The Death of Marat
The Death of Marat (French: La Mort de Marat or Marat Assassiné) is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the artist’s friend and murdered French revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat. This is one of the most famous images from the era of the French Revolution, it was painted when David was the leading French Neoclassical […]
The Kiss
This painting is titled “The Kiss” (German: Der Kuss), and it is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It was painted at some point in 1907 and 1908, during the height of what scholars call his “Golden Period”. The painting depicts a couple embracing […]
The Potato Eaters
This painting is called “The Potato Eaters”, and it is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, created in April 1885 in Nuenen, Netherlands. It depicts a peasant family around a dining table, showcasing the harsh realities of rural life. Van Gogh aimed to portray the dignity of the working class, using dark tones and […]
A DREAM’S TALE
I awake from an adventure from a story unravelling the unravel of meaning personal to myself alone. My memory is excluded from hearing the tale of exploits performed and meaning detailed. A.G. Munson
The Lady from Japan (Limerick)
There was good woman from Japan who loved living well with her man she did smile so nice with her fish and rice to stay married was the man’s plan. A.G. Munson
“Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581”
“Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581” is a painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin made between 1883 and 1885. It depicts the grief-stricken Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, shortly after Ivan the Terrible had dealt a fatal blow to his son’s […]
MORNING CALM
The morning provides breath without effort an escape from noise of the world around if you can allow it to. A.G. Munson