The Art of the Window

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Long before Windows was a glint in Bill Gates eye, some early pioneers and settlers thought that a window "ruined a perfectly good wall"!

"Wind from the Sea" by Andrew Wyeth
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"The story behind Wind From the Sea is quite well known. Andrew had been working on a different painting in an upper room at the Olson house. It was stifling hot and his paints were starting to dry out. He crossed the room and lifted the window to get some air in. When he did, the old lace curtains began to flutter in the wind."

"The pattern of birds in the lace looked to Andrew like they had come alive and were flying. It made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He quickly grabbed one of the pencil studies that he had of Christina Olson and did a sketch of the window overtop of the drawing of Christina. That study with “Wind From the Sea” over the sketch of Christina was part of an exhibition in Washington DC in 2014. The exhibition examined Andrew’s paintings of doors and windows over his career and was called Looking Out, Looking In."

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Meanderer said:
Long before Windows was a glint in Bill Gates eye, some early pioneers and settlers thought that a window "ruined a perfectly good wall"!

"Wind from the Sea" by Andrew Wyeth
wind-from-the-sea.jpg


"The story behind Wind From the Sea is quite well known. Andrew had been working on a different painting in an upper room at the Olson house. It was stifling hot and his paints were starting to dry out. He crossed the room and lifted the window to get some air in. When he did, the old lace curtains began to flutter in the wind."

"The pattern of birds in the lace looked to Andrew like they had come alive and were flying. It made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He quickly grabbed one of the pencil studies that he had of Christina Olson and did a sketch of the window overtop of the drawing of Christina. That study with “Wind From the Sea” over the sketch of Christina was part of an exhibition in Washington DC in 2014. The exhibition examined Andrew’s paintings of doors and windows over his career and was called Looking Out, Looking In."

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I didn't know about the story behind the painting, but I have seen it. It's very beautiful! Thanks for this thread, M.
 

"The Open Window is one of Matisse’s most famous paintings. It is an oil on canvas that was painted in 1905. This is an interesting depiction featuring an open window, out of which one can see several sailboats on the water. This is what Matisse used to see from his apartment window which overlooked the Southern Coast of France."

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Within about an hour from where I live is an Andrew Wyeth Gallery. To see his works up close was something!
I was only familiar with Christina's World at the time I visited the gallery but all his works pop off the canvas in a way that leaves a lasting impression. You can get absorbed just taking in the amount of detail he painted in terms of textures and colors.
 
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Within about an hour from where I live is an Andrew Wyeth Gallery. To see his works up close was something!
I was only familiar with Christina's World at the time I visited the gallery but all his works pop off the canvas in a way that leaves a lasting impression. You can get absorbed just taking in the amount of detail he painted in terms of textures and colors.
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A cleaner works outside the 23rd floor of a hotel in Ningbo, China.
 

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