Afternoon Tea: Death of Sardanapalus (1827)

01/30/201901/31/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Assyria, Death of Sardanapalus (1827), Eugène Delacroix, mythology

Delacroix requested Delacroix so, here you go:

nol art delacroix death of sardanapalus 1827 — Click here to zoom

Afternoon Tea: No Kakinomoto Hitomaro (1835)

01/28/201901/15/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Japanese culture, Katsushika Hokusai, No Kakinomoto Hitomaro (1835)

From Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai:

nol art hokusai no kakinomoto hitomaro 1835 — Click here to zoom

This one can be found at the Guimet Museum in Paris, in case you’re ever there…

Afternoon Tea: Portrait of pianist and professor of Saint Petersburg Conservatory Sophie Menter (1887)

01/25/201901/04/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Ilya Repin, learning, music, Russian culture, Sophie Menter

From Ilya Repin, a painter from the Russian Empire:

nol art repin sophie menter 1887 — Click here to zoom

Afternoon Tea: The Calling of Saint Matthew (1600)

01/23/201901/21/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Baroque, Caravaggio, Christianity, The Calling of St. Matthew (1600)

From Caravaggio, one of Jacques’ favorites:

nol art caravaggio calling of saint matthew — Click here to zoom

Afternoon Tea: Town on the Blue River (1910)

01/21/201901/15/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Austria-Hungary, Egon Schiele, Spanish flu pandemic, Town on the Blue River (1910)

This is from the Austrian painter Egon Schiele:

nol art schiele town on the blue river 1910 — Click here to zoom

Schiele was a buddy of Gustav Klimt’s but he died at the age of 28 in the Spanish flu pandemic.

Afternoon Tea: Ahinora (1925)

01/18/201901/07/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture Ahinora (1925), art history, Bulgarian culture, Ivan Milev, the Balkans

From the Bulgarian artist Ivan Milev:

nol art milev ahinora 1925 — Click here to zoom

Bulgaria is a lot closer to the Orient than, say, France or the U.K. Just look at the style of fashion worn by this woman. It’s amazing!

Afternoon Tea: Negress (1876)

01/16/201901/04/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Ilya Repin, imperialism, Negress (1876), Russian culture

This is from Russian painter Ilya Repin:

nol art repin negress 1876 — Click here to zoom

Afternoon Tea: The waterfall of Amida behind the Kiso Road (1827)

01/14/201901/05/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, globalization, Japanese culture, Katsushika Hokusai, The waterfall of Amida behind the Kiso Road (1827)

From the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai:

nol art hokusai the waterfall of amida behind the kiso road 1827 — Click here to zoom

Afternoon Tea: Death and Life (1916)

01/11/201901/05/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Austria-Hungary, Death and Life (1916), family, Gustav Klimt, love

From my favorite artist, the Austrian Gustav Klimt:

nol art klimt death and life 1916 — Click here to zoom

My son was born a few hours ago. If all went according to plan (I scheduled this post last weekend), I am in a state of pure love and joy as a another Christensen is added to the troop.

Afternoon Tea: Mother and child (1921)

01/09/201901/05/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Mother and child (1921), Pablo Picasso, Spain

nol art picasso mother and child 1921 — Click here to zoom

A Pablo Picasso classic. This one is in a private collection somewhere.

Afternoon Tea: The Self Immolation of Gogol (1909)

01/07/201901/04/2019 Brandon Christensen Culture art history, Ilya Repin, madness, Nikolai Gogol, Russian culture, The Self Immolation of Gogol (1909)

This is by the Russian painter Ilya Repin:

nol art repin the self immolation of gogol 1909 — Click here to zoom

Nikolai Gogol, a famous Russian author, went mad in his 40s and burned the manuscript for the second part of Dead Souls, a classic novel about Russian life in the 19th century.