The Daily Painting: Boreas

Monday, February 22, 2010

Boreas

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John William Waterhouse

(English, 1849-1917)

Boreas, 1902

Oil on canvas

Named after the north wind in Greek mythology.

2 comments:

UnknownFebruary 25, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Yet another GORGEOUS blustery day painting! I love the colors too, earthy, and beautiful.

(I just had to note, when I went to post this, the random word was bresso...breeze haha)
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R. A.February 25, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Hehe, that's awesome (about the random word)!

I like how some of the painting is almost impressionistic. :)
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