Ciara Quill
@ciaraquill.bsky.social
Lecturer/teacher of 🇫🇷&🇩🇪 in Ireland
Interests: art, travel, education #edchatie MFL, food,wine, photography, film, history,🇪🇺, France, Germany
Kerrywoman living & working in Cork
Love Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, London, Naples, Marseille, Venice, Kerry💚💛
Interests: art, travel, education #edchatie MFL, food,wine, photography, film, history,🇪🇺, France, Germany
Kerrywoman living & working in Cork
Love Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, London, Naples, Marseille, Venice, Kerry💚💛
Day 2086 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Novembre" Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé. Private Collection. Over his career, Choultsé became known especially for winter landscapes, with snow, water, and subtle light effects being recurring motifs. He emigrated from Russia: after the revolution he settled in Paris
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Day 2086 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Novembre" Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé. Private Collection. Over his career, Choultsé became known especially for winter landscapes, with snow, water, and subtle light effects being recurring motifs. He emigrated from Russia: after the revolution he settled in Paris
Day 2085 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" (1916) Gustav Klimt. Private Collection. The life-size portrait depicts a young Elisabeth Lederer, daughter of Viennese art collectors August and Serena Lederer, who commissioned the work. The painting, which was looted by the Nazis
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Day 2085 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" (1916) Gustav Klimt. Private Collection. The life-size portrait depicts a young Elisabeth Lederer, daughter of Viennese art collectors August and Serena Lederer, who commissioned the work. The painting, which was looted by the Nazis
Day 2084 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Peonies” (1880) Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The Clarke Art Institute. Renoir once told a friend “painting flowers rests my brain. . . I place my colours and experiment with values boldly, without worrying about spoiling a canvas.” In this still life, vibrant reds and pinks
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Day 2084 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Peonies” (1880) Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The Clarke Art Institute. Renoir once told a friend “painting flowers rests my brain. . . I place my colours and experiment with values boldly, without worrying about spoiling a canvas.” In this still life, vibrant reds and pinks
Day 2083 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Home for Thanksgiving" (1945) Norman Rockwell. The Saturday Evening Post. Painted months after the end of World War II, the work reflects the relief, gratitude and emotional reunions happening across the US as soldiers came home. As a cover for The Saturday Evening Post,
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Day 2083 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Home for Thanksgiving" (1945) Norman Rockwell. The Saturday Evening Post. Painted months after the end of World War II, the work reflects the relief, gratitude and emotional reunions happening across the US as soldiers came home. As a cover for The Saturday Evening Post,
Day 2082 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Good Friends II (Berta and Capi)” (1882) Albert Edelfelt. Gothenburg Museum of Art. One of Finland’s most important artists, Edelfelt worked, like many of his Nordic artist colleagues, in Paris for a long time. At the start of his career, he focused on history paintings,
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Day 2082 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Good Friends II (Berta and Capi)” (1882) Albert Edelfelt. Gothenburg Museum of Art. One of Finland’s most important artists, Edelfelt worked, like many of his Nordic artist colleagues, in Paris for a long time. At the start of his career, he focused on history paintings,
Day 2081 #ArtKicksCovid19 “La Fenêtre à Tanger” (1912) Henri Matisse. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. This is an example of Matisse's paintings after the colourful revolution of his Fauvism period. After several trips outside France Matisse became interested in the Islamic art of North Africa
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Day 2081 #ArtKicksCovid19 “La Fenêtre à Tanger” (1912) Henri Matisse. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. This is an example of Matisse's paintings after the colourful revolution of his Fauvism period. After several trips outside France Matisse became interested in the Islamic art of North Africa
Day 2080 #ArtKicksCovid19 "La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge" (1892) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. MoMA New York. Toulouse-Lautrec was born on this day in 1864. La Goulue (The Glutton), Louise Weber, was an ambitious country girl who became famous dancing the cancan. Nicknamed for her insatiable appetite
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Day 2080 #ArtKicksCovid19 "La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge" (1892) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. MoMA New York. Toulouse-Lautrec was born on this day in 1864. La Goulue (The Glutton), Louise Weber, was an ambitious country girl who became famous dancing the cancan. Nicknamed for her insatiable appetite
Day 2079 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Portrait of Armand Roulin” (1888) Vincent Van Gogh. Museum Folkwang, Essen. The subject of the portrait is the 17-year-old Armand Roulin, oldest son of the post-master Joseph Roulin. In the summer of 1888, van Gogh became good friends with his neighbour in Arles.
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Day 2079 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Portrait of Armand Roulin” (1888) Vincent Van Gogh. Museum Folkwang, Essen. The subject of the portrait is the 17-year-old Armand Roulin, oldest son of the post-master Joseph Roulin. In the summer of 1888, van Gogh became good friends with his neighbour in Arles.
Day 2078 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Three Machines" (1963) Wayne Thiebaud. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Thiebaud’s lushly painted representations of American bakery, delicatessen and restaurant food displays challenge our preconceptions about what we should consider worthy subjects for fine art,
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Day 2078 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Three Machines" (1963) Wayne Thiebaud. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Thiebaud’s lushly painted representations of American bakery, delicatessen and restaurant food displays challenge our preconceptions about what we should consider worthy subjects for fine art,
Pricey but worth it!
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pricey but worth it!
I have to say I’m really liking the new Kerry GAA jersey! 💚💛
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I have to say I’m really liking the new Kerry GAA jersey! 💚💛
Four of my favourite works by René Magritte.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Four of my favourite works by René Magritte.
Day 2077 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Art of Conversation” (1963) René Magritte. Private Collection. Magritte was born on this day in 1898. The painting shows two men wearing bowler hats and overcoats floating or standing against a cloudy sky. Below, there is a landscape: hills or mountains, greenery and
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Day 2077 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Art of Conversation” (1963) René Magritte. Private Collection. Magritte was born on this day in 1898. The painting shows two men wearing bowler hats and overcoats floating or standing against a cloudy sky. Below, there is a landscape: hills or mountains, greenery and
Day 2076 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Madame Bonnat, the Artist's Mother" (1893) Léon Bonnat. Musée d’Orsay. This painting is a very personal work. Rather than a commissioned portrait, it likely reflects Bonnat’s emotional connection, respect and a sense of filial duty. He was known for a realist style
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Day 2076 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Madame Bonnat, the Artist's Mother" (1893) Léon Bonnat. Musée d’Orsay. This painting is a very personal work. Rather than a commissioned portrait, it likely reflects Bonnat’s emotional connection, respect and a sense of filial duty. He was known for a realist style
Yes indeed, Monet did several versions, at different times of the day and in different seasons.
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Yes indeed, Monet did several versions, at different times of the day and in different seasons.
The painting is actually more beautiful if you’re lucky enough to see it in real life as I’ve done, twice. The print is great and a good reproduction but it really doesn’t do the painting justice. The colours are stunning. Photo my own.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The painting is actually more beautiful if you’re lucky enough to see it in real life as I’ve done, twice. The print is great and a good reproduction but it really doesn’t do the painting justice. The colours are stunning. Photo my own.
Catherine/Kate, Princess of Wales, looks stunning in a green velvet evening gown by a German fashion label Talbot Runhof based in Munich. The jewellery is fab too. She is attending the Royal Variety Show in London this evening.
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Catherine/Kate, Princess of Wales, looks stunning in a green velvet evening gown by a German fashion label Talbot Runhof based in Munich. The jewellery is fab too. She is attending the Royal Variety Show in London this evening.
I do love my newly framed print of Claude Monet’s “Meules/Grainstacks” (1891) bought at Museum Barberini in Potsdam in July. It’s my favourite painting in the permanent collection. It sold for $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York back in 2019 making it the most expensive Monet work ever sold.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I do love my newly framed print of Claude Monet’s “Meules/Grainstacks” (1891) bought at Museum Barberini in Potsdam in July. It’s my favourite painting in the permanent collection. It sold for $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York back in 2019 making it the most expensive Monet work ever sold.
Day 2075 #ArtKicksCovid19 "The Tower of Blue Horses" (1913) Franz Marc. This is one of the most enigmatic and celebrated works of German Expressionism. The vertical composition features four blue horses stacked in a dreamlike formation, their powerful forms rendered in curving lines against
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Day 2075 #ArtKicksCovid19 "The Tower of Blue Horses" (1913) Franz Marc. This is one of the most enigmatic and celebrated works of German Expressionism. The vertical composition features four blue horses stacked in a dreamlike formation, their powerful forms rendered in curving lines against
Day 2074 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Verschleierte Frau/Veiled Woman" (1720) Antonio Corradini. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. Corradini is famous for his mastery in sculpting the human form as if seen through a semi-transparent veil, a difficult technique that creates a delicate and illusionistic
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Day 2074 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Verschleierte Frau/Veiled Woman" (1720) Antonio Corradini. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. Corradini is famous for his mastery in sculpting the human form as if seen through a semi-transparent veil, a difficult technique that creates a delicate and illusionistic
Day 2073 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Judith Beheading Holofernes" (1613) Artemisia Gentileschi. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. In this work, Judith is seen cutting off the head of Babylonian General Holofernes assisted by her servant. This scene is taken from the Book of Judith 13.1-20,
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Day 2073 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Judith Beheading Holofernes" (1613) Artemisia Gentileschi. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. In this work, Judith is seen cutting off the head of Babylonian General Holofernes assisted by her servant. This scene is taken from the Book of Judith 13.1-20,
Day 2072 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Landscape at Sunset" (1919) Félix Vallotton. Private Collection. Vallotton was a Swiss-born French graphic artist and painter. Though he was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, he chose to attend the less traditional Académie Julian, where he enjoyed virtually free rein
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 2072 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Landscape at Sunset" (1919) Félix Vallotton. Private Collection. Vallotton was a Swiss-born French graphic artist and painter. Though he was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, he chose to attend the less traditional Académie Julian, where he enjoyed virtually free rein
Day 2071 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy” (1928) Georgia O’Keeffe. @artinstitutechi.bsky.social Georgia O’Keeffe was born on this day in 1887. In this work, she painted the vividly coloured leaves and white flower at a significantly magnified scale.
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Day 2071 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy” (1928) Georgia O’Keeffe. @artinstitutechi.bsky.social Georgia O’Keeffe was born on this day in 1887. In this work, she painted the vividly coloured leaves and white flower at a significantly magnified scale.