See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is looking at the colour Blue
A quiet day fishing in Moomin Valley
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| Lake Keitele by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1905) |
They might get lost in the huge expanse of Lake Keitele in central Finland. Gallen-Kallela painted the lake many times between 1904 and 1906. This is his third painting and is the only painting of his work in a British public collection. Some years ago the British National Gallery put on an exhibition of his works and brought together all four versions. This is considered his most elaborate, showing the lake under summer light. I must admit the cool blue reminded me of icy waters but then in my experience lake water is rarely, if ever, warm. A beautiful lake to gaze across whatever the season.
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| La Grande Famille by Rene Magritte (1963) |
A seascape from Rene Magritte of both tranquility and foreboding
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| Polynesia, The Sky by Henri Matisse (1946) |
Time to relax on a Polynesian island under a blue sky.
