Over the last two years I have visited a number of art galleries and admired some specific impressionist paintings, Here are a few from Berlin’s Neues Museum, the National Museum of Wales, the Musee D’Orsay and the National Museum of Catlan Art (MNAC) in Barcelona.
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It seems Keir Starmer has chosen “Ode to Joy” as his choice as a representative song for the Labour Party, strangely given his “Not in 50 years” position, but it made me wonder who has the best anthem, I have made a little poll, sorry it’s a bit ugly but I don’t pay for the…
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While exploring the idea of visiting Biarritz, I was reminded of a poster I used to have which I misremembered of being of Biarritz. I went looking for it, and discovered the picture I wanted was actually of the Bay of Angels which is in Nice, and was painted by Raoul Dufy, one of whose…
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I decided to buy two of Leonid Afremov’s pictures which are being sold by the estate. It’s all quite odd as they have been behaving as if it’s a limited stock fire sale for several years. Anyway, I bought two over the last month at discounted prices although I’ll have to frame them. Here are…
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I just seen the film again, and must reread the book. I am surprised at some reviews, as I consider the sexual/romantic tension between Marion and Shane underplayed, I feel because of its time, I feel that Shane’s past and his desire to leave it behind is also underplayed. Not that I need to see…
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