Sunday, January 26, 2014

Sunday Salon: Winter and Reading - Perfect Together.

Honor C. Appleton (1879 - 1951) English Illustrator -source

Louis Charles Verwee (1832 - 1882) Belgian Painter - source

Lovis Corinth (1858 - 1925) German Painter - source

Lila Cabot Perry (1848 - 1933) American Painter - source

Carl Larsson (1853 - 1919) Swedish Painter

Oxana Sokolovskay - source - no artist info available

Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815 - 1891) French - source

Pol Ledent (1952 - ) Contemporary Belgian Painter source

Henri Lebasque (1865 - 1937) French Post Impressionist source

Edouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940) French Painter - source


Haven't done a reading art post in a while and today seemed a perfect day to do so. Winter is the ideal time to hunker down and read - don't you think? However, we're expecting a heatwave tomorrow of 32 degrees or so (after several interminable freezing days) so Rocky and I shall probably go out and frolic. 

6 comments:

  1. Dear Yvette,

    As I look at these paintings, the tought occurs to me that the act of reading is a natural for portraiture. One is engaged in an activity yet remains still. My favorite of these is the one by Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier. The light source, that great background and the relaxed posture make it a wonderful portrait.

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  2. You've hit the nail on the head, Mark. Perhaps that's why there are so many paintings to choose from. There are even websites devoted to readers in paintings.

    I like the Meissonier portrait very much as well.

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  3. Reading a good book can take you to places far away, and these portraits capture that state so beautifully.
    I love the Honor C. Appleton painting - do you think that she is reading Alice in Wonderland?

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    1. Absolutely she is reading Alice in Wonderland, Rosemary. :) I love this illustration. One of my favorites of a very favorite illustrator whose style I adore.

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