Mr. Clete, my first and best dog, once spent the night in the studio of Adelaide Alsop Robineau, the legendary ceramic artist. He slept not far from where her handmade tiles surrounded the fireplace.
I was reminded of this when I took in the “Turner to Cézanne” exhibit at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. [...]
Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
One Night with Adelaide
Posted in Art, Dogs on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Elinor Glyn
Posted in Art, Dogs, Literature on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While on another errand, I came across a 1907 letter by Henry Adams to a friend, Mabel La Farge, that mentioned British author Elinor Glyn’s latest novel:
“ ‘Three Weeks’ is the title of Mrs. Glyn’s new purple volume, and the ladies are screaming with laughter at it. I have it, but I guard myself from [...]
Chess with a Parrot, Dog and Cat
Posted in Art, Chess on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Chess Game” by Charles Bargue (1825-1883)
I really cannot get enough of these. Again, my thanks to Tableaux ayant pour sujet les échecs which cries out for your visit.
“Les Joueurs d’echecs” (1876) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Your Move
Posted in Art, Chess on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A Game of Chess” by Henry Siddons Mowbray (1858-1928)
While chasing down the artist for a postcard I saw on eBay, I found the most extraordinary web gallery of paintings with chess as the subject. Just one beauty after another. Hasten to Tableaux ayant pour sujet les échecs for an overwhelming experience.
“Ma femme et ses soeurs” [...]
An Unfair Advantage
Posted in Art, Chess on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“An Unfair Advantage” by Elizabeth Howell Ingham from Century magazine, 1908
A Basket of Chips
Posted in Art, Literature, Walking on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Saw Abel Brooks there with a half-bushel basket on his arm. He was picking up chips on his and neighboring lots; had got about two quarts of old and blackened pine chips, and with these was returning home at dusk more than a mile. Such a petty quantity as you would hardly have gone to [...]
Incense, 1903
Posted in Art, Incense, Postal History on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Celebrating,” a postcard by Esther Hunt, 1903
On Preparing for the Coming of Winter
Posted in Art, Literature on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Passed a very little boy in the street to-day, who had on a home-made cap of a woodchuck-skin, which his father or elder brother had killed and cured, and his mother or elder sister had fashioned into a nice warm cap. I was interested by the sight of it, it suggested so much of family [...]
Add Yards to Your Drive
Posted in Art, Golf on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Neysa McMein, 1925
Posted in Art, Love, Mail, Postal History on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
