Tavik Simon, Vilma reading on a Sofa, 1912
Circe warns Odysseus about the Sirens:
“You will come first of all to the Sirens, who are enchanters Keep Reading
“Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening when obliged to stop because of darkness I can scarcely wait for the morning to come… My work is not only a pleasure, it has become a necessity. No matter how many other things I have in my life, if I cannot give myself to my dear painting I am miserable.” (Adolfe-William Bouguereau) Keep Reading
…for my inspiration…I liked to go out in the evenings…
and have a good-looking man tell me how beautiful I am
or how great an artist I am –
and he touches my hand … I loved it! – I needed that.
And I had many, many.”
Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka (Łempicka) (16 May 1898 – 18 March 1980), born Maria Górska in Warsaw, Poland, was a Polish Art Deco painter and “the first woman artist to be a glamour star”.
Music in the Air
Nona Rostagno
Nona is born in the Ukraine, but for political reasons her father left his country in 1943 to live somewhere else. They went to Brazil. The whole family got the Brazilian nationality. In Brazil Nona had the opportunity to study languages, music and specially art. Her first exhibition was in Germany, in Hamburg, in a Refugee Camp and she was only 5. Since then she never stopped drawing. Lately she discovered that teaching is marvelous as she is able to help many people emotionally.
The painting we see here is about a person that played near her studio. She didnt know him, but now they are friends. He plays for her, calling her…
