Landscapes

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

Meadows near Greifswald circa 1821-1822

Sent by Hanna in Ingolstadt, Germany

on 20 Apr, 2014

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,681 km

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

The Bridge at Bougival, 1869

Currier Museum of art, Manchester, New Hampshire

Sent by Marianne in Lemgo, Germany

 on 30 Jul, 2019

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,415 km

Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012) California, U.S.A.

Sent by Esin in Istanbul, Turkey

on 11 Sep, 2014

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 2,425 km

William Thomas Kinkade III  was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for his success, during his lifetime, with the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via the Thomas Kinkade Company. According to Kinkade's company, one in every twenty American homes owns a copy of one of his paintings.

Bridge of Hope

 "A piece in the series of Inspiration of Bridges. In his tranquil bridge scenes, Thomas Kinkade used all his skills as an artist to show us that bridges are so much more than structures. They span the chasms and obstacles of life and help to deliver us safely to where we are going."

William Thomas Kinkade III (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012) was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via the Thomas Kinkade Company. He characterized himself as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light," a phrase he protected through trademark but one originally attributed to the British master J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). It has been estimated that 1 in every 20 American homes owns a copy of one of his paintings.

Despite wide commercial success throughout his life, Kinkade is generally held in low esteem by art critics; his pastoral paintings have been described as maudlin and overly sentimental. Wikipedia

This pretty card came from Doris in Vienna, Austria.

Distance: 1,646 km
Travel time: 5 days