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[…] Excavations at Pompeii (top right). Artist – Pietro Fabris. Below – Satirical artist Carl Spitzweg depicts – English Tourists in the ‘Campagna’ c. 1835 – Staatliche Museen zu […]

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[…] It’s interesting to compare the work of Passini with his contemporary – Carl Spitzweg who shows us that art can make us laugh……Artist Carl Spitzweg shows that art can make you laugh… […]

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[…] Artist – Carl Spitzweg – English Tourists in the ‘Campagna’ c. 1835 – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie. For more on this fantastic artist: Art can make you laugh… […]

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:15:06 +0000

In reply to Janet Simmonds.

Your reply is much appreciated Elaine – thank you xxxx

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:03:13 +0000

In reply to Elaine Calder.

Thank you Elaine and yes, yes, yes!!!

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By: Elaine Calder

Elaine Calder — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:00:46 +0000

Yes! Thank you for this interesting discovery. And music too. Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle – recently performed and broadcast by Teatro La Fenice – has a couple of moments that always make me burst out laughing. And I remember explaining to a friend who as a theatre director was struggling to find the humour in Rossini’s Barber of Seville that he just had to listen: it’s the music that’s funny, far more than the libretto.

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:40:27 +0000

Thank you – thank you – thank you – isn’t he a fascinating guy and yes I love the ‘Carl Points the Way’ translation……much love xxxxx

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By: John Eaton

John Eaton — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:35:13 +0000

Well done, Janet! Not that I was actually asleep, before – but you have still opened my eyes – not least to the brilliance and appeal of Carl Spitzweg, whose surname so accurately describes his talent for “pointing the way”!
You ask what resonated withyour reader? In my case, I’ll avoid the temptation to say “everything about the article, and the brilliant and informative way in which you have written it” – and focus on the gentle humour of the artist, which shines through all the paintings which you have quite righly highlighted.
I was interested to read about the further Spitzweg paintings in Schweinfurt (where my second cousins still live) and, of all places, Milwaukee (of Schlitz, Papst & Budweiser (where my Mother was born, and which was “second home” during my teenage years – I was a firm Milwaukee Braves Fan!)
Not having been aware of either Museum, I will certainly put that omission right, once we are free from the current worse-than-wartime restritions!
Congratulations and thanks again, and to Lucy, to whose blog I also subscribe. (Like Mother, like Daughter)!

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