintings! Thanks for sharing these.

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