tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2431169572458667076..comments2024-03-29T00:19:20.749+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: MilkmaidYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39768243782534271662021-02-25T03:02:17.698+00:002021-02-25T03:02:17.698+00:00Yes that's the one.Yes that's the one.Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775493635832126041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4887357861513096222021-02-24T23:13:58.990+00:002021-02-24T23:13:58.990+00:00Do you mean the girl in the yellow dress sitting s...Do you mean the girl in the yellow dress sitting sideways on? We don't see many paintings of people reading. It is a memorable image. Thanks for calling by once again Adele.<br />P.S. Knit quicker!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43189995490514743372021-02-24T23:09:36.510+00:002021-02-24T23:09:36.510+00:00I wish you had your own blog CG - then we might se...I wish you had your own blog CG - then we might see some of your paintings - including the sunflowers.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89789227129641745862021-02-24T23:08:18.496+00:002021-02-24T23:08:18.496+00:00Yes. I agree with you about the mood of that pictu...Yes. I agree with you about the mood of that picture Debby. It is liberating.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12336751264764782442021-02-24T23:07:25.360+00:002021-02-24T23:07:25.360+00:00I am pleased that Meike introduced me to this pict...I am pleased that Meike introduced me to this picture.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24610648688915291932021-02-24T23:06:14.292+00:002021-02-24T23:06:14.292+00:00"The Gleaners" is an image that I am als..."The Gleaners" is an image that I am also very familiar with. Another picture of ordinary folk at work.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63002705377858070312021-02-23T22:52:48.393+00:002021-02-23T22:52:48.393+00:00Great post topic. I love that Vermeer painting - t...Great post topic. I love that Vermeer painting - the colours of her clothes, the texture of the bread, her concentration as she pours - I never tire of looking at it. It graces the front cover of a book I found in an op shop many years ago -The Flavour of Holland, sketches and recipes by Hilary Keatinge and Anneke Peters. I bought the book for its cover as much as its content and have always had it facing outwards on the shelf. Reading Tracey Chevalier"s book caused me to buy a print of Girl With a Pearl Earring. <br />I was 18 when I first saw a print of Fragonard's The Reader on a billet's lounge wall and was smitten. We had nothing like that at home and I wanted to someday own a copy. It took 40 years to find one but every time I look at her it takes me back to that moment.. I am drawn to images of women doing the things I most like to do myself..reading, cooking, gardening, knitting.<br />As children we hated visiting our elderly relatives who had hunting trophies hanging on their walls. We were terrified by the great horned heads whose eyes seemed to track your every movement across the room.<br />The links above have sent me wandering through the internet,discovering a site called Berfrois which will become a favourite, a welcome diversion on another 30 deg day that's too hot for gardening.<br />AdeleAdelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775493635832126041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84796015912131718472021-02-23T22:38:40.127+00:002021-02-23T22:38:40.127+00:00The painting that evokes very early memories for m...The painting that evokes very early memories for me was Van Goch's "Sunflowers". There was a copy hanging on the wall in my bedroom when I was growing up. Probably a wedding gift or a caste-off from someone. To this day, I have always loved sunflowers, both real and in paintings. In fact over the years I've painted them on many occasions and they prove a useful subject when I'm lacking inspiration.<br />The Dutch Masters paintings gave a good insight into everyday life - as your Vermeer shows. When visiting an art gallery, I always look at paintings depicting everyday scenes, rather than the religious ones. They are tell us so much more about life as it was lived in times gone by. Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70542626434548829222021-02-23T20:28:04.818+00:002021-02-23T20:28:04.818+00:00It is the sea breeze that ruffles the curtain, and...It is the sea breeze that ruffles the curtain, and it is warm and smells like salt, and it calls us to come out and run in the sand. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16549572327105148142021-02-23T20:05:13.446+00:002021-02-23T20:05:13.446+00:00Meike mentioned La Belle Chocolatiere by Jean-Etie...Meike mentioned La Belle Chocolatiere by Jean-Etienne Liotard, painted 1743-44.<br />There are two YouTube videos on this exquisite work.<br /><br />*Liotard, the Chocolate Girl - for Pastel Painters* with Sophie Ploeg.<br />*The Most Beautiful Pastel Ever Seen.*<br /><br />J HaggertyHaggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60802646117671200492021-02-23T19:56:39.346+00:002021-02-23T19:56:39.346+00:00In our kitchen it was The Angelus by Millet and al...In our kitchen it was <i>The Angelus</i> by Millet and also <i>The Gleaners</i> By the same artist.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75354747537802029942021-02-23T18:43:57.162+00:002021-02-23T18:43:57.162+00:00I am sure that men would often carry the milk but ...I am sure that men would often carry the milk but as you say there does not seem to be a male equivalent of the word. Perhaps we need to call them all dairy workers.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14375410746174048092021-02-23T18:40:33.123+00:002021-02-23T18:40:33.123+00:00The prime example being "Night Watch". I...The prime example being "Night Watch". I am afraid that I do not know enough to answer your question ADDY.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13586412391205768212021-02-23T18:39:11.914+00:002021-02-23T18:39:11.914+00:00It was just always there - like a constant through...It was just always there - like a constant through the first sixteen years of my life.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17669253915598332022021-02-23T18:38:20.323+00:002021-02-23T18:38:20.323+00:00I done forgot to append my name, Neil.
Haggerty wa...I done forgot to append my name, Neil.<br />Haggerty was a scrap merchant in Sheffield.<br />In another life.<br />Hameld was last seen alive climbing the 39 Steps.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428937273804366081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1367420063302941822021-02-23T18:38:13.230+00:002021-02-23T18:38:13.230+00:00I would love to see that painting in its current h...I would love to see that painting in its current home and at its full size. It is so wistful. Is about moving out beyond the curtain or about something coming in? Perhaps both.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25780252415005116982021-02-23T17:56:07.370+00:002021-02-23T17:56:07.370+00:00Never read "The Girl With a Pearl Earring&quo...Never read "The Girl With a Pearl Earring". I will duly add it to my long list Steve.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47135563511683367072021-02-23T17:54:54.182+00:002021-02-23T17:54:54.182+00:00I agree Jo - it is easy to imagine a story linked ...I agree Jo - it is easy to imagine a story linked to that picture.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89937269731203095752021-02-23T17:50:16.544+00:002021-02-23T17:50:16.544+00:00What a lovely co-incidence I am sure that if you p...What a lovely co-incidence I am sure that if you promised Levon a front loader if he spends an hour every day with that art book he will be very, very interested in it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25998071732993805582021-02-23T17:46:37.207+00:002021-02-23T17:46:37.207+00:00I agree. If one attempts too much in a good art ga...I agree. If one attempts too much in a good art gallery crowded with paintings of merit, one comes away reeling. You just cannot take it all in. I am glad that you also admire Vermeer and assume that you are Mr Haggerty Esquire.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32911168192385759002021-02-23T17:43:32.632+00:002021-02-23T17:43:32.632+00:00I think that your Uncle John finally got his prior...I think that your Uncle John finally got his priorities right.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4652643677927045862021-02-23T16:15:04.200+00:002021-02-23T16:15:04.200+00:00The painting that always does 'it' for me ...The painting that always does 'it' for me is this one. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Andrew-Wyeth-Wind-from-the-.png I could lose myself in this painting every single time that I see it. I love it. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43967863656683603172021-02-23T15:44:51.279+00:002021-02-23T15:44:51.279+00:00I love Vermeer's work, and there aren't ma...I love Vermeer's work, and there aren't many extant paintings by him, apparently. Have you ever read "Girl with a Pearl Earring" or "Girl in Hyacinth Blue," both novels about Vermeer and his art? My parents had mass-market copies of a Renoir and a Cezanne in our living room and will always vividly remember them!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21430367850656286872021-02-23T15:05:51.698+00:002021-02-23T15:05:51.698+00:00When You were in your parents home I think you wou...When You were in your parents home I think you would have looked at this painting many times looking for details . Your suggestion had me immediately looking for details. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2409672912976896272021-02-23T14:39:36.062+00:002021-02-23T14:39:36.062+00:00I enjoy looking at a picture which tells a story a...I enjoy looking at a picture which tells a story and sets your imagination going, this is one of those and sets me off on a nice little daydream!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095534555655495410noreply@blogger.com