Monthly Archives: December 2010

Francisco Goya

  Self-Portrait with Doctor Arrieta,  Oil on canvas,  45½” x 30⅛” Minneapolis Institute of Arts                   My idea when I started this blog was to deal only with the things that appear … Continue reading

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Paul Gauguin

Te Tamari No Atua 37¾” x 50¾”                                                                   … Continue reading

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Henry Ossawa Tanner

The Annunciation 1898 Oil on Canvas 57” x 71.5”  Philadelphia Museum of Art The Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated in most Christian denominations on 25 March, a full nine months before Christmas.  Every now and again it gets kicked … Continue reading

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Henri Rousseau

The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897 57” by 6’7” Oil On Canvas They tell me this is Rousseau’s most famous painting, although I think several of the jungle pictures must surely be as well known.  In any event, this is one of … Continue reading

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