September 30, 2025

SEP 30, selected pics: Gaudi vista, Barcelona

 


  






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September 27, 2025

SEP 27, poetic non-sequitur: Spanish greeting

 


Our collection of "Non-Sequiturs" on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense", contains an admittedly bizarre assortment of nonsensical odds-and-ends, that don't quite fit into other topic-based offerings. But should you want to review the entire collection, click HERE.


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September 24, 2025

SEP 24, selected pics: Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

 













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September 21, 2025

SEP 21, selected pics: sculpture at the Musee du Quai d'Orsay



   

"Despair",Jean-Joseph Perraud, 1869


"Anacreon", Eugene Guillaume, 1851



"Sapho", James Didier, 1851



"Virgile", Gabriel Thomas, 1861


"Eve, after the Sin", E. Delaplanche, 1869





Virgil, left; Dante, right,
Orsay Museum, Paris






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September 18, 2025

SEP 18, selected pics: other impressionistic scenes at the Orsay Museum

 

"Portrait of Doctor Gauchet", Vincent van Gogh, 1890



"Thatched Cottages at Cordeville", Vincent van Gogh, 1890




"The Church at Auvers", Vincent van Gogh, 1890




"The Siesta (after Millet)", Vincent van Gogh, 1890


Click HERE to find another informative posting about Van Gogh's final year of painting at Auvers-sur-Oise.




"Sunset at Ivry", Armand Guilaumin, 1873



"History", Pierre Puvis de Chavanne,
1866 (pre-impressionism)


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September 15, 2025

SEP 15, selected pics: impressionistic boating scenes at the Orsay Museum, Paris

 

"In the 'Norwegian' ", Claude Monet, 1887


"Etretat Beach and the Porte d'Amont", Claude Monet, 1883



"The Bridge at Argenteuil", Claude Monet, 1874




L'homme a la Barre", Theo van Rysselberghe, 1892



"The Green Sail 1804", Paul Signac



infrequent bateaux-mouches on the Seine
 owing to the cool damp weather

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