here we go

lawrence alma-tadema born today, 1836

your move

hold that roll

eat a banana, woof woof, blah… murillo born today, as in bartolome esteban, in 1617, in an orange grove… another year over, and rolling the dice for another, and remember remember… remembering

it’s nearly christmas

time for pomegranates…

pete de hooch born today, 1629

the end of bling

as in vermeer (dead today, 1675) and earrings, etc

more vermeer here and vermeer at wikipedia here
yeah, and the movie was rubbish

and this means that

and that means this, and so the symbolists go… all i see is women with their tops off, is there more? pierre puvis de chavannes born today, 1824

he died in october, with hope 1 and 2
more of his pictures here and info at wikipedia, here

and with a silver spoon

frederic bazille born today, 1841 (but the silver spoon didn’t help against a couple of bullets from germans in the franco-prussian war) – this isn’t him though, this is renoir, as painted by him

more bazille images here and bazille at wikipedia here

birth of a singularity

or more to the point, georges seurat, born today, 1859

and also this day, in 1923, maria callas… yeah!

born to impress, say some

today, 1840, claude monet is born in paris, gasping for plein-air, it’s said

yeah, i could live there, far from the madding crowd…

death of an anarchist

but this no accident (with apologies to dario fo), but camille pissarro dead today, 1903 (winter comes aged 73)

apart from being the daddy of impressionism, he was my favourite anarchist
more pissarro images, here, and pissarro at wikipedia, here

having a point to life

paul signac born today, in paris, 1863 – and then just a few years later he’s off sailing around the coasts of europe, painting his pointillism pics

more signac pics, here, and paul signac at wikipedia, here