George Luks A Clown 1929 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston John Singer Sargent Sketch for Chiron and Achilles ca. 1922-24 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston George Bellows Emma and Her Children 1923 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Jean-Louis Forain Witness Confounded 1926 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Lament Suddenly, after you die, those friends who never agreed about anything agree about your character. They're like a houseful of singers rehearsing the same score: you were just, you were kind, you lived a fortunate life. No harmony. No counterpoint. Except they're not performers; real tears are shed. Luckily, you're dead; otherwise you'd be overcome with revulsion. But when that's passed, when the guests begin filing out, wiping their eyes because, after a day like this, shut in with orthodoxy, the sun's amazingly bright, though it's late afternoon, September – when the exodus begins, that's when you'd feel pangs of envy. Your friends the living embrace one another, gossip a little on the sidewalk as the sun sinks, and the evening breeze ruffles the women's shawls – this, this, is the meaning of "a fortunate life": it means to exist in the present. – Louise Glück, from Ararat (Ecco Press, 1990) John Duncan The Unicorns 1920 tempera on canvas Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Pablo Picasso The Bather 1922 oil on panel Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Charles Sheeler Nude 1920 drawing (after a photograph) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston John Singer Sargent Sketch for Hercules and the Hydra ca. 1921-25 drawing Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Tina Modotti Stairs, Mexico City ca. 1924-26 gelatin silver print Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York George Luks View of Beacon Street from Boston Common ca. 1923 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Civilization It came to us very late: perception of beauty, desire for knowledge. And in the great minds, the two often configured as one. To perceive, to speak, even on subjects inherently cruel – to speak boldly even when the facts were, in themselves, painful or dire – seemed to introduce among us some new action, having to do with human obsession, human passion. And yet something, in this action, was being conceded. And this offended what remained in us of the animal: it was enslavement speaking, assigning power to forces outside ourselves. Therefore the ones who spoke were exiled and silenced, scorned in the streets. But the facts persisted. They were among us, isolated and without pattern; they were among us, shaping us – Darkness. Here and there a few fires in doorways, wind whipping around the corners of buildings – Where were the silenced, who conceived these images? In the dim light, finally summoned, resurrected. As the scorned were praised, who had brought these truths to our attention, who had felt their presence, who had perceived them clearly in their blackness and horror and had arranged them to communicate some vision of their substance, their magnitude – In which the facts themselves were suddenly serene, glorious. They were among us, not singly, as in chaos, but woven into relationship or set in order, as though life on earth could, in this one form, be apprehended deeply though it could never be mastered. – Louise Glück, from The Seven Ages (Ecco Press, 2001) Reginald Marsh Paris Theater 1929 oil on canvas Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Charles Demuth Longhi on Broadway 1928 oil on board Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Francis Ernest Jackson The Manuscript ca. 1921 tempera on panel Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Charles Sheeler Peaches in a Bowl 1925 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
These hyper-realistic paintings by Spanish artist Josep Moncada Juaneda have me yearning for a refreshing dip in the pool. Summer, where art thou?
Prunus x blireana A small growing ornamental feature tree that blooms in late July/early August with soft pink double blossoms massed over the entire tree. These blossoms are long lasting and are showered in flowers by mid September and are fully in leaf with rich purple red foliage that changes to a bronzy red in mid Summer. Prunus Blireana grows to approx. 4-5m in height and width but with a trim, can be kept much more compact if desired. This hardy and colourful feature tree can be planted singly, in clumps or as an avenue/row. The Pink Plum Blossom is extremely hardy and enjoys almost any soil, is wind hardy, drought hardy and frost and heat tolerant. Prunus Blireana is a great choice when considering a compact, hardy and colourful feature tree! It is a flowering ornamental tree, not a fruiting plum tree.
Plum blossoms blooming early at Haas School of Business,, UC Berkeley.
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Find Muckle Plum (Prunus x nigrella 'Muckle') in Calgary, Alberta (AB) at Spruce It Up Garden Centre
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Find Muckle Plum (Prunus x nigrella 'Muckle') in Regina, Saskatchewan (SK) at Dutch Growers Garden Centre
Fringe flower shrubs are versatile as privacy or specimen plants. These fragrant and colorful fringy blooms are easy to grow as described in this guide.
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