Sunday, December 29, 2013

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Mark Lancelot Symons - Molly in the Garden, 1930



English, 1887–1935). Molly in the Garden, 1930. Oil on panel, 21.5 x 14.5 in. Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, U.K. 

Museum text: “Molly is one of the artist’s three daughters. Symons was a devout Catholic and his paintings of gardens often contain religious symbolism. He saw them as places of sanctuary and peace like churches. Here, Molly sits in a rubble-strewn garden where flowers still manage to push their way through. Symons may be illustrating how she is flourishing despite some family problems.”

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Friday, December 13, 2013

Waiting John McGhie




(British, 1867–1952)
Oil on canvas, 64 x 76.5 cm.
McLean Museum and Art Gallery.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dr. Grace Hopper




Dr. Grace Hopper works on a manual tape punch computer on August 5, 1944 — decades before she’d earn the title Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, be named Grandma COBOL and Amazing Grace, and receive a Google doodle in honor of her birthday (December 9, 1906).