Happy Birhday Henry Moore

Henry Moore

Henry Moore via La Flaneuse 8

Henry Moore

Henry Moore via Snow on Red Earth

Henry Moore with his skulls

Henry Moore via A Long Time Alone

Henry Moore via Artnet

Henry Moore in Hertfordshire studio via Feb. 18, 2010 The Telegraph

Hoglands, the restored Henry Moore house and foundation headquarters in Perry Green, Hertfordshire

Born today--Henry Moore (1898 - 1986), iconic British sculptor / painter known for his bronze semi-abstract monumental sculptures. Less known, he was regarded by some (from the Feb. 18, 2010 Telegraph article) to be a "contentious, avant-garde figure, preoccupied with sex and death,,,and virtually a Communist." Hmmn. In his own words, "The secret to lifeis to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do." Happy birthday Henry Moore--

My Work--Lady in the Blue Room

Barbara Perrine Chu

Lady in the Blue Room

Max Peiffer Watenphul

Max Peiffer Watenphul

Max Peiffer Watenphul

Max Peiffer Watenphul

Max Peiffer Watenphul

Max Peiffer Watenphul via A Long Time Alone

Max Peiffer Watenphul

Max Peiffer Watenphul


German-born poet /artist Max Peiffer Watenphul (1896 - 1976) lived and worked in Rome. I'm especially fond of his watercolors--

Georges Braque

Georges Braque via Wikipedia

Braque in his studio via Artist and Studio

Braque in his studio via La Flaneuse 8 tumblr

Braque via Facebook

Braque via A Long Time Alone tumblr

Braque via I Am Japanese tumblr--love these colors!

Braque via Journal of a Nobody tumblr

Braque 1947

Braque "Vanitas" 1938 from the Kreeger Museum

Braque lithograph 1955 via Azure Bumble

Braque via Azure Bumble

Braque via Azure Bumble

Braque via The Athenaeum

Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) --major 20th-century French painter / sculptor who along with Picasso developed Cubism. After the death of Matisse in 1954, Braque came to be seen as France's greatest living painter. "Reality only reveals itself when it's illuminsted by a ray of poetry."--well said Georges Braque.

Picasso, Jacqueline, and his Canine Muse

Picasso and Lump via Bradh

Picasso and Dachshund "Lump" via Habitually Chic January 10, 2008

Picasso, Jacqueline, and Lump at Villa "La California" near Cannes--via Animalfair

Picasso, Jacqueline, and Lump

Happy dogs at Villa "La California"

Picasso and Jacqueline at Villa "La California" via University of Texas

Picasso and Jacqueline at Villa "La Californie" by David Duncan

Picasso via Snow on Red Earth

Picasso's studio via Creative Spaces tumblr

Picasso's sketch of Lump

Picasso viewing his portrait of Jacqueline

In 1955 Picasso bought a grand 19th-century villa in the hills just outside Cannes called "La Californie" whom he shared with his newest mistress and muse, Jacqueline--and a Dachshund named "Lump." At his death in 1973 at the age of 92, the villa was overflowing with thousands of finished and unfinished works, many still warehoused. To learn more, visit Mondo-Blogo and also John Richardson's November 1999 article in Vanity Fair--

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keefe by Alfred Stieglitz via I Am Japanese

Her studio at Ghost Ranch

Maui via A Long Time Alone

via Datura

via I Am Japanese

via Modern Hepburn

iconic Georgia O'Keefe--via Wikipedia

via Chasing Tail Feathers

Just a few images of one of my favorite painters, Georgia O'Keeffe--I used to live in Taos, New Mexico when she was still alive , which is not too far from her Abiquiu home. To learn more, you can also visit the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.