Yes here it has Become very very cold... but on this weblog you have the warmest welcome, and your invited to participate, now after you study some of my paintings ..photographs etc. Your encouraged to leave a thoughtful comment !! .......... below this post , the very next one ...... you will find a short bio on Rembrant . .. to honor some of the great artists who influenced the world world,right up to present ... Here is my version of Vincents " Cafe Terrace "
and this is my version of Van Goghs "Starry night over the Rhone"

AS We Go into this weekend... please take a minute and write a comment into add a comment below... and if you want to see something added here, tell me about it please, example * more about famous artists living or from the past, Something about the world events around us ..some headlines from around the world, Music I have a deep interest and a background that included music and performing, great films ? If you ask / suggest I will address it. ... Here is a little about a great master Rembrandt * Some facts Early Life & LATER LIFE Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or Ryn (rem'brănt, Du. rem'bränt här'munsōn vän rīn) [key], 1606–69, Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden. Rembrandt is acknowledged as the greatest master of the Dutch school. miller's son, Rembrandt attended a Latin school and spent part of one year at the Univ. of Leiden, leaving in 1621 to study painting with a local artist, Jacob van Swanenburgh. His most valuable training was received during the six months of 1624 that he spent in the studio of Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. Lastman's work affected Rembrandt's in his sense of composition and his frequent choice of religious and historical themes. Receptive to many influences at this time, Rembrandt sometimes reflected the dramatic chiaroscuro of Caravaggio in paintings such as The Money Changer (Berlin) or the more delicate and detailed manner of Elsheimer as in The Tribute Money (London). In 1660 his housekeeper and devoted love for many years, Hendrickje Stoffels, and Titus formed a business partnership to shield the bankrupt Rembrandt from his creditors. In the last two decades of his life Rembrandt, withdrawn from society and no longer fashionable, created many of his masterpieces. These works were more concerned with human character than with outward appearance and are the foundation of his unequaled reputation. Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653; Metropolitan Mus.) reveals his power to elicit a mood of profound mystery and meditation. Among the other remarkable paintings of this period is Bathsheba (Louvre); two of the notable etchings are Three Crosses (1653) and Christ Presented to the People (1655). The powerful night scene The Conspiracy of the Batavians (1661; Stockholm) is the remaining fragment of his most monumental historical work. To the 1660s belong The Family Group (Brunswick), The Jewish Bride (Rijks Mus.), and The Syndics of the Cloth Guild (1662; Rijks Mus.), all of which are loosely structured, flamelike in color, and psychologically penetrating. Personal tragedy struck the master with the death of Hendrickje in 1663 and of Titus in 1668. Rembrandt lived for one more year, survived by Cornelia, his and Hendrickje's only child. * My Thanks to Colombia encyclopedia 6th edition .. rev

Here at Art and Reality,Remember my work is for sale here, just inquire for prices via email rickad04@msn.com You can spend some quality time, if you want some background & then see my work in one place, my gallery and profile are on top right Then at base of all my posts , hey thats for you !! so please leave a comment anywhere on the entire site, from earliest posts to most recent, have a real look around , ive written some things right from my very soul on here, ... so comments are great to see & I will Be looking forward to hearing from you... rev

a Painting of mine from my gallery here... a nightscape of Budapest

Come in .... There's much to see and read, and please leave a comment, my gallery is on top right with quite a few of my artworks, also click my profile to get a sense of what im about.. My art is presented by my original paintings ...and some of my photographs... my photograph The Blue Mystery / into the light