tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post1383989765324471613..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: A favourite picture.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49925938755860257832019-08-08T06:25:01.409+01:002019-08-08T06:25:01.409+01:00No, but I think I should. Thanks.No, but I think I should. Thanks.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91199219727813281202019-08-08T04:53:28.542+01:002019-08-08T04:53:28.542+01:00She also had an affair with Dr Axel Munthe; the au...She also had an affair with Dr Axel Munthe; the author of 'The story of San Michele'. Have you read his book?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11705133681354708462019-08-08T04:49:25.201+01:002019-08-08T04:49:25.201+01:00If 'given names' really do influence chara...If 'given names' really do influence character (which I'm sure they do), then it would certainly be one to revive.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42858163023312058582019-08-07T23:44:16.067+01:002019-08-07T23:44:16.067+01:00Ottoline is a beautiful name. It's a pity it&#...Ottoline is a beautiful name. It's a pity it's not one of the olde girls names being resurrected today.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5546241702400733202019-08-07T16:31:16.821+01:002019-08-07T16:31:16.821+01:00Ottoline had an affair with Bertrand Russell for ...Ottoline had an affair with Bertrand Russell for many many years.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56976056029070617482019-08-07T13:21:06.974+01:002019-08-07T13:21:06.974+01:00Very elegant; but she could afford to be so.Very elegant; but she could afford to be so.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53972716662049484402019-08-07T13:06:33.788+01:002019-08-07T13:06:33.788+01:00I love her whole outfit.I love her whole outfit.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54504623710520313652019-08-07T12:48:38.095+01:002019-08-07T12:48:38.095+01:00Aix is filled with beautiful objects and architect...Aix is filled with beautiful objects and architecture. Worth a visit, if you haven't already.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46758180935054111542019-08-07T12:47:29.281+01:002019-08-07T12:47:29.281+01:00I don't know a lot about John's private li...I don't know a lot about John's private life, other than he was a great 'womaniser'. They were both big drinkers, of course!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-75955478985054256992019-08-07T11:29:12.891+01:002019-08-07T11:29:12.891+01:00Nice urns.Nice urns.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65822070252261343152019-08-07T11:20:43.610+01:002019-08-07T11:20:43.610+01:00Dylan Thomas. Not Bob Dylan :-) Dylan Thomas. Not Bob Dylan :-) Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-75571395528380180262019-08-07T11:19:27.602+01:002019-08-07T11:19:27.602+01:00Augustus and Dylan had a drunken fight in car park...Augustus and Dylan had a drunken fight in car park over another young lady, "the Irish free-style dancer in the mode of Isadora Duncan" Caitlin Macnamara "in which the old painter knocked the young poet down and drove off with Caitlin into the night." <br />He painted Caitlin but Dylan won her with poetry and letters. <br /><br />Andrew Sinclair's 1975 biography of Dylan has an Augustus John portrait of the poet on the jacket. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76752987074073012272019-08-07T09:43:08.085+01:002019-08-07T09:43:08.085+01:00A classic example of the difference between mascul...A classic example of the difference between masculine and feminine painting. I would say they were equally talented, but his work was 'hard' and 'angular', whereas hers was 'soft' and more 'poetic'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4179161661118287632019-08-07T09:02:47.096+01:002019-08-07T09:02:47.096+01:00It is a fine picture. Augustus John could almost ...It is a fine picture. Augustus John could almost be a present day image, it is Ottoline's attire that dates it. With regard to Gwen John, she is often considered the better painter of the two but being a woman was always rather in his shadow. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36973252719290260952019-08-07T07:57:08.933+01:002019-08-07T07:57:08.933+01:00Beautiful; I've always thought of them as very...Beautiful; I've always thought of them as very 'serene'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40260362462245969242019-08-07T07:40:41.487+01:002019-08-07T07:40:41.487+01:00a beautiful photo.
What do you think of Gwen John&...a beautiful photo.<br />What do you think of Gwen John' work?gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86455010091426566332019-08-07T06:59:20.223+01:002019-08-07T06:59:20.223+01:00When I was 'stone carving' we used to buy ...When I was 'stone carving' we used to buy blocks from a quarry very near Aix. I suppose I visited the town about 5 or 6 times. On my last visit I was shocked by the senseless graffiti.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68915111761251933232019-08-07T06:08:34.248+01:002019-08-07T06:08:34.248+01:00"much time there""much time there"Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6870815542279326562019-08-07T05:44:17.448+01:002019-08-07T05:44:17.448+01:00I enjoyed Aix-en-Provence but had not realised tha...I enjoyed Aix-en-Provence but had not realised that you had spent much there.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.com