Tag: Advent Calendar 2015

December 24th: Christmas Eve by Edmund Restein
American Art

December 24th: Christmas Eve by Edmund Restein

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As soon as I saw this work, I knew I had to feature it today. It's not just the name that makes it appropriate. It so perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas Eve, at least as I've always experienced it - the early darkness, the inviting light from the church windows, and the well-dressed families… Continue reading December 24th: Christmas Eve by Edmund Restein

European Art · Women in the Arts

December 20th: Still Life with Christmas Pudding, Holly and Wine by Johanna Helena Looisen

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Today's painting, Still Life with Christmas Pudding, Holly and Wine, is my first Advent Calendar work by a female artist. I wasn't specifically looking for a work by a female painter today, just as I wasn't intentionally avoiding female artists for the first nineteen days. I'm featuring the painting because I love it; it's compelling for… Continue reading December 20th: Still Life with Christmas Pudding, Holly and Wine by Johanna Helena Looisen

Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family by Eastman Johnson December 19th: Christmas-Time, the Blodgett Family by Eastman Johnson
American Art

December 19th: Christmas-Time, the Blodgett Family by Eastman Johnson

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Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family by Eastman Johnson, 1864. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo via metmuseum.org (CC0 1.0). It's very difficult to find genre paintings (scenes of everyday life) with Christmas settings. I assume that's because the Christmas traditions we are familiar with today have only come into being relatively recently when compared with the entire… Continue reading December 19th: Christmas-Time, the Blodgett Family by Eastman Johnson