Weekend Assignment #108: Lesser-Known Art :
Weekend Assignment #108: Show off (or link to) a lesser-known work from a favorite painter. Because there's more to Da Vinci than the Mona Lisa, and more to Van Gogh than Starry Night.
Extra Credit: When was the last time you were in an art museum? Oh Gosh.. This is embarrassing.. I would have to say it was 1999--a museum and historic church in the Azores. I live in a city with so much art, but I have to travel to actually go to one. Wait, I went to a museum in Maui a few years ago...but still, I think that was in 2000! I went to a photography art studio where my daughter had her pictures on display last Fall, does that count? My husband and I were just talking about taking the kids to museums this summer---something we definately need to do!
I like Van Gogh... I like him alot... :)
A copy of the above painting, "Fishing Boats On The Beach, Saintes Maries" hangs on my wall at work!
But I LOVE the colors in this lesser known one: "Blue Cart". You can hardly see the blue cart though.. I mean... I think he could have found a better name for this one, but what do I know...
4 comments:
oh my, oh my..I LOVE, LOVE THAT fishing boat art!
hmmnn..I might just have to do this w/e/a ...wonder if anyone had heard of Rico Tomaso?
Thanks for sharing this pic.
Gem :-)
The fishing boats at Sainte Maries is one of my favorite Van Goghs as well. My son came home one day and was admiring it, so I gave him my poster print. I love sharing my favorite artists with others. I was not familiar with Blue Cart, so thanks for putting it here. bea
I like this painting alot. Matter of fact, when I went to see the VanGogh exhibit a few years back at the L.A. County Museum of Art, I found that I liked most of his lesser known stuff more than the famous pieces. I don't know if it's the fact that I've been saturated with the popular ones, or what. I just know that there are plenty of beautiful things he did that I was unaware of until then. Tina
Oh, I love the painting! And I kind of think the fact that it is called "blue cart" is kind of cool!
Krissy
http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink
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