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Peder Mรธrk Mรธnsted was a prominent Danish painter, best known for exquisitely detailed and photorealistic landscape paintings. In this post, Iโm inviting you to join me in a brief exploration of some of his winter landscapes. Iโm sure youโll find them very calming and magical!
This September marks the 250 years of Caspar David Friedrich - the famous German painter who has become synonymous with Romanticism. In this post I will give a few listening tips on the subject of CDF, including podcasts and radio programmes that will help you get acquainted with this remarkable artist.
Robert Seymour Bridges was a British poet and the Poet Laureate of the UK from 1913 to 1930. Originally a doctor, he had to abandon his medical practice due to poor health. He spent most of his life in rural Berkshire near Oxford, dedicated to writing and literary studies. Robert S. Bridges (1844โ1930) The poem …
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Annette Wynne was an early 20th century American writer of childrenโs poems. Her debut collection โFor Days and Days: A Year-Round Treasury of Child Verseโ came out in 1919, followed by โTreasure Thingsโ in 1922.ย The short poem featured in this post is called โTo an Old Treeโ. Itโs a lovely ode to the stoic …
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