From the British artist and poet William Blake:
I’ve never been a huge fan of English art, but Blake is an obvious exception to the rule when it comes to art out of England. If you expand British art to include its imperial domains, then British art is spectacular, but as for England itself, meh. (William Blake excepted, of course.)
From Gustav Klimt, still my favorite artist of all time…
From the esteemed Jewish French-Belarusian artist (and one of my personal favorites), Marc Chagall:
I took on Calvin Coolidge this week. My Tuesday column dealt with Coolidge and his use of the radio, while this weekend’s column argues why you should love him:
2. Immigration. At odds with the rest of his anti-racist administration, Coolidge’s immigration policy was his weakest link. Although he was not opposed to immigration personally, and although he used the bully pulpit to speak out in favor of treating immigrants with respect and dignity, Coolidge was a party man, and the GOP was the party of immigration quotas in the 1920s. Reluctantly, and with public reservations, Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924, which significantly limited immigration into the United States up until the mid-1960s, when new legislation overturned the law.
Please, read the rest.
From the Russian painter Ilya Repin:
This is a bit different than the traditional “last supper” paintings we are used to, at least here in the States.
From Eugene Delacroix, as requested by Jacques Delacroix:
I could stare at this for hours…
Notes On Liberty 