by Paul Signac, who died from septicemia on August 15, 1935, at 71 years of age. I would love to have coffee out of one of those lovely cups and sit by the light of that window. I'd be uncomfortable having a servant like that. I've never been part of a family -or even visited one- that had someone who served at meals.
You can see more of his work here, and his work is worth any time you spend looking at it.
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The light from the window is captured so beautifully on the painting, isn't it! I would love to sit there with you and while you enjoy your coffee I'll have a cup (or two) of tea...lol 😉. Happy T Tuesday! J 😊 x
ReplyDeleteHis work reminds me of Seurat and pointillism. His work and his name seem familiar to me. Of course, since he was an impressionist, or post impressionist, it doesn't surprise me.
ReplyDeleteI've been told my grandmother's parents had servants, but I would never have wanted that either. This is a fabulous painting and a great example of a drink related post. You know how to find them, that's for sure. Thanks for sharing it with us for T this Tuesday.
I really liked this painting.
ReplyDeleteyears ago we met a couple down the road from us-and the lady of the house grew up in Texas and with servants-and cooks etc. she did not know how do anything hardly in her home-except she was a pretty good cook.
Happy T Day wishes Kathy
That's a beautiful painting, and it would be great fun to sit there for a coffee. I had a schoolfriend who lived in a big house with servants, and found it very strange! Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteTo me, that's not a realistic scene of a dining room. At least my dining room. The table is really more of a flat file so would take a bit of cleaning and organizing in order to be able to sit around the table and enjoy a meal. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteThat is a cool painting. He was very talented, and think those are all little dots of color. Think being the key word. I've never had a servant and visited someone who has had one either. But maybe I could love with someone who would come clean for me so I could do other things. With the dogs I need to vacuum constantly. Happy T day. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThose cups do look amazing and I would have to agree about the servants hanging around. Not my cup of tea. I love my privacy. But I suppose if that was what you were used to than that was normal. You always share the most interesting paintings.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
Thank you for reminding me of this Pointillist painter! Often overshadowed by Seurat in art history...but I really enjoyed looking at Signac's magnificent paintings in the link you provided! Delighted to see there are some in American museums. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful painting, not sure I would be happy having servants around, but if you were brought up having them around you would accept it as normal.
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Yvonne xx
Lovely painting. I love the way he used light streaming though the window to enhance/highlight thee scene.
ReplyDeleteHappy T-day! Hugs, Eileen
Yes, this is a painter I know. It’s great what he does with light. And I like the fact that the picture tells a story. (Well, in my imagination it does).
ReplyDeleteNo I didn’t have servants either, but I did have a live in girl to do housekeeping and baby sitting when my son was little and I worked full time. To this day I’m not very ‘domestic’ .
Happy T Day,
Lisca
You always find the best tea related paintings. I like the cool blue interior with the window letting in light.
ReplyDeleteAaahh the light coming in that window is just about perfection isn't it?~ Happy T day dear Divers! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteanother artist you are introducing me to... i like the light situation, but i think the atmosphere might be a bit stiff... not sure if i could talk freely when some servant would listen to all. would me make feel uncomfortable, too!
ReplyDeleteI love this lovely blue painting! I recall seeing one of his paintings at The Orsay in Paris! Belated Happy T Day! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteI love that you share paintings and artists. I did go read about him and look at his other work. I believe I like the one you have featured, best. If you didn't see my reply to your question on my blog: DTGD is Dare To Get Dirty (as in dirty fingers making cards) The Dirty Dozen past and present (designers on SplitcoastSTampers) give the Splitcoaststampers's Fan Club a week of challenges. It is like a big party and at the end of the week there are drawings for prizes. For those who completed all 40 challenges there are bigger prizes. Anyone can be a member at Splitcoast, but you pay to be in the Fan Club, where you get more perks like these special challenges with prizes! Here is the address: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/
ReplyDeleteThx!
DeleteThis is such a lovely painting. I enlarged it and saw that it was painted with dots (Pointillism?), how very clever.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit late for last Tuesday so I'll just say "Happy Tea Weekend!"