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Went To the Beauty Salon Today
Went to have my hair cut today. Beautiful salon full of beautiful people, all young enough to be my children & grandchildren. All size 2 with lovely tans. I was at least as old as the women in...
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John Singer Sargent's Baby Sister & Model Violet
Violet Sargent (1870-1955) 1875Violet Sargent (1870-1955) was John Singer Sargent's (1856 - 1925) youngest sister. John was 14 years older than Violet. After studying at the Accademia delle Belle...
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Paintings by John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925)
Sometime in the fall of 1986, I went up to the Whitney Museum, in New York City, to see an exhibit of John Singer Sargent’s (1856 - 1925) work. I had seen his paintings here & there before; but...
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A Few End-of-Summer Moments from William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) - With &...
William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) Detail of Afternoon by the Seal at Gravesend BayWilliam Merritt Chase (1849-1916)In the Brooklyn Navy Yard (Lady with Parasol)William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) Good...
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Back To School
Grandchildren at This Summer's EndSummer is really coming to an end. Last night I was talking to one of my daughters who reminded me that her youngest would join her big sister in "school" next week....
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John White Alexander - Very Lyrical...
Our season tickets to the symphony have arrived, and I am putting the dates on my calendar. These paintings are simply perfect for that task.John White Alexander (1856-1915), A Ray of Sunlight (also...
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Sleek, Elegant, Sophisticated Dogs
Gaye at Little Augurysent me this photo saying she wished American painter Charles Courtney Curran (1861–1942) would have included a dog in one of his windblown-women-with-white...
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It's Been 16 Minutes Since She Returned Home and He Still Takes Her Breath Away
Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 – 1938) After the Ball 1898.
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The Formula
This American artist loved to paint summer women in white dresses with skirts & scarves blowing in the wind surrounded by blue skies. (It should be noted that they are wearing "sensible" shoes.)...
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Something to While Away the Hours
Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 – 1938) Reading by a Window 1903.
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It's Actually Cool Here This Morning
The seasons are going to change, before I have time to post these women of summer. Here are a few late Victorian ladies from Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 – 1938).Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 – 1938)...
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Waiting
Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 – 1938) Across the Room (also known as By the Window and/or Leisure Hour) 1899.
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John Singer Sargent's (1856 - 1925) Ladies with Fans
Summer is passing so quickly. It is surely time to share these portraits of women holding fans dressed in luminous summer dresses.The painter of these portraits, John Singer Sargent, was one of the...
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A Mother By Julius Garibaldi "Gari" Melchers (1860-1932)
Julius Garibaldi Gari Melchers (1860-1934) Mother and Child 1904.
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