Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Vibrant Expression

 Today we start with two portraits that seem to be always hung together. Mrs. John Beverley Robinson is an 1845 oil painting by George Berthon.


This is Miss Amelia Boddy, an 1845 portrait by John Bell-Smith.


Allan Edson painted Landscape With Cascade in 1872.


His teacher, Robert S. Duncanson, painted Owl's Head Mountain in 1864.


This dramatic work is Sunrise On The Saguenay, Cape Trinity, an 1880 canvas by Lucius R. O'Brien.


Another work by O'Brien, done in 1882: Kakabeka Falls, Kamanistiquia River.


The Artist Painting Queen Victoria is by Frederic Bell-Smith, from 1895.


The Studio is by Cornelius Krieghoff, circa 1845.

48 comments:

  1. All are surreal. Love the last painting the best

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  2. The Cascade painting is a favourite.

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  3. Gracious ladies and landscapes

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  4. Debe de ser un tanto pesado posar y estar tanto tiempo quieta, mientras el célebre pintor dibuja su figura y la plasma en el lienzo.

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  5. John Beverly Robinson was said to be an ancestor, but when I checked, he isn't. We are ordinary folk over here. 😎

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  6. The frames kinda steal the show...

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  7. ...the landscapes are my favorites.

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  8. I wish I knew more about art. I just know what pleases me!

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  9. I’ve seen Kakabeka Falls. A beautiful area!

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    1. I've seen it a couple of times, but not since I was growing up.

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  10. I have seen a plaque by a Starbucks on Bloor St which marks the spot of O'Brien's studio.

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  11. Impressive landscapes, the last one is my favorite.

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  12. Marvelous! Love these old paintings.

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  13. Mrs. Robinson was quite a beauty.

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  14. Vintage and classical ~ favorite is Queen Victoria ~ she was fascinating ~


    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  15. Quite a series and all are lovely. Queen Victoria has always interested me.

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  16. My favourite is the Owl's Head Mountain,

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  17. Delightful paintings!

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    1. Google is up to mischief on commenting when I’m on my phone. Linda in Virginia

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    2. Oddly, I do almost all blog reading and commenting on the phone.

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  18. Both pretty ladies, they look affluent.

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  19. The first two portraits are lovely.

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  20. Lovely to see all of these paintings.

    All the best Jan

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  21. Mrs. Robinson was very pretty. I like the portraits but my favorite of those (apart from Mrs. R) was the painter doing the Queen. And those are handsome landscapes.

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