thegetty: stilllifequickheart: Louise Moillon Still Life with Bowl of Curacao Oranges 1634 Louise Moillon stopped painting when she reached her 30s, and did not resume for the last 50 years of her life. No one fully understands why, though a Calvinist husband is implicated. Fruits, beautiful fruits, were her specialty. This treasure and her cherries are in the collection of the Norton-Simon Museum here in L.A. Click through for the cherries, which are amazing.
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Louise Moillon

Still Life with Bowl of Curacao Oranges

1634

Louise Moillon stopped painting when she reached her 30s, and did not resume for the last 50 years of her life. No one fully understands why, though a Calvinist husband is implicated. Fruits, beautiful fruits, were her specialty.

This treasure and her cherries are in the collection of the Norton-Simon Museum here in L.A.

Click through for the cherries, which are amazing.

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Rothko Chapel, 1964-1967 The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas founded by John and Dominique de Menil and opened in 1971. The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art. On its walls are fourteen black but color hued paintings by Mark Rothko. The shape of the building, an octagon inscribed in a Greek cross, and the design of the chapel was largely influenced by the artist.Susan J. Barnes states “The Rothko Chapel…became the world’s first broadly ecumenical center, a holy place open to all religions and belonging to none. It became a center for international cultural, religious, and philosophical exchanges, for colloquia and performances. And it became a place of private prayer for individuals of all faiths”. Fourteen of Rothko’s paintings are displayed in the chapel. Three walls display triptychs, while the other five walls display single paintings. Beginning in 1964, Rothko began painting a series of black paintings, which incorporated other dark hues and texture effects. A typical question raised by visitors viewing the massive black canvases which adorn the walls of the chapel includes some variant of: “Where are the paintings?” The hue of the paintings vary on the lightning of the moment of the day. (x)
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Rothko Chapel, 1964-1967
The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas founded by John and Dominique de Menil and opened in 1971. The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art. On its walls are fourteen black but color hued paintings by Mark Rothko. The shape of the building, an octagon inscribed in a Greek cross, and the design of the chapel was largely influenced by the artist.
Susan J. Barnes states “The Rothko Chapel…became the world’s first broadly ecumenical center, a holy place open to all religions and belonging to none. It became a center for international cultural, religious, and philosophical exchanges, for colloquia and performances. And it became a place of private prayer for individuals of all faiths”.
Fourteen of Rothko’s paintings are displayed in the chapel. Three walls display triptychs, while the other five walls display single paintings. Beginning in 1964, Rothko began painting a series of black paintings, which incorporated other dark hues and texture effects. A typical question raised by visitors viewing the massive black canvases which adorn the walls of the chapel includes some variant of: “Where are the paintings?” The hue of the paintings vary on the lightning of the moment of the day. (x)

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