Grandmother Moorhead's Aromatic Kitchen 1975 The Charles B. Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Ardmore, Oklahoma Leonora Carrington may have inherited her curious imagination from her Irish mother. Her grandmother Moorhead provided the title for the picture of a kitchen above, where enigmatic figures prepare the cooking of a huge goose. Alchemy pervades her work. The kitchen- traditional place of woman- becomes a place for sorcery. Dando de comer a una mesa (Feeding a table) 1959 Private Collection Two children are secretly watching a mysterious lady, seated on a giant sparrow, feeding a pearl to an eagle stuck in a table. The plates on the shelf are also watching! Leonora Carrington fits well the description of "Surrealist"- painter of dreams. Her painting entitled "The Lovers" is enigmatic: a red king and a blue queen prepare a ceremonial rite inside a mysterious house of sand against a cosmic background: The Lovers 1987 FAMM (Femmes Artistes du M...
La Grenouillère (The Frogpond) 1869 Stockholm National Museum Pierre-Auguste Renoir has left the world many joyful pictures of people having fun. The main exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay is entitled: Renoir and Love. Happy Modernity (1865-1885). The above painting was intended to be a preparatory study for a large work that was never made. Painting alongside Monet, Renoir was developing what became known as the Impressionist technique- juxtaposing small touches of pure colour to capture the open air scene. The exhibition has brought together two of Renoir's large chefs d'oeuvres. Firstly his "Moulin de la Galette" painted in Montmartre in 1876: Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette (The Mill of the Galette ball) 1876 Musée d'Orsay Friends and models posed for Renoir's ambitious work. They even helped him carry the huge canvas to and from his studio in Montmartre. He integrates all the figures masterfully in his convivial scene. Shown at the third Impr...