Schloss Kammer on Lake Attersee I, 1908 by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Tag: Gustav Klimt
Pear Tree — Gustav Klimt
Pear Tree, 1903 by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
The House of Guardaboschi — Gustav Klimt
Das Haus von Guardaboschi (The House of Guardaboschi), 1912 by Gustav Klimt (1862-1912)
Gustav Klimt in His Blue Painter’s Smock — Egon Schiele
Gustav Klimt im blauen Malerkittel (Gustav Klimt in His Blue Painters Smock), 1913 by Egon Schiele (1890-1918).
The Friends — Gustav Klimt
Water Serpents II — Gustav Klimt
Two Studies of Sitting Nudes — Gustav Klimt
Poppy Field — Gustav Klimt
The Dancer — Gustav Klimt
Park — Gustav Klimt
Farm Garden with Crucifix — Gustav Klimt
Adam and Eve (Unfinished) — Gustav Klimt
Pine Forest II — Gustav Klimt
The Swamp — Gustav Klimt
Fishblood — Gustav Klimt
Fir Forest I — Gustav Klimt
Book Shelves #32, 8.05.2012
Book shelves series #31, thirty-first Sunday of 2012
I had forgotten about this Norman Rockwell book, which I promptly took out and put on the coffee table:
It’s funny to think how corny I used to think the guy was . . .
. . . which I guess he is, corny, I mean, but he’s also a master painter, with cartoonish sensibility.
And if at times he’s goofy, well, he also exhibited a social conscience in his art that was, well, human-centered.
A harmonica book:
And a guitar book:
Talking Heads are my favorite band. An old girlfriend found this tabloidy book at a thriftstore and gave it to me for my birthday. This was like 16 years ago. I’d forgotten where the book was:
There’s a few copies of Far Side stuff on this shelf:
And Frank Miller’s Wolverine graphic novel, which was my favorite thing in the world when I was 11.
Sad Wolverine:
One of at least three Magritte books in the house is on this shelf. A drawing from said volume:
A Gustav Klimt coloring book:
