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Cultured Wednesday: Leighton’s Farewell

By Anne on November 13, 2019November 6, 2019

Farewell.

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Cultured Wednesday: Leighton’s The Shadow

By Anne on November 6, 2019November 5, 2019

Very moving.

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Cultured Wednesday: Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

By Anne on October 9, 2019October 7, 2019

The title for this painting comes from the refrain of a popular song “Ye Shepherds Tell Me” by Joseph Mazzinghi, a pastoral glee for a trio of male voices, which mentions Flora wearing “A wreath around her head, around her head she wore, / Carnation, lily, lily, rose”.

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Cultured Wednesday: Gifford’s Kauterskill Falls

By Anne on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019

This painting is a good example of Luminism, an offshoot of the Hudson River School.

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Cultured Wednesday: Spitzweg’s Poor Poet

By Anne on September 4, 2019September 3, 2019

Meet one of Spitzweg’s fine eccentrics.

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