Thursday Two Questions Meme - Art
Winter in the Country 1857 by: George Henry Durrie Scene in the Arctic 1880 by: William Bradford Oranges in Tissue Paper 1890 by: William Joseph McCloskey Today I am bringing you a few of my favorite paintings from the DeYoung Museum here in San Francisco. I am an art lover and though I do appreciate modern art, my heart is with traditional pieces. I have always enjoyed snow scenes and the artist George Henry Durrie in my opinion is one of the best and my favorite. He is one of the top artists for the Currier and Ives collections. Winter scenes have always touched my heart and made me feel safe and comfortable. I also noticed that while typing the information for each painting that they and others that I admire hail from the nineteenth century. The coincidence is that my favorite poets also lived in that same time frame. 1. Could it be I was poetic shutterbug in an earlier life and lived among these artists? ...