Monday 28 December 2020

Landscape in the Sun, 1914, Erwin Dominik Osen (1891 - 1970) - Oil on Canvas -



 

 

 

Dajla, Rotes Istrien, 1997, Armin Holzner - Acrylic on cardboard -




 
 
 
 
 
 

Mario DiGirolamo (1934 - 2019)


Painting by the Tiber, Rome, Italy, 1956

 

Countyard Scene, Rome, 1956

 
 
Beach Sandals'Soles, Italy, 1957  
 

Blackcat in Lablo, Italy, 1961

 

Lady in Waiting, Vallecorsa, Italy, 1962

 

 After the rain, on the Arno edge, Florence, Italy, 1964
 
 

 The Sentinel, Italy, 1961
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mother's Love ( No matter who you are )



Madonna and Child, 1945, Louis Le Brocquy HRHA (1916 - 2012) 
- Oil on gesso primed hardboard - 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday 15 December 2020

Hugging


 


New York City, 1942, Helen Levitt
 
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”More than kisses touches mingle souls”

(Original - "More than kisses, letters mingle souls" by John Donne (1572 - 1631)










 

Dreaming


Moravia, 1942, Jan Lukas

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“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe 
 
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe


“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
― A.A. Milne
 
 
 
 
 




Monday 14 December 2020

Exception


 

Kochanica Diabła / Dear Devil, Stefan Mrożewski (1894 - 1975)
- Woodcut, Esparto Paper - 

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Whether it good or evil, beautiful or ugly, I tend to like ’Exception’

 

 


Scent of ...

 Apple Perfume, 1911, Charles Courtney Curran. American (1861 - 1942)
- Oil on Canvas - 


“A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting. ”


― Christian Dior


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” 女性の香りは、手書きの文字以上にその人を語る ”


ー クリスチャン・ディオール

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“French women choose a scent when they’re girls and use it until they’re grandmothers. It becomes their trademark.
'Ah,' he murmurs in the dark theater, 'Giselle is here tonight!'

― Joan Crawford. 'My Way of Life'


”フランスの女性たちは子供の頃に「自分の香り」を選んで、おばあさんになるまでそれを使うの。それが彼女のトレード・マークになるのね。
男性は真っ暗な劇場の中で「おお、今夜ジゼルはこの劇場に来ている!」と呟くの。”

ージョーン・クロフォード





ディオールの言葉を借りるなら、
くだものの香りは、何よりも、その果実の質を語っていると言えるだろう。


ジョーン・クロフォードはこれに続けて、「でもわたしは、女性は歳を重ねるごとに自分の香りを変えた方がいいと思うわ」と言っている。


女性はそれでよくても、果実の香りは、いつまでもわたしたちの子供の頃の記憶と同じであってほしいと願う・・・










 

Sunday 13 December 2020

Can’t take my eyes off of you...

Paris, 1950, Maico Barneveld 

” Two persons, looking each other in the eye, see not their eyes but their looks. ”

─ Robert Bresson 

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” 眼と眼を見つめ合っているふたりは、眼ではなく、視線を見ているのだ。”

ロベール・ブレッソン
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859 - 1923)


 
LE BAISER, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859 - 1923)
- OIl on Canvas - 



Le Baiser, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859 - 1923)




 
 
 
 
 

Saturday 12 December 2020

Jean Jacques Henner (1829 - 1905)


 
 
Head study of a girl
- Oil on Canvas - 



Nymph at the Spring Water, Jean Jacques Henner (1829 - 1905)
- Oil on Canvas - 





 

Long lasting company

                             Nosy Barker, Ireland, 1974, Jill Freedman (1939 - 2019)

“Did you ever dream you had a friend, Alec? Someone to last your whole life and you his. I suppose such a thing can’t really happen outside sleep.”

― E.M. Forster, Maurice

Dog can be our forever friends...