Monthly Archives: October 2011

Jean-François Millet

Posted on October 27, 2011 by foxpudding

The Baker, 1854, Oil on Canvas, 21.3 x 18.1” (55 x 46cm), Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands Bread is the story of human civilization. Food historians speculate that the making of bread began somewhere between 10,000 to 9400 BC, or … Continue reading →

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Jacques-Louis David

Posted on October 20, 2011 by foxpudding

The Death of Marat, 1793, Oil on Canvas, 64 x 50” (162 x 128cm), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Jean-Paul Marat was Jacques-Louis David’s friend. David is a great giant of art, considered by many to be the … Continue reading →

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Edward Hopper III

Posted on October 13, 2011 by foxpudding

New York Movie, 1939, Oil on canvas, 32.25 x 40.125 approx (81.9 x 101.9cm), Museum of Modern Art, New York City (Not on view) My desktop wallpaper is a copy of Edward Hopper’s New York Movie from 1939. I changed … Continue reading →

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Interlude 4, I Am A Nighthawk

Posted on October 6, 2011 by foxpudding

The man across from me shuddered hard like someone fighting off a deep doze. Then he went perfectly still, his eyes straight ahead as if afraid to look around. All angles, he was, with a scraggly excuse for a beard. … Continue reading →

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