“Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” — Leo Tolstoy

Georges Braque, French painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1882. Along with Pablo Picasso, he pioneered Cubism, a 20th-century art movement in which works of art are made up of cubes and other geometrical shapes. 🎨 Still Life with Grapes and Clarinet, 1927 #Art #Painting #Cubism

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My favorite American artist. A copy of his painting “Gas“ hangs in my bedroom. His seemingly recurrent theme of isolation, even alienation, has always struck me as starkly compelling.

I’m the dandy on the right.

Edgar Degas is best known for his scenes with dancers, but he also made many paintings with hats. In his time, hats were statements of wealth and status, not only in Paris, but also in the U.S. where Parisian styles were often copied. 🎨 The Little Milliners, 1882 #Art #Painting

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Claude Monet’s "Woman with a Parasol" (1875) captures a breezy stroll with his wife Camille and their son Jean. The wind lifts her skirt, the sky swirls with motion. Completed in a single outdoor session, this is a celebration of color and light, filled with love. #Art #Painting

Henri Rousseau was born #OnThisDay in 1844. The self-taught French painter was often mocked for his amateurish technique, clumsy compositions and awkward perspectives, but he persevered and his works now hang in museums around the world. 🎨 Luxembourg Gardens, 1909 #Art #Painting

This is from 12 years ago. Enjoying some fisticuffs at the U of MMA event with legend Randy Couture and elite wrestler and friend Curren Jacobs.

Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1844. She was the only American and one of only four women to exhibit with the original group of Impressionists in Paris. She almost exclusively portrayed women and children. #Art #Painting #Impressionism

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God bless #BruceSpringsteen

Happy Birthday, EricClose !!! Celebrate BOTH of yourselves, Gemini guy!!! 😊👏🏻❤️🎉

Paul Gauguin worked on this painting over an extended period, incorporating numerous changes. The skirt of the woman in the foreground, for example, was originally bright red and there was a dog in the position now occupied by the basket. 🎨 The Siesta, ca. 1892–94 #Art #Painting

Kirkland: You think the judge will go easy on me? Ezra: Oh, that, yes. Well, did you perchance kill more than one person? Kirkland: Well... yeah. Ezra: Well, then you are in luck. He can only hang you once. Episode: Lady Killers Anthony Starke #Magnificent7TV

I’m often very rich, not in money, but rich (although not every day exactly) because I’ve found my work, have something which I live for heart and soul and which gives inspiration and meaning to life. ― Vincent van Gogh 🎨 Self-Portrait as a Painter, 1887-1888 #Art #Painting

If animals could speak, the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ― Mark Twain 🎨 Franz Marc, The White Cat, 1912 #Art #Painting #Caturday 🐈