It's About Time: December 2015

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Sewing outdoors - 19C Girls

Janet C Fisher (Welch artist, 1867–1926), In the orchard, c.1900.

Mary E Dear (English artist, 1848-1867) Patchwork 1857

John Thomas Peele (English-born American genre artist, 1822–1897) The Knitting Lesson

John Dawson Watson (British artist, 1832-1892)

William Frederick Witherington (British artist, 1785-1865) The Sewing Lesson

Charles Edward Wilson (British 1854-1941) Girl Sewing

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish artist, 1854-1905) A Girl Knitting Socks 1896

Friday, December 11, 2015

Sewing outdoors - Jean-François Millet 1814-1875

Jean-François Millet (French painter, 1814–1875) Seated Shepherdess Knitting 1858

Jean-François Millet (French painter, 1814–1875) The Knitting Shepherdess 1856

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Sewing outdoors - 1700s

The Lace Wearer Rewarding the Lace Maker Published by Carrington Bowles 1783

John Fairburn (English painter) Lace Maker 1795

Monday, December 7, 2015

Bathing Beauties by Stanley Spencer 1891-1959

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891-1959) Girls Returning from a Bathe 1936

"Everything has a sort of double meaning for me, there's the ordinary everyday meaning of things, and the imaginary meaning about it all, and I wanted to bring these things together...I have always looked forward to seeing what I could fish out of myself, I am a treasure island seeker and the island is myself." Stanley Spencer