Poetry, stories and strange odds and ends from the desk of a writer
Form: Quatrains As moonlit midnight skies drift in wonderTo the dawn of the new sapphire sunrise,My dreams turn to the muse that lies yonder,My brush seeks out her cerulean eyes. The artist lost to her cold heart of steel,As paint so creates the cloudless figures.My indigo tears flow, each stroke I feelOf portrayals, she greets … Continue reading Playing the Blues
Form: Quatrains For July 8th I have just one wishTo spend an hour with Percy ByssheTo hear him speak and share a whileMaybe even see my hero smile. His works of beauty, I have them allWords from a romantic that often call.Magic images that release my mindSo much inspiration for a painter to find. Verses … Continue reading July 8th
Form: Painting ©JGFarmer2008
Form: Watercolour Painting ©JGFarmer2008
Innocent eyes flicker open Startled by cold water A child, the gift of love...
A man and wife revealing wealth and style Amid restrained luxury holding hands Echoes of richness lay scattered around...
A mission to England for the French King To calm the rising of religious storm The Pope said no, there’s the root of the thing...
For all those years you sat in pose, your love endured to meet my art. My muse you were, I saw no rose...
The shepherds came from their sheep on the hills And peasants came too; a moment to see The animals joining in, angels in frills...
The warmth of sun-kissed upon the earth To welcome a new bloom Beautiful face kissed by the gods...
The artist in confident pose Dressed in affluent clothes Reflecting the renaissance...
Paddles Dipping slowly In and out of the waves...
What is strength compared To beauty’s power to hold Destiny and in her hand...
Paint and canvas, pencils and water, four simple things...
A gentleman and his wife pose In sadness, a thought comes to me On a lap a baby should be...
Poised, an Arcadian goddess Adorned in luxury and style Beauty bursting from her bodice...
Her needle moves in a motion of fine art A bourgeoisie lady in Versailles’ halls Stitches of colour passing the time...
The Barbizon School was a loose association of artist who worked around the village of Barbizon, near Paris and the Forest of Fontainebleau...
Remembered as an Impressionist, Degas was part of a group of Paris artists who exhibited together in the 1870s...
Chicago was one of the 1970s pioneers of Feminist art that questioned the authority of the male-dominated Western world, seeking to redress the tradition of women in visual arts...
Titian was a painter and regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance...
Matisse is regarded as the greatest colourist of the 20th century and rivalled Picasso in the importance of his innovations...
Rembrandt was a draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. He is considered one of the most important visual artists in history....
Vasarely’s work provides some of the most distinctive images and optical effects of the 20th century...
Artist: Wassily Kandinsky Born: 16 December 1866, Moscow, Russia Nationality: Russian Died: 13 December 1944, Paris, France
Title: The Hay Wain Date: 1821 Movement: Romanticism, Naturalism Media: Oil on canvas Location: The National Gallery, London, UK...
As silent as memorial statues sit As still as a marble carving they sit A time to relax for just a wee bit...
Artist: Franz Radziwill Date of Birth: 6 February 1895, Stadland, Germany German Died: 12 August 1983, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Artist: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo Born: 12 December 1851 Nationality: English Movement: Art Deco Died: 18 March 1942
Title: The Talisman, the River Aven at the Bois d’Amour Date: 1888 Movement: Synthetism Media: Oil on wood Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Artist: Édouard Manet Born: 23 January 1832, Paris, France Nationality: French Movements: Impressionism, Realism, Modern Art, Modernism Died: 30 April 1883, Paris, France
Title: The Sailor: Self-Portrait Date: 1911-12 Movement: Cubism Media: Oil on canvas Location: The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The painting depicts a woman, seated, dressed in a white tunic and holding a small child on her lap
Artist: Gustave Moreau Born: 6 April 1826, Paris, France French Movement: Symbolism, Orientalism Died: 18 April 1898, Paris, France
The white emptiness of a cold blank canvas So naked without the stroke of the brush The gentle caress of creative thought
In 1527 Europe, religion had the power to direct and inform the content and climate of society’s art output.
Poet: William Blake Date of Birth: 28 November 1757, London, England English Date of Death: 12 August 1827, London, England
Impressionism is the first distinctly modern movement in painting. Developing in Paris. It spread throughout Europe and eventually to the USA
Title: Portrait of Émile Zola Date: 1868 Movement: Realism Media: Oil on canvas Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Artist: Caravaggio Born: 29 September 1571, Milan, Italy Nationality: Italian Movement: Baroque Died: 18 July 1610, Porto Ercole, Italy
A glass of ruby wine, a god in love His woman that they left alone to die Upon an island, abandoned by man
Title: Cathedale Notre-Dame de Chartes Date: 1194-1260 Movement: Gothic Location: Paris, France
Title: Virgin of the Rocks Date: c.1505-08 Movement: Renaissance Media: Oil on panel Located: National Gallery, London, UK
Artist: Rene Lalique Born: 6 April 1860, Ay, France Nationality: French Movement: Art Deco Died: 1 May 1945, Paris, France
Artist: Thomas Jones Born: 26 September 1742, Cefnllys, Wales Nationality: Welsh Died: 29 April 1803, Wales
Art Nouveau appeared in a wide variety of strands and styles generating enthusiasts in decorative arts and architecture throughout Europe and beyond. The aim was modernizing design and escaping the eclectic historical styles that had been popular in the past.
Artist: Gustav Klimt Born: 14 July 1862, Baumgarten, Austro-Hungarian Empire Nationality: Austrian Movement: Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Died: 6 February 1918, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire Gustav Klimt is remembered as one of the greatest decorative painters of the 20th century, while also producing the century’s most significant body of erotic art. Initially he found success in his … Continue reading All Art is Erotic
Title: Line Made by Walking Date: 1967 Movement: Earth Art Media: Photograph Location: Tate Museum, London, UK
Title: Ici, C'est Stieglitz Date: 1915 Movement: Dada Media: Ink, graphite, and cut-and-pasted painted and printed papers on paperboard Location: Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Title: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Date: 1907 Movement: Cubism Media: Oil on canvas Location: Currently located in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
