Famous Art for the Pandemic & Celebrations of Life

Update 03 July 2025: This post was initially published during the 2020/2021 COVID pandemic. As an art history professor, world traveler and lover of great art and art museums, I set out to connect famous art with what was going on in the world around us. First posted on Face Book, it moved into the creation of this website. Click here for additional postings on a Year in the Life of the Pandemic.

“Breakfast in the Garden”

Frederick Carl Frieseke, American, Impressionism, c. 1911

The particular painting reminded me of a recent photograph I took of my fabulous sister, sitting in her lush spring gardens—also dappled in sunlight! 

Frederick Carl Frieseke, an America Impressionist painter, and not as well-known as Monet and others, he spent most of his life as an expatriate in France and was a member of the Giverny (Monet) art colony. I enjoy his paintings because they are dappled in sunlight. 

My sister and I had a fun day wandering in her sun-dappled gardens, having tea and snacks, and planning settings for some summer fun as two artists “doing art!” Her Hosta Hollow is the inspiration for much of her art work.   I am so blessed to have such a wonderful sister with whom I love spending time and who is a kindred spirit in art and life and faith! This is also a tribute to her June birthday next week!  

Happy Birthday!

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