Moriz Jung
Tête-à-tête at a Skyscraper, 968th Floor
Art can be many things, and it is amusing to investigate a bit into expressions that do not always make it to the big galleries.
Art & Philosophy as Perspectives on Life
We All Fall In Love Sometimes
Édouard Manet
Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets
The famous artist Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot may have hidden a love story. And love stories are always interesting to dwell upon. Whatever the nature of their relationship, however, this portrait of Berthe Morisot bear witness of affection on part of the artist.
William Degouve de Nuncques
The Canal
A canal can symbolise different kinds of borders. I think it is easy to see what the canal below divides, but you might have different views on the matter.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Les Grandes Baigneuses
August-Pierre Renoir is one of those painters that stands like magnificent examples of that great art is all about. Still, Renoir had doubts about how to best express himself, suggesting to us—the ordinary people—that even the masters don’t see things as clearly as posterity seems to suggest.
William Blake
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun
William Blake is an enigmatic person to me. I have to confess, I initially thought he was foremost a poet, but it turns out he executed some rather mysterious pictures. It is hard to imagine how a life such as his must have been.
