Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752)

 Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Air

  Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Earth

  Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Fire

 Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Water

Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - Jean Mariette (French printmaker, 1660-1742)

 Jean Mariette (French printmaker, 1660-1742) The Elements - Air

 Jean Mariette (French printmaker, 1660-1742) The Elements - Fire

 Jean Mariette (French printmaker, 1660-1742) The Elements - Earth

Jean Mariette (French printmaker, 1660-1742) The Elements - Water

Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - Nicolas Bonnart I (French printer, c 1637-1718)

 Nicolas Bonnart I (French printer, c 1637-1718) The Elements - Air

 Nicolas Bonnart I (French printer, c 1637-1718) The Elements - Earth

 Nicolas Bonnart I (French printer, c 1637-1718) The Elements - Fire

Nicolas Bonnart I (French printer, c 1637-1718) The Elements - Water

Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - William Marshall (British printmaker, 1617-1649)

 William Marshall (British printmaker, 1617-1649) The Elements - Earth

 William Marshall (British printmaker, 1617-1649) The Elements - Fire

William Marshall (British printmaker, 1617-1649) The Elements - Water

 William Marshall (British printmaker, 1617-1649) The Elements - Air

Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - Crispin de Passe (1565-1637)

 Crispin de Passe (1565-1637), The Four Elements after drawings by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603),  c. 1600.  Earth

 Crispin de Passe (1565-1637), The Four Elements, after drawings by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603),  c. 1600.  Air

 Crispin de Passe (1565-1637), The Four Elements, after drawings by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603),  c. 1600. Fire

Crispin de Passe (1565-1637), The Four Elements, after drawings by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603),  c. 1600. Water

20C Hungarian music, women, legs, dogs, & goats by Robert Bereny 1887-1953

Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Woman Playing Cello 1928


Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Woman with Cello 1937

Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Self Portrait 1906

In 1904, Bereny was a student of Tivadar Zemplényi, before he went to study in Paris, where he was particularly influenced by Cézanne's art. Politcally he took part in the art life of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, and he was the leader of the department for painting in the Art Directorate. After 1919, he emmigrated to Berlin, which he left to return home in 1926. He worked in Zebegény from 1934. He was awarded the Szinnyei prize in 1936.  Obviously, I am particularly fond of his self-portraits & his bold use of color.

Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Red Dress 1908


Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Woman in a Green Room 1927


Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Woman in Arm Chair 1923


Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Girl Reading 1946-48


Robert Bereny (Hungarian artist, 1887-1953) Self Portrait 1947

20C English Music by Stanley Spencer 1891-1959

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891-1959) Music Lesson at Bedales 1921  Bedales School is an independent school situated in the village of Steep, in Hampshire. The school was founded in 1893, by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conventional Victorian schools. In the first half of 20th century the progressive movement around Bedales attracted a community of artists, craftsmen & writers to live in Steep. In the early 1920s Stanley Spencer made a number of drawings & paintings of activities at the school, while staying with Muirhead Bone.

Spencer's father was a musician & taught him to play the piano,  Two sisters who lived at the end of his lane in Cookham, said that he would drop in & say "Can I have a tinkle?" He would sit down at their piano & play Bach & Chopin.

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891-1959) At the Piano 1957

Flowers for you

Josef Launer (Mid 19C Austrian artist) Bouquet of Flowers with a Butterfly

Flowers for you from Jean Édouard Vuillard 1868-1940

 Jean Édouard Vuillard (French artist, 1868-1940) Fleurs (1904)

 Jean Édouard Vuillard (French artist, 1868-1940) Flowers 1906

 Jean Édouard Vuillard (French artist, 1868-1940) Bouquet of Pansies, Myosotis and Daisies in front of a Carafe, on a Table 1900

Jean Édouard Vuillard (French artist, 1868-1940) Anemones in a Jug 1902

1700s Music Parties Indoors

 1720 Marcellus Laroon II (British artist, A 1679-1772) Musical Assembly

 1734 John Theodore Heins Senior (German artist, 1697–1756) A Music Party at Melton Constable

 Attributed to Hendrick Goovaerts (1669–1720) A Party with Music & Actors

 Gawen Hamilton (British artist, 1697–1737) A Music Party The Mathias Family 1730s

 Jean-Antoine Watteau (French artist, 1684–1721) A Music Party (L'amour au théâtre italien)

 Music Party after William Hogarth 1720-1730

 The Leslie Conversation Piece (A Musical Rivalry) 1760-65 by an unknown Irish artist

Vincenzo Vita (Italian artist, d 1782) A Musical Party 1770-80

Tea for Everyone

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Artist Unknown Inglese Couple Having Tea c 1830-40

Bernard de Hoog (Dutch painter, 1867-1943) Tea Time

Thomas Webster (Inglese genre painter, 1800-1886), The Tea Party 1862

Tom McEwan (British genre artist, 1846-1914) Tea Time

Andrei Ryabushkin (Russian painter, 1861-1904) Drinking Tea 1903

Harold John Wilde Gilman (Inglese painter, 1876-1919) Mrs Mounter at the Breakfast Table

Harold Harvey (Inglese Painter, 1874-1941]) The Tea Table 1920

Poul Friis Nybo (Danish artist, from 1869 to 1929) Reading Woman 1929

William Patrick Roberts (British painter, 1895-1980) Tea Shop 1938