Today marks the Vernal Equinox.
Sigh.
I can’t think of a painter who does “Spring” better than J.W. Waterhouse, and I’ve selected a few of his wonderful paintings depicting the season, or just young women and flowers.
Sigh.
For more Waterhouse, see my previous posts, below; and for an additional variety of paintings to celebrate spring, revisit Irene Gallo’s “Picturing Spring: An Equinox Celebration” on Tor.com.
Link: John William Waterhouse on Wikipaintings
Wikimedia Commons
Artcyclopedia, additional links
Related Lines and Colors posts:
Eye Candy: Waterhouse's Gather Rosebuds
J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
John William Waterhouse
Picturing Spring: An Equinox Celebration on Tor.com
Wikimedia Commons
Artcyclopedia, additional links
Related Lines and Colors posts:
Eye Candy: Waterhouse's Gather Rosebuds
J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
John William Waterhouse
Picturing Spring: An Equinox Celebration on Tor.com
What a lovely way to welcome Spring!
It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~ Mark Twain
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