Tuesday, August 15, 2017

T Stands for Mary Cassatt's The Tea

Last week on T Day we visited Matisse's model, Lorette. She was relaxing and having a cup of coffee. I'm sure American artist, Mary Cassat, wouldn't mind those who prefer tea to join her ladies having tea in her painting, The Tea.




The cup with the blue rim reminds me of the tea cup I use to make and store my shell gold.


Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

27 comments:

  1. Beautiful painting from Mary Cassat. Lovely to see your pretty Chinese cup and the implements you use to create your art. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie

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    1. WhenI saw the cup in Cassatt's painting, I said, That's my cup! :-D

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  2. Good morning, loved the painting thanks for sharing
    Happy T Day Kathy

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    1. Would be fun to climb into the painting to listen to the gossip

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  3. what a lovely T Day post. Love your pic of the teacup along with the paint palette and brushes:) Happy T day!

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  4. Wow, your blue rimmed teacup and saucer matches the painting beautifully! The painting has a lovely richness to it and I enjoyed learning about the artist and painting from the information you provided, thank you 😁. Hope you are having a good week and wishing you a very Happy T Day! J 😊

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    1. When I saw the cup in the painting, I got very excited. My cup isn't an exact match, but it's close.

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  5. I think that's the T Stands for Tuesday spirit -the ladies sharing a pot of tea :) Happy T Day!

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  6. What a lovely tea painting... and thank you for introducing me to an artist i never heard of... Happy T day!! Hugs! deb

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  7. Nice post. I have never noticed this Mary Cassatt. Is it at the MFA? The cups these ladies are using do look like the cups you use for your lettering gold. Nice find. Hugs-Erika

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    1. Yup, at the MFA. It's a little like looking for the hidden objects in Highlights magazines. Next time I visit, I'll be mindful of looking for tea cups.

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  8. How wonderful. The Cassatt at my art museum features a mother and child, another subject Cassatt enjoyed painting. I wish we had something like the one you shared. Not only is it fantastic, it's so uncannily like the one you use to store your shell gold. The photo of the brushes and paint, along with your beautiful cup, go so well with the wonderful Cassatt painting. A truly lovely post for T this Tuesday.

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    1. Thank you, Elizabeth. It was exciting to see "my cup" in the painting.

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  9. Isn't this picture amazing? Such detail.
    Thanks for letting me ogle.
    Have a great one, CJ:)

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  10. I love Mary Cassatt's paintings, and quite nice that you shared this one for Tea day! Fun to get a peek at your watercolors,pens and palette too...Happy Tea Day!

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  11. So your cup is famous! ;) (I was going to say something snarky about your age if you lent Mary Cassatt your cup for her painting but I'll take the high road....lol)

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  12. I had to look up shell gold, CJ, though I suspected it had something to do with gold leaf. I took a nice detour online to read more about manuscript illumination.

    Happy T-Day! Hugs, Eileen

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    1. Shell gold makes a nice contrast with traditional gilding

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  13. You obviously take your tea in style! Great 'still life' composition of your cup and painting equipment! :-) Chrisx

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  14. I love the painting and it's cool to see your cup in it!

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