Salts Mill, Yorkshire
Sir Titus Salt considered the harsh living conditions of the weavers and mill workers in Bradford, so instead of retiring, he created a new town with good houses and facilities for his workers.
Who Collected The Impressionist Paintings in Their Time?
Edmund de Waal, the author of "The Hare with the Amber Eyes", has chased his Eprussi family history. The Nazis stole a lot of possessions, and the Japanese Netsukes were only saved by their faithful domestic help in Vienna. Like his distant relative Charles Eprussi, he seeks to refine his art, the creation of fine porcelain and pottery.
Sundborn Church
Working on his art, Carl Larsson went through a period of mourning his son's untimely death
The Sorolla Museum in Madrid
Sorolla seemed to be a loving father and husband, and he cared for the socially challenged people in his surroundings.
Our New Hospital, Soon One Year Old
Earlier on, I have shown you pictures from a new super hospital close to where I live. It has been on its way for nearly twenty years and was inaugurated last spring. Another post on the theme is Other Thoughts on Hospitals. Photos from the inside of Gødstrup Hospital in Denmark The foyer’s interior is decorated with various soft colours […]
Johannes Larsen, the Danish Bird Painter
Johannes Larsen (born 1867- 1961) was a Danish painter specialising in painting birds. He was born and died in the small coastal town of Kerteminde on the island of Funen. Recently, my husband and I drove two hours to visit this lovely place with a museum and the painter’s home and garden. We have an artist friend, Simon Bang from […]
Ordrupgaard Collection
We have a treasure at this museum a few miles north of Copenhagen #1 Danish Golden Age painters in the original building #2 Special exhibition on Swedish Anders Zorn autumn 2021 #3 French impressionist paintings owned by Ordrupgaard in a new building beneath the ground The Gauguin baby head has a story. Paul Gauguin was married to a Danish woman […]
Ancher’s Artist Home in Skagen
I admire artists who were able to combine their art with a creative beautiful home.
Michael gave Anna room for her painting and today she is even more cherished for her use of light and colour
Turner at ARoS, an art museum in Aarhus
My last post was about the area in Aarhus that once was one of the barracks in Aarhus. Now a centre for culture, concerts and art exhibitions. ARoS is a spectacular building with a glass roof ring, a piece of art by Danish/ Icelandish Olafur Elisson. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was far ahead of his time. I can’t believe […]
Simon Bang, a Danish Contemporary Artist
Years ago, my interest in WWII and my love for Copenhagen, our Danish capital, brought me in contact with the artist Simon Bang. At the time, I didn’t know that Simon Bang was a painter as we corresponded about historical subjects on a Facebook group on old black and white photos from our capital. Later on, I found his works illustrated on […]
From one Heart to Another 