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Happy birthday, Renoir.

The Olive Trees

On our trip to Boston and NYC last fall, it was this Van Gogh painting at MOMA in NYC that was my favorite. Do you have a favorite Van Gogh painting?

Added: this post by anglofille prompted my memory of seeing this painting.

Happy Birthday

"One day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I can't live where I want to — I can't go where I want to go — I can't do what I want to — I can't even say what I want to … I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to."

~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Chilly Scenes of Winter

Winter Scene in Moonlight, 1869
Henry Farrer

This image of a watercolor is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artwork of the Day which I receive through google reader. I'm hoping to visit New York City for the first time this November for my birthday. The Met is one of the places I'm most interested in visiting.