Here are Ten of My Favorite Paintings (and it was hard to do just 10!)
Please follow this link to https://jeanmatthewhall.com/art-and-children/ to my guest post about how Art Benefits Children Cognitively, Socially, and Physically on Jean Matthew Hall’s blog, then come back here and look at ten of my favorite paintings and try some of the activities I suggest with your children.
The Lindisfarne Gospel, c. AD 700, made at the Lindisfarne Priory on Lindisfarne, Holy Island, off England’s northeast coast, the British Library, London
Chi Rhi page, Lindisfarne Gospel, public domain
The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck, 1434, National Gallery, London
Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, public domain
Puppy Playing with a Pheasant Feather, c. 1499, Yi Om, Korean, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Puppy Playing with Pheasant Feather, by Yi Om, public domain
The Hare, Albrecht Durer, 1502, Albertina, Vienna
The Hare by Albrecht Durer, public domain
The Philosopher in Meditation, 1632, Rembrandt, The Louvre, Paris
The Philosoper, Meditating by Rembrandt, public domain
The Milkmaid, Johannes Vermeer, 1658, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Milkmaid by Vermeer, public domain
The Oxbow, The Connecticut River near Northhampton, 1836, Thomas Cole, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, NYC
The Oxbow by Thomas Cole, public domain
Children on a Beach, 1884, Mary Cassatt, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Children on a Beach by Mary Cassatt, public domain
Rouen Cathedral, 1892-1893, Claude Monet, Rouen Museum, Rouen, France
Rouen Cathedral, Facade and the Tour d’Albane, Gray Weather, Claude Monet, Rouen Museum
Moonlight, Wood Island Light,1894, Winslow Homer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Moonlight, Wood Island Light by Winslow Homer, public domain
This last one by Winslow Homer was painted in Maine–near where I grew up.
What are some of your favorite paintings?
Kathy, The Picture Lady 
I like all the pictures but the Milkmaid picture really stood out to me!
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I especially love the Milkmaid also! So many colors, textures, and the light on these is amazing! Thanks for commenting!
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Kathy, what beautiful paintings you like. 🙂 I really liked the Milk Maid painting, as well. But there’s something about the shades and lines of The Philosopher I was drawn to. The curving staircase, the shadows and light near the window . . . I don’t think I’ve ever seen that one before.
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I agree, Jeanne! The curving staircase and shadows make this painting mysterious and intriguing, yet the light surrounding the philosopher makes him the real focus! Rembrandt is certainly one of my favorite artists! Thanks for taking the time to view these!
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