Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton by George Romney

  Emma Hamilton as Circe by George Romney, 1782 George Romney painted over 60 portraits of Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton (nee Amy Lyon) in his lifetime, both nude and clothed, as mythical figures, literary figures, allegorical figures, as a mother.  I know from my late husband’s reading, that Emma Hamilton eventually became obese, so later […]

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum: Go there as soon as you can!

A week ago, my friend, Josephine, and I went to visit the Minnesota Marine Art Museum on the recommendation of my cousins, Jere and Cherie (see Jacques Art Center, Aitkin, MN).  We’d heard there were French Impressionists there, but there was so much more.  Besides a representative painting of just about every French Impressionist, there […]