Posts tagged: art

2/28/22 Around the World in 80 Days

2/28/22  Around the World in 80 Days
My husband and I just finished the watching BBC's remake of the Jules Verne classic,  Around the World in 80 Days.   The German actress Leonie Benesch was particularly enchanting in the role of fledgling journalist Abigail Fix (above), and the lavish sets did not disappoint this devoted Masterpiece fan - see them in Architectural Digest here.   Read more here

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11/08/21 My Blue Heaven

11/08/21 My Blue Heaven
John Singer Sargent never fails to enchant, and his portrait of Lady Agnew - in her languid pose and all of her elegant assurance - was a triumph at its debut in 1893, and thus launched Sargent's meteoric career.  Has there ever lived a better master of loose brushwork or the mixing of cerulean shades of blue than Sargent?   But what may set him most apart is his mastery at capturing an expression which conveys the soul of the sitter.

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