Divine Beauty Devotional Art

Dear Art Lover,

Bouguereau

I had hoped to write about this art exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy, while it was still happening, but I got sidetracked.  I am currently in Austria seeing people that I love, so I have little time at the moment.

The exhibition was titled, “Bellezza Divina / Divine Beauty” and included works from Van Gogh to Chagall and Fontana to my favorites, Antonio Ciseri (1821-1891).  While many of Adolphe Bouguereau’s works seem sappy to some art critics, the enormous painting in this exhibition is absolutely stunning.  I cannot imagine anyone walking away from it without admiring the artist who conceived and painted it. 

Anyway, here are the images.  If you want to know the artist, please leave a comment on my blog page and I will get back to you once I am home again in February.

Thank you … and enjoy the devotional art and divine beauty.  This was a wonderful exhibition!  [More images below.]

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It is January and this month I celebrate 15 years as a full-time artist! Wow.. thank you for being a part of this adventure. Your support has been invaluable. I would like to celebrate by making it easier to buy some art that moves you. Here goes:

·         15% off on all available sculptures. The pricelist is here:
http://www.borsheimarts.com/pricelist.htm#sculpture

·         15% off on all available 2-D work, from paintings and drawings in any medium to giclée fine art reproductions.

·         If you buy two or more Borsheim Art Works
before 15 February 2016,
you will also receive
a $50 framing gift certificate
to use as you like. This is a
Special Offer
from Don Elliott at
The Frame Shop/Franklin Barry Gallery in Indianapolis.

Buy Art

These offers end February 15, 2016. Prices you see on the Web site are BEFORE the 15% savings offer. Thank you for your interest!

If you would like to read the full art newsletter for January, including see a new work on the easel still, please visit:

http://www.borsheimarts.com/news/20160111_ArtNews-NitramCharcoalDrawing.htm

Thank you.  Peace,

Kelly Borsheim, artist

http://BorsheimArts.com

Ciseri

The Conversion of St. Paul

Detail of painting shown left

Chagall, apparently the Pope's favorite

Winona Minnesota Marine Art Museum

Dear Art Lover,

     I hope that you do not mind these “flashbacks.”  There is so much I have wanted to share with you over these past several months, but life just kept going full speed.  However, my home in Italia is not ready yet.  Sadly, my future landlord’s wife died from cancer several weeks ago.  So, you might imagine that he did not have an enjoyable summer and, of course, repairing a house was not a priority.  As I wait in LimboLand, with few art-making tools with me, I write.

    During my travels this summer around the USA, I stopped in the familiar town of Winona, Minnesota.  My Aunt Carole was anxious to show me an amazing new museum and we had a wonderful time there, before joining up with my Uncle Alan for lunch and more visitations.  This museum is called the Minnesota Marine Art Museum [MMAM].  You may find them at http://www.mmam.org

     There is such a lovely layout of the grounds along the Mississippi River that includes lots of xeriscaping plants.  We passed a student classroom being fully utilized, as well as the obligatory gift shop.  This gift shop featured more original local art than most I have ever seen and if I had not been luggage-challenged already, I would have bought some art. 
    
     The museum inside is spacious with cozy colors and even a reading area that is not segregated from the art, as is often the case with most museums.  And they are taking care of their surprisingly good collection with tastefully done safe doors.  I say surprisingly because my godparents raised their family in this town and I have spent many a summer as a youth coming to Winona.  We never imagined the city hosting an art museum of this caliber. 

     While they have changing exhibitions (such as The Wood Engravings of Winslow Homer), I include only one artwork from them in this blog post.  They appear to be focusing on American and some European artists and, naturally, a water-based theme.  But let us face it:  That hardly narrows the subject matter a lot! 

     And since [George] Washington Crossing the Delaware was touted as the pride and joy of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, I included several snapshots of it here.  Oh, and pardon the crooked images.  I was lucky to have safely broken the rules this many times.  The George Washington painting is one of several versions floating around in the universe and therefore must have had a very public appeal.  So, without further ado, here are some of the paintings that most appealed to me.

The Brook, 1894, Daniel Ridgway Knight [pardon reflections]

Water Lilies, 1917, Edward Henry Potthast 

Water Lilies [detail], 1917, Edward Henry Potthast [reminds me of J. Sorolla] 

Formerly exhibited in the West Wing of the White House:  Washington Crossing The Delaware 1851, Emanuel Leutze

Formerly exhibited in the West Wing of the White House:  Washington Crossing The Delaware 1851, Emanuel Leutze

Washington Crossing The Delaware [detail] 1851, Emanuel Leutze

 More art below...

     I am not above taking a donation.  Even five bucks is a help, if you enjoy what you read about and see in my images here on this blog.  Thank you.  [You may make a donation via the PayPal links on the side bar on the blog site:  http://artbyborsheim.blogspot.com ]

Peace,
Kelly

~ Kelly Borsheim, sculptor, painter, writer, teacher

http://BorsheimArts.com

Winslow Homer, 1873

Little Caldwell’s Island, 1940, Andrew Wyeth

The Warning, 2007, Jamie Wyeth

The Warning [detail], 2007, Jamie Wyeth

William Frederick de Haas, 1879

Vincent Van Gogh, 1882:  unexpected!  

Alfred Stevens, 1884, from Belgium