• [[ ...another masterful work by dear Vincent, showing once more his astonishing eye for colour and pallet. My favourite part of this still life is actually the vase that holds the flowers. From green, white, yellow, blue and orange out arises this vivid golden base and dreamy reflections... ]]
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    [[ ...another masterful work by dear Vincent, showing once more his astonishing eye for colour and pallet. My favourite part of this still life is actually the vase that holds the flowers. From green, white, yellow, blue and orange out arises this vivid golden base and dreamy reflections... ]]
  • [[ ...allow me to introduce to you the marvellous artwork of Paul Signac, an ardent admirer of the Impressionists, who was only a child when they first started to present their works to the Parisian public. He was once famously kicked out of an Impressionist exhibition at the age of 16 by none other than Gauguin, simply for sketching a single work of Degas right in the centre of the show... ]]
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    [[ ...allow me to introduce to you the marvellous artwork of Paul Signac, an ardent admirer of the Impressionists, who was only a child when they first started to present their works to the Parisian public. He was once famously kicked out of an Impressionist exhibition at the age of 16 by none other than Gauguin, simply for sketching a single work of Degas right in the centre of the show... ]]
  • [[ ...and now, opalescent Italian waters lies shimmering here for us, through the eyes of the master Monet during his single trip to Venice over one hundred years ago... ]]
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    [[ ...and now, opalescent Italian waters lies shimmering here for us, through the eyes of the master Monet during his single trip to Venice over one hundred years ago... ]]
  • [[ ...in light of this week of Gothic Architecture paintings, here is one by our dear friend Vincent Van Gogh, a man that, above almost all else, was obsessed with colour. Allow him to describe this very piece to you in his own words: . “the building appears to be violet-hued against a sky of simple deep blue colour, pure cobalt; the stained-glass windows appear as ultramarine blotches, the roof is violet and partly orange. In the foreground some green plants in bloom, and sand with the pink flow of sunshine in it.” . ...isn’t that just scrumptious? The way he dances through all these colours is something I think is super special...]]
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    [[ ...in light of this week of Gothic Architecture paintings, here is one by our dear friend Vincent Van Gogh, a man that, above almost all else, was obsessed with colour. Allow him to describe this very piece to you in his own words: . “the building appears to be violet-hued against a sky of simple deep blue colour, pure cobalt; the stained-glass windows appear as ultramarine blotches, the roof is violet and partly orange. In the foreground some green plants in bloom, and sand with the pink flow of sunshine in it.” . ...isn’t that just scrumptious? The way he dances through all these colours is something I think is super special...]]
  • [[ ...such terrible news from Paris today... Notre-Dame has been the pinnacle of French Gothic architecture for over 600 years, and has inspired countless artists and architects over the centuries. Both the spire and roof have been brought down...this painting here of the cathedral, by Max Luce, currently hangs in the Musée d’Orsay... ]]
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    [[ ...such terrible news from Paris today... Notre-Dame has been the pinnacle of French Gothic architecture for over 600 years, and has inspired countless artists and architects over the centuries. Both the spire and roof have been brought down...this painting here of the cathedral, by Max Luce, currently hangs in the Musée d’Orsay... ]]
  • [[ ...and now I have the final painting from this collection of Gothic masterworks. Thank you to those who have appreciated this series, (which Monet intended to be witnessed all together) and do please let me know what you’ve thought of all these paintings ]]
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    [[ ...and now I have the final painting from this collection of Gothic masterworks. Thank you to those who have appreciated this series, (which Monet intended to be witnessed all together) and do please let me know what you’ve thought of all these paintings ]]
  • [[ ...isn’t it fascinating to see how varied these paintings can be? The stone almost changes shape according to the way light scatters across it, with different parts of the cathedral protruding and receding throughout the day... at the risk of sounding grandiloquent, one might consider the subject of these Monet works to be divine light itself... ]]
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    [[ ...isn’t it fascinating to see how varied these paintings can be? The stone almost changes shape according to the way light scatters across it, with different parts of the cathedral protruding and receding throughout the day... at the risk of sounding grandiloquent, one might consider the subject of these Monet works to be divine light itself... ]]
  • [[ ...Monet hired a large open studio directly across from the cathedral and had several canvases going simultaneously, each for a different moment of the day. As the sun moved across the sky he would turn to the next painting in the sequence, and would repeat this process day after day, transforming the architecture of this iconic gothic monument... ]]
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    [[ ...Monet hired a large open studio directly across from the cathedral and had several canvases going simultaneously, each for a different moment of the day. As the sun moved across the sky he would turn to the next painting in the sequence, and would repeat this process day after day, transforming the architecture of this iconic gothic monument... ]]
  • [[ ...the more of this collection I gaze at, the more I see the Cathedral as something settling comfortably into the background... the persistent backdrop to some saturated sunset, or the early luminance of morning... It is actually light, I think, that plays the truly central subject in this series of works... ]]
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    [[ ...the more of this collection I gaze at, the more I see the Cathedral as something settling comfortably into the background... the persistent backdrop to some saturated sunset, or the early luminance of morning... It is actually light, I think, that plays the truly central subject in this series of works... ]]
  • [[ ...Monet completed over 30 versions of the Rouen Cathedral in total, and over the course of 3 years he worked and reworked, touched and retouched, until finally he selected his favourite 20 and displayed them together to the Parisian public. Unlike notoriously mocked past Impressionist shows, this exhibition was a profound success, with the beautiful Gothic architecture of the cathedral coinciding with the revival of interest in French Catholicism that was underway throughout the nation at the time... ]]
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    [[ ...Monet completed over 30 versions of the Rouen Cathedral in total, and over the course of 3 years he worked and reworked, touched and retouched, until finally he selected his favourite 20 and displayed them together to the Parisian public. Unlike notoriously mocked past Impressionist shows, this exhibition was a profound success, with the beautiful Gothic architecture of the cathedral coinciding with the revival of interest in French Catholicism that was underway throughout the nation at the time... ]]
  • [[ ...it is known that during the production of these paintings, Monet was plagued by nightmares of the gothic cathedral overwhelming him in vivid, looming colours, transforming from blue to pink and to yellow. He considered his mission to capture the essence of light scattering off the stone surface as “trying to do the impossible”... ]]
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    [[ ...it is known that during the production of these paintings, Monet was plagued by nightmares of the gothic cathedral overwhelming him in vivid, looming colours, transforming from blue to pink and to yellow. He considered his mission to capture the essence of light scattering off the stone surface as “trying to do the impossible”... ]]
  • [[ ...and now, if I may introduce you to a series of works by Claude Monet in the height of his success, masterfully striking down stone-scattered light onto canvas and vividly coloured paint. His ‘Rouen Cathedral’ series received wild acclaim when exhibited in 1895 and is widely regard to be some of his finest work: a collection of over 20 paintings of this Gothic Cathedral in Normandy, France. Follow along in the upcoming days to see the varied ways he captures light, weather and colour in these wonderful works... ]]
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    [[ ...and now, if I may introduce you to a series of works by Claude Monet in the height of his success, masterfully striking down stone-scattered light onto canvas and vividly coloured paint. His ‘Rouen Cathedral’ series received wild acclaim when exhibited in 1895 and is widely regard to be some of his finest work: a collection of over 20 paintings of this Gothic Cathedral in Normandy, France. Follow along in the upcoming days to see the varied ways he captures light, weather and colour in these wonderful works... ]]
  • [[ ...I hope you have all been well these last few weeks. Let us begin our return to daily showpieces with more Monet for a short while, first here with one final piece from London: this bustling evening scene of Leicester Square reduced to nothing more than vibrant light and vivid colour reflecting off rain-soaked streets — something so amorphous that this work stands out as one especially abstract to me even amongst Impressionist art. I hope you enjoy, I personally appreciate this one with a particular passion... ]]
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    [[ ...I hope you have all been well these last few weeks. Let us begin our return to daily showpieces with more Monet for a short while, first here with one final piece from London: this bustling evening scene of Leicester Square reduced to nothing more than vibrant light and vivid colour reflecting off rain-soaked streets — something so amorphous that this work stands out as one especially abstract to me even amongst Impressionist art. I hope you enjoy, I personally appreciate this one with a particular passion... ]]
  • [[ ...and now our final example of Monet’s acclaimed depiction of the House of Commons across from the Thames. I hope you have enjoyed this wonderful collection of works displayed this week... ]]
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    [[ ...and now our final example of Monet’s acclaimed depiction of the House of Commons across from the Thames. I hope you have enjoyed this wonderful collection of works displayed this week... ]]
  • [[ ...it is said that Monet was constantly hampered with poor weather during his painting excursions to humble London Town... I might add that there truly exists no more suitable experience of this city than underwhelming atmospheric conditions! ☁️🌧☁️ ]]
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    [[ ...it is said that Monet was constantly hampered with poor weather during his painting excursions to humble London Town... I might add that there truly exists no more suitable experience of this city than underwhelming atmospheric conditions! ☁️🌧☁️ ]]