Alphonse Mucha ~ Woman with Daisies

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it
“My lifetime ambition has been to unite the seriousness of question with the lightness of form.” —Milan Kundera
Wish you all a very merry Christmas ♥♥♥ Anton Heinrich Dieffenbach A Christmas Party -1865 www.passionforpaintings.com www.moniquespassions.com
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever wants to know something about me -as an artist, the only notable thing- ought to look carefully at my pictures and try and see in them what I am and what I want to do.”
― Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt, Pallas Athena, 1898
“An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style,
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
“She wondered all the same how much they really had to say to one another, given that they had only
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING “Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about
I lock my door upon myself by Fernand Khnopff, 1891
The Depths of the Sea (1887) by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Two weighless figures are buoyed up by the water surrounding them in this unusual underwaterview. Pre-Raphaelite painters such as Burne-Jones were fascinated with drowning; this preoccupution, part of a general preference for morbid subjects, was also popular with Art Nouveau.
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about
I lock my door upon myself by Fernand Khnopff, 1891
THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,
I was still little when I saw this painting called “Girl with Peaches” for the first time. I found it
Edvard Munch – Jealousy (1895) “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock The
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about
WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about
I lock my door upon myself by Fernand Khnopff, 1891
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
A confinement in body …not in soul. What started 5 weeks ago as a horrible time for me due
THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,