Enjoying the colorful fall pallet and transitions this weekends in Sonoma County.
Van Gogh’s series of 4 Sunflower paintings, 1888
3,6,14 & 15 Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (series of 4 paintings)
Inspired by the colorful sunflowers this summer in Sonoma County, I came across this article that peaked my interest combining both my passion for art and nature. A book published last year, The Sunflowers are Mine: The Story of Van Gogh’s Masterpiece by author and journalist Martin Bailey, one of Britain’s foremost arts investigators, sheds new information about Van Gogh’s series of 4 Sunflower paintings created in August 1888 in southern France.
Bailey’s book Reveals fresh details about van Gogh’s four sunflower paintings and new information about two of these sunflower paintings, now lost to public view. One has disappeared into a private collection in 1993, previously owned by Greek shipping tycoon George Embiricos and the other lost in Ashiya, Japan during World War II at Hiroshima. The remaining two are currently on display in European galleries and were under threat during WWII, liberated by the Monuments Men and saved from destruction.
Mystery of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Unearthed (series of 4 paintings)
* Three Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888. Private Collection.
* Six Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888. destroyed by fire during WWII Ashiya, Japan.
* Fourteen Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888. Neue Pinakothek, Munich Germany.
* Fifteen Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888. National Gallery, London UK.
Three Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888. Private Collection.
Six Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888.
Fourteen Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888.
Fifteen Sunflowers – Vincent Van Gogh, Aug 1888.
August Summer Garden Moments
Captured a few garden moments this weekend. Featuring Buddleia butterfly bush extraordinaire & Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, Golden Sunflower, Hollyhock, Crocosmia ‘Rowallane Orange’, Hydrangea and Anemone blossoms.
August Garden moments
The Ocean Clean Up campaign and Boyan Slat’s creative solution
The Ocean Clean Up campaign and Boyan Slat’s creative solution to address and clean up the growing plastic pollution problem.
This proposal and plan is a creative solution to clean up the toxic plastic pollution that exists in our oceans. Boyan Slat’s plan, research, invention and crowd source funding strategy are a positive step forward to pitch in and help Clean Up Our Oceans. http://www.theoceancleanup.com
Art News ~ A significant collection of 100+ Masterworks unseen for decades bequeathed to museums
Masterworks bequeathed from Mellon Collection – National Gallery of Art, D.C.
Art News ~ a significant collection of 62 Masterworks, including Degas, Monet, Van Gogh, Homer, and Seurat unseen for decades were bequeathed to the museum from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and will become part of the permanent collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Interesting tidbit, the National Gallery of Art was founded in 1937 by Paul’s father, Andrew Mellon.
http://www.boston.com/travel/destinations/2014/05/23/van-gogh-monet-among-works-going-gallery/HIKIMTbKyxRKXFveKyMaCL/story.html
Masterpieces from Mellon Collection given to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)
26 additional Masterworks from the Mellon Collection were also given to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), including Pissarro, Gauguin, Degas, van Dongen, van Gogh, & Seurat.
Downy Woodpecker – Sebastopol, CA
Success at last! Snapshot of the resident Downy woodpecker family at #SonomaHort in their Paulownia Sapphire Dragon Tree. http://www.sonomahort.com
Additional photos at http://www.facebook.com/sonomahort
Downy Woodpecker – Sebastopol, CA
Sonoma County Blossom Trail compilation – Spring 2014
Sonoma County Blossom Trail compilation – Spring 2014. Colorful and fragrant flower updates from Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, Sebastopol CA, Sonoma County. #SonomaHort flower details available on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/sonomahort and Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/sonomahort
Sonoma County Blossom Trail – Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, May 2014
Sonoma County Blossom Trail – Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, April 2014
Sonoma County Blossom Trail – Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, April 2014
Sonoma County Blossom Trail – Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, April 2014
Sonoma County Blossom Trail – Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, March 2014
Sonoma County Blossom Trail – Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, March 2014
Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George at the de Young Fine Arts Museum – San Francisco
Great exhibit and there’s still time to visit!
Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George at the de Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA. February 15–May 11, 2014
http://deyoung.famsf.org/press-room/modern-nature-georgia-o-keeffe-and-lake-george
Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George – de Young Fine Arts Museum #1
Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George – de Young Fine Arts Museum #2
Petunias – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1920, de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Lake George [formerly Reflection Seascape] – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1922. de Young San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Autumn Leaves, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1924. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Museum
Apple Family – 2, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1920 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe NM
Lake George with White Birch – Georgia O’Keeffe, Private collection.
Lake George – Georgia O’Keeffe,1922 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Lake George Barns – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1926 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN
Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 2 – Georgia O’Keeffe. 1930. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Starlight Night, Lake George, 1922. Private Collection
The Chestnut Grey – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1924, Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis, MN
Lake George Early Moonrise – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1930. Legion of Honor San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Brown and Tan Leaves – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1928
Petunia No. 2 – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1924. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum – Burnett Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Purple Leaves – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1922
Autumn Trees ‘The Maple’ – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1924
Red Barn, Lake George, New York – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1921
Dark Lavender Leaves – Georgia O’Keeffe, 1921
Sonoma County blossom trail – “succulents” April 2014
Sonoma County blossom trail – “succulents” April 2014
Intimate Impressionism – Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Absolutely spectacular! Intimate Impressionism at the Legion of Honor is a must see. What a collection. Additional paintings (Vuillard & van Gogh) from the museums permanent collection were also brought out of storage and featured in the regular Impressionist room upstairs. Posting a few combined highlights and also added individual close ups to my regular Pinterest Museums & Art board. It’s a beautiful spring afternoon in San Francisco.
Intimate Impressionism, Mar 29 – Aug 3, 2014
70+ Impressionist and Post-Impressionist landscapes, seascapes, still life’s, interiors, and portraits, from the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. This exhibition will illuminate the process of painting directly in nature with Impressionist precursors. Manet, Renoir, Cézanne, Pissarro, Boudin, Sisley, Degas, Gauguin, Morisot, Bonnard, van Gogh and Vuillard.
Intimate Impressionism #1
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Intimate Impressionism #3
Intimate Impressionism – Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
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