Art · Essay
The Lightness of a Dutch Soul
Dutch painters and the lightness of their paintings, from Van Gogh and Arntzenius to Maris and Rembrandt.
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A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
Art · Reflection
Maria Yakunchikova ~ Russian Painter (1870-1902 )
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series Women with a Passion for Art is Maria Yakunchikova. After seeing one of her paintings called…
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Arthur Hacker ~ English Classicist Painter
Arthur Hacker (25 September 1858 – 12 November 1919) was an English classicist painter. Born in London in 1858. In his art he was most known for painting religious scenes and portraits. His art was also influenced by…
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Marc And Bella Chagall ~ A Love Union
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.” Marc Chagall Photo: Marc and Bella Chagall,…
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MONIQUE’S PASSION ~ LIVING AN ARTFUL LIFE
Monique’s Passion ~ Living an Artful Life How did I end up living an Artful life? I want to start of by telling you a story, a story about my son. It happened some years ago but I remember as if it was yesterday…
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COLETTE AND HER LOVE FOR CATS.
A WRITER LOVES HER CAT. “I went to collect the few personal belongings which…I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.” ― Colette Why is it that so many writers of today and in the past, like Colette for example, love cats so much?
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Girl with Peaches, Valentin Serov (1887)
I was still little when I saw this painting called “Girl with Peaches” for the first time. I found it while looking onto one of the wonderfully bonded art books my aunt collected. This particular one was filled with Russian Painters, mostly from the late 18th and early 19th centu
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DON QUIXOTE ~ ON MADNESS
“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, D
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FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY ~ WHITE NIGHTS
“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year. I feel I know you
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FRANZ KAFKA ~ THE METAMORPHOSIS
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.” ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis Herbert Bayer Metamorphosis, 1936
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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON ~ DREAMS
Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? Alfred Lord Tennyson Émile Constant Puyo Sommeil ca. 1887
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WILLEM DE KOONING ~ ON ORDER
“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves” ― Willem De Kooning
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