Movie Night

Alexandra is not huge movie watcher but she likes old films with Gary Cooper, Gary Grant and such.  Maybe James Dean also. 

East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, East of Eden brings to life the intricate details of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories. The novel was originally addressed to Steinbeck's young sons, Thom and John (then 6½ and 4½ years old, respectively). Steinbeck wanted to describe the Salinas Valley for them in detail: the sights, sounds, smells, and colors. ( Wikipedia)

East of Eden is a 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan, and loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. It is about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel. (Wikipedia)

Eedenistä itään on Elia Kazanin ohjaama yhdysvaltalainen elokuva vuodelta 1955. Se perustuu John Steinbeckin samannimiseen romaaniin vuodelta 1952. Elokuvan tapahtumat sijoittuvat vuoteen 1917 ja Kaliforniaan. Se kertoo melko menestyvän uskonnollisen viljelijän kahdesta aikamiespojasta ja heijastelee Raamatun tarinaa Kainista ja Abelista. Elokuvaa on sanottu James Deanin läpimurtoelokuvaksi. Toisessa pääosassa on menestyksekäs Broadway-näyttelijä Julie Harris. Wikipedia

Distance: 1,725 km

Travel time: 12 days

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer was regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His work includes altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts.

Albrecht Dürer was born May 21, 1471, in Nurnberg. In 1494 he traveled to Italy, where he remained until 1495. The trip had a strong effect on Durer; echoes of Italian art are apparent in most of his drawings, paintings, and graphics of the following decade. Italian influences were slower to take hold in his graphics than in his drawings and paintings. He died in 1528.

Düreriä pidetään aikakautensa suurimpana saksalaisena taiteilijana ja ensimmäisenä saksalaisena protestanttisena renessanssitaiteilijana. Hän oli hyvin monipuolinen ja arvostettu jo elinaikanaan, omasta mielestään arvostetumpi ulkomailla kuin kotimaassaan. Hänen kaiverruksilleen ja piirroksilleen oli ominaista runsaat yksityiskohdat sekä suurikokoisuus ja niistä otettiin jo hänen elinaikanaan paljon vedoksia. Wikipedia

 Self Portrait (1498)

Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1505)

Received from Celia, Germany

Distance: 1,217 km

Travel time: 8 days

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

August Macke

Girls under Trees 1914

Elizabeth Reading, 1911

Received from Uta in Germany
Distance: 1,296 km
Travel time: 4 days

August Macke (1887 –  1914) was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art which saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe. 

Macke's career was cut short by his early death at the front in Champagne in September 1914, the second month of World War I. His final painting, Farewell, depicts the mood of gloom that settled after the outbreak of war. Wikipedia

August Macke (1887- 1914 ) oli saksalainen taidemaalari. Macken maalauksissa on hehkuva voimakas väriasteikko ja kubismiin sekä futurismiin pohjautuva rakenteellinen muotokieli.  Vuonna 1911 Macke liittyi Franz Marcin ja Wassily Kandiskyn perustamaan Der Blaue Reiter- taiteilijaryhmään ja osallistui sen näyttelyihin. 

Ensimmäinen maailmansota alkoi elokuussa 1914 ja Macke kutsuttiin armeijan palvelukseen. Muutama viikko myöhemmin hän kaatui 27 vuoden ikäisenä Reimsin lähellä käydyssä taistelussa. Wikipedia

Amedeo Modigliani

 Little girl in blue, 1918

Portrait of a Woman (detail) c.1917-1918

From Jessica, U.S.A. 

Distance: 7,056 km

Travel time: 11 days

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani  ( 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces and figures, that were not received well during his lifetime, but later found acceptance. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance, until he moved to Paris in 1906. There he came into contact with prominent artists such as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. During his life, Amedeo Modigliani had little success, but after his death he achieved greater popularity and his works of art achieved high prices. He died at age 35 in Paris of tubercular meningitis. Wikipedia

Amedeo Modigliani (12. heinäkuuta 1884 Livorno – 24. tammikuuta 1920 Pariisi) oli italialainen taidemaalari ja kuvanveistäjä. Hänet tunnetaan muotokuvista ja naismalleja kuvaavista maalauksista, joissa on pidennettyjä ja soikeita muotoja. Surumielisten hahmojen silmät ovat usein mantelinmuotoiset. Maalauksille on ominaista herkkä viivankäyttö ja täyteläiset kuparinpunaiset, ruskeat, siniharmaat ja syvän vihreät värisävyt.  Monet teokset tunnistaa pitkulaisista, naamionkaltaisista kasvoista.  Wikipedia

Ateneumin taidemuseossa nähdään syksyllä 2016 Amedeo Modiglianin retrospektiivi, jossa on esillä lähes 200 Modiglianin teosta.

Frans Hals

Two laughing boys with mug of beer, c.1626

From Anneke, Netherlands

Distance: 1,371 km

Travel time: 9 days

With beautiful stamp

Buffoon Playing A Lute / Luitspeler c. 1623 

From Jannie, Netherlands

Distance: 1,538 km

Travel time: 6 days

Frans Hals the Elder,  c. 1582 -1666 was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter who lived and worked in Haarlem. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and he helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. Wikipedia

 Frans Hals (n. 1582 - 1666 ) oli Antwerpenissa syntynyt hollantilainen taidemaalari, jota pidetään Rembrandtin ohella yhtenä Alankomaiden taiteen parhaista muotokuvamaalareista. Hän on barokin tunnetuimpia maalareita, jonka töissä on ajalle ominaista mahtipontisuutta. Hals tunnetaan rennon maalauksellisesta ja elävästä sivellinjäljestään. Hänellä oli myös paljon vaikutusta 1600-luvun ryhmämuotokuvien kehitykseen. Wikipedia

Movie Night

This card came from Paul in Colorado U.S.A. Paul has never seen this movie neither have I,  but perhaps someday.

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter,  1911 – 1937 ) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. The Girl from Missouri (originally called Born to Be Kissed) is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.

Jean Harlow, oikealta nimeltään Harlean Carpenter ( 1911 Kansas City, Missouri –  1937 Los Angeles, Kalifornia) oli yhdysvaltalainen elokuvanäyttelijä ja 1930-luvun seksisymboli. Hänet tunnettiin platinanvaaleiden hiuksiensa vuoksi lempinimillä ”platinablondi”.  Nykyään Harlow’ta pidetään yhtenä Hollywoodin kultakauden legendaarisimmista näyttelijöistä. Vuonna 1999 Amerikan elokuvainstituutti valitsi hänet kaikkien aikojen 22. merkittävimmäksi naisnäyttelijäksi.

Distance: 7,696 km

Travel time: 20 days