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Lecturer/teacher of 🇫🇷&🇩🇪 in Ireland Interests: art, travel, education #edchatie MFL, food,wine, photography, film, history,🇪🇺, France, Germany Kerrywoman living & working in Cork Love Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, London, Naples, Marseille, Venice, Kerry💚💛
Off to Alicante 🇪🇸 for a few days before Easter, it’s my first time visiting the city. Any tips re: restaurants, tapas bars, sightseeing, shopping, markets and wine bars would be most appreciated por favor. ¡Gracias!
and a gold collar of Esses livery chain—a symbol of his service to King Henry VIII—while holding a folded letter that suggests his active role in the Tudor court. #HansHolbein
while he was a guest in More’s home, the oil-on-oak panel is celebrated for its bravura illusionism, rendering minute details like the sitter's greying stubble and the plush texture of his velvet sleeves with startling realism. Depicted in a three-quarter view, More wears a heavy fur-lined robe
Day 2183 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Thomas More” (1527) Hans Holbein. The Frick Collection. This defining work of Northern Renaissance portraiture captures both the intellectual gravity and the high-ranking status of the famed British humanist and statesman. Painted during Holbein’s first visit to England
deep sleep and death, embodying a poignant, passive surrender rather than violent struggle. Originally intended for Pope Julius II’s tomb, the marble figure's sinuous, sensual form showcases idealised beauty and emotional resignation. #Michelangelo
Day 2182 #ArtKicksCovid19 "The Dying Slave" (1516) Michelangelo. Musée du Louvre. Michelangelo was born on this day in 1475. This masterpiece of High Renaissance sculpture depicts a languid, twisting male nude. With eyes closed and one arm behind his head, the figure appears caught between
I remember when ‘Brexit Means Brexit’ became a way for silly people to insist that they supported something they could neither justify nor explain. Obviously the context is very different, but something similar is already happening with the ‘war’ in Iran. And it’s mostly the same people doing it.
Was that the “Painting Men” exhibition which was also in the Musée d’Orsay? I didn’t get over to Paris for that one unfortunately but I have the exhibition catalogue which is stunning.
thick, horizontal dabs to capture the fragmented light of the river and sharp, vertical strokes for the reeds. By combining rigorous spatial geometry with the vibrant palette of Impressionism, Caillebotte transforms a simple scene into a complex study of motion and light. #GustaveCaillebotte
Day 2181 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Skiffs" (1877) Gustave Caillebotte. National Gallery of Art. Caillebotte employs a radical, photographic "bird's-eye" perspective that thrusts the viewer directly over the water. The artist’s technique is defined by a rhythmic, physical brushwork; he uses
into a realm of timeless, classical beauty, making him one of the most celebrated (and commercially successful) painters of the 19th century. #WilliamAdolpheBouguereau
Known for his technical perfection and finish—where brushstrokes are virtually invisible—the French artist captures the soft texture of skin and the intricate folds of peasant drapery. The piece reflects the artist's signature ability to elevate humble, pastoral subjects
Day 2180 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Girl with a Pomegranate" (1875) William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Lusail Museum Collection. This work by Bouguereau features a young girl delicately opening a pomegranate, a classic symbol of fertility and abundance often rooted in the myth of Persephone.
3 March - at last, the first dry, sunny day of 2026 with no rain
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for his atmospheric vistas that emphasise the transient beauty of the light. This work exemplifies his ability to suggest reality rather than strictly recreate it, blending naturalistic observation with a deep, generational connection to the Southern coast of the USA. #WestFraser
Day 2179 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Late Spring" (2014) West Fraser. Private Collection. American artist West Fraser utilises his signature plein air technique to portrait a place in the South Carolina low country. As a leading figure in contemporary representational art, Fraser is celebrated
with an unwavering, weathered gaze that blends pride with profound vulnerability. The painting is a tour de force of Rembrandt’s late "rough style," using thick, sculptural impasto to transform physical aging into a display of psychological resilience and artistic mastery. #Rembrandt
Day 2178 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Self-Portrait” (1658) Rembrandt. The Frick Collection. In this portrait, Rembrandt projects a monumental, almost regal authority despite being painted during the year of his bankruptcy. Seated in a golden tunic and gripping a cane like a sceptre, he faces the viewer
that feels alive and claustrophobic. By shrinking the figures to the bottom edge of the small parchment panel, he emphasises the sublimity of nature—a theme that would not be fully explored again until the Romantic movement centuries later. #AlbrechtAltdorfer
iconography by allowing the natural world to overwhelm the human narrative. While the legendary battle between the knight and the dragon is the nominal subject, the true protagonist is the impenetrable, towering forest. Altdorfer uses delicate, flickering brushwork to create a wall of foliage
Day 2177 #ArtKicksCovid19 "St George in the Forest" (1510) Albrecht Altdorfer. Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Altdorfer was a visionary leader of the Danube School, known for his radical shift toward landscape painting during the Northern Renaissance. In this work, he subverts traditional religious
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I like doing this after the Wordle games in various languages and the art and actor guessing games. It’s fun to see how quickly you manage to do it in!
As a member of the Pont-Aven circle and a close friend of Degas, Puigaudeau used this work to capture the poetry of nature through ethereal colour harmonies that remain highly collectible today. #FerdinandduPuigaudeau
