Beautiful Woodblock Flower Print

Vase with white flower and leaves, circa 1900

colored woodcut engraved 

by Andrew Kay Womrath 1869-1939

American Woodblock Print Artist

British Museum

I love this so much.

Found here.

I moved mountains today and feel so good about some quality work and lots of paper shredding in my attic. I will continue tomorrow. Hope you have a great weekend. 

Brittany, #20/35 by Andrew Kay Womrath 

ex. collection of Yoshijiro Urushibara 

Courtesy of the British Museum 

(woodblock print)

Found here with many more examples of his work.

Gravestone found in France correcting his death date as 1953.

Have a great Sunday.

xo

William Merritt Chase Group Portrait (his family)

Beautiful family portrait. Portrait Group (Dorothy, Helen, and Bob) (c.1904). William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916). Oil on canvas. North Carolina Museum of Art.

Chase first met his wife, Alice Bremond Gerson, in 1879 when she was only thirteen, and still known as Posey. He married her on 8 February 1886, although some sources claim it was 1887, when she was nineteen and he was thirty-six. Initially, the couple lived with William’s parents in Brooklyn before moving to their own place in Greenwich Village. Between the years 1887 and 1904, Alice bore a total of eleven children, of whom seven are believed to have survived childhood. They include Dorothy, Helen, and Bob, depicted in this work. 

photo found here 

Yesterday I went to an early afternoon movie with two girlfriends to see Where The Crawdads Sing and enjoyed it thoroughly. Have a great weekend.

The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen

A photo from one of my books illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert

Did everyone have a nice weekend?

I am refreshed and ready to tackle more work.

Prayers for Louisiana and Ida's wrath.

Residual coming my way Wednesday & Thursday.

Be safe. xo