Thursday, May 22, 2014

Camille Pissarro's (1830-1903) Daughters Jeanne



Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was born at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro & his wife Rachel. Pissarro lived in St. Thomas until age 12, when he went to a boarding school in Paris. After several years, he returned to St. Thomas, where he drew in his free time. At age 25, Pissarro left for Paris.

Pissarro married Julie Vellay & of their 8 children, 1 died at birth & 1 daughter died aged 9. The surviving children all painted. He was survived by sons Lucien, Georges, Félix, Ludovic-Rodolphe, Paul Emile, and daughter Jeanne. Pissarro produced several touching portraits of his daughters named Jeanne.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne-Rachel (aka Minette) who died in 1874 from TB, aged 9.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne-Rachel (aka Minette) who died in 1874 from TB, aged 9.  1873

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne-Rachel (aka Minette) who died in 1874 from TB, aged 9.  1873

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). Portrait of Jeanne (aka Cocotte)

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne (aka Cocotte) Pissarro

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). Portrait of Jeanne (aka Cocotte) 1898

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Food & Marketing in the 1940s




Yesterday we drove up to the Amish market in Pennsylvania to buy some plants for our garden. It looked so much like the City Market in downtown Indianapolis; where my mother took me, when I was a toddler. Although the 1940s grocery store above was similar to our supermarkets today, the City Market was a place unto itself.















Images from Life Magazine


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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Paintings of Berthe Morisot 1841-1895 by Édouard Manet 1832–1883




1868 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) The Balcony.  Berthe Morisot, seated. Standing is the violinist Fanny Claus, with the painter Antonin Guillemet, who exhibited at the 1869 Paris Salon.


Berthe Morisot became the sister-in-law of her friend & colleague, Édouard Manet, when she married his brother, Eugene.



1868 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Detail from the painting The Balcony



1868-69  Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) with a Muff



1869 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895)



1870 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883)  Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895)



1870 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) with a pink shoe



1872 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) con ramillete de violetas



1872 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) con un abanico (Same pink shoe?)



1872-3 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) on a divan



1873 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895)



1874 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) t à l’éventail



1874 Édouard Manet (French artist, 1832–1883) Portrait of Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895) with Hat, in mourning



Bertha Morisot, 1875


Friday, May 16, 2014

Color in the garden by Henri Matisse & Tara Dillard


One of my favorite blogs is Tara Dillard Garden and Home. I never fail to learn something or to smile, when I read her "tough love" approach to gardening. Henri Matisse (1869-1954) anticipated Tara's use of color on furniture & iron in her garden in his paintings.

Tara's use of color


Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Young Women in the Garden, 1919.


From Tara's home garden








Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Moraccan Garden



Haseley Court, Oxfordshire