There's a person who lives in Ukraine who shows up on my FB feed in the dead of night, when everyone in my hemisphere is safely abed. Her name is Lyuba Komova. She posts pictures by dead artists. Tonight's dead artist was Jan Mankes, a Dutchman (1889–1920) and a symbolist painter, and I quite liked the work she shared (the first one presented below)—which spurred me to seek him out. And I liked more of what I saw. He produced about 200 paintings, 100 drawings, and 50 prints before dying of tuberculosis at age 30. Here are a few of Jan Mankes's works.
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| Judaspenning in Japanse vaas, 1916 |
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Bomenrij, 1915
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Grote uil op scherm, 1913
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Vrouw voor haar huis, 1914
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Bloemstilleven—Camelia's in glas, 1913
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De oude geit, 1912
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| Zelfportret, 1918 |
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Monterey County Covid-19 stats: 5,156 reported cases (up 734 since I last posted a week ago); 382 hospitalizations (up 61); and 41 deaths (up 6). I am so very ready for these numbers to be slowing down—which, maybe they are . . . but no, not as long as the death toll keeps rising. Which it is.
Stay safe.
1 comment:
I like your taste in art. The image of the trees here is so evocative. Feels right for our times. Thanks for sharing.
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