Welcome to FOR THE LOVE OF ART
Dear Friends,
Welcome to my new blog! As many of you know, I no longer post on Facebook. I miss two things about it. Keeping abreast of all my friends and posting a piece of art each day. I hope that through this blog I will be able to do both. I really miss spending time finding artwork that reflects whats happening in the world, brings a bit of beauty to the chaos around us and inspires us to mindfulness.
Each week will be themed, as I have in the past. I also hope to give you insight into some of the works and the artist. I am not a student of art, I have no art education. I am merely a lover of art and the peace it brings me. The information I pass on will be what I have found online. I welcome any additions or comments. I encourage you to pass it on, and to add your own pieces that you want to share that reflect the theme.
As my first entry, I have chosen the first piece of art I was introduced to. It was a mural at the entrance of my elementary school, Bradwell, on the south side of Chicago. I saw it every morning when I came to school and every time I see it at the Art Institute of Chicago it brings back warm memories, like macaroni and cheese! So this week's theme is warm memories...
Welcome to my new blog! As many of you know, I no longer post on Facebook. I miss two things about it. Keeping abreast of all my friends and posting a piece of art each day. I hope that through this blog I will be able to do both. I really miss spending time finding artwork that reflects whats happening in the world, brings a bit of beauty to the chaos around us and inspires us to mindfulness.
Each week will be themed, as I have in the past. I also hope to give you insight into some of the works and the artist. I am not a student of art, I have no art education. I am merely a lover of art and the peace it brings me. The information I pass on will be what I have found online. I welcome any additions or comments. I encourage you to pass it on, and to add your own pieces that you want to share that reflect the theme.
As my first entry, I have chosen the first piece of art I was introduced to. It was a mural at the entrance of my elementary school, Bradwell, on the south side of Chicago. I saw it every morning when I came to school and every time I see it at the Art Institute of Chicago it brings back warm memories, like macaroni and cheese! So this week's theme is warm memories...
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Painted in 1884, is one of Georges Seurat's most famous works. It is a leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas. Seurat's composition includes a number of Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine.
I hope you enjoy my offerings and I look forward to your comments and hopefully additions. I'm a firm believer in passing on the things that make us happy and bring joy. So please pass this on, so they can share, then their friends can share. In this world of divisiveness, art is a great unifier.
Beautiful. Have you ever listened to (or seen?) Sunday in the Park with George (Sondheim) musical about this painting? check it out!!! Musical theater is life, after all!
ReplyDeleteIf I am repeating myself, forgive me. I thought I posted earlier but it doesn't look like it went through. I, too, have an elementary school connection to this piece. Growing up in Orange County, our school replicated the Pageant of the Masters each year and I have warm memories of being "inside" this painting as a 5th grader holding an umbrella and feeling quite sophisticated!
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