statue

One Man, Three Heads

Jan Toorop (1858-1928) was a Dutch-Indonesian artist, who lived much of his life in Den Haag. He is perhaps best known as a symbolist, where his individual style seemed to […]

-Netherlands

The Netherlands’ famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn, is commemorated by a large statue in Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Square), not a million miles from where he lived between 1639 and 1656. It stands high on a plinth with a […]

-Madrid

Clean Sweep

This guy is so fastidious, he even clears up shadows. Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday, Travel Theme: Clean and Photo Friday: Shadows.

-Netherlands

N is for… Nelson Mandela

Larger than life, this statue of Nelson Mandela strides towards the Peace Palace in Den Haag. Arie Schippers has captured the great man’s massive personality in this more than twice life size sculpture […]

Public Art

Artists on the Seafront

These two distinguished looking fellows, are two beloved Catalan artists and one-time Sitges residents from the modernist period. Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (1861 – 1931) was a Barcelona-born painter, poet, collector, cultural […]

-London

Churchill’s View

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Winston Churchill Linked to Cee’s Black &White Challenge: Back of Things.

-London

Look Up, Look Up, Whatever You Do

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 13 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join the challenge by posting your own photos with an up […]

-London

Better to be Drunk or Ugly?

“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” -Winston Churchill Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister 1940-1945 and […]

-Manchester

Sir Matt Busby Reflected

This bronze statue of the great Sir Matt Busby, looks down on passers by from outside the East Stand of the Old Trafford stadium. It was produced by the sculptor […]

-London

Lost Bear

Paddington Bear is a stowaway bear found alone and lost at Paddington Station. He arrives from darkest Peru, with an old hat, battered suitcase, duffle coat and marmalade sandwiches and becomes a classic character in English children’s […]

-London

Nelson Mandela

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ― Nelson Mandela I am not going to attempt a biography of Nelson Mandela […]

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One Man, Three Heads

Rembrandt and his Night Watch

Clean Sweep

N is for… Nelson Mandela

Artists on the Seafront

Churchill’s View

Look Up, Look Up, Whatever You Do

Better to be Drunk or Ugly?

Sir Matt Busby Reflected

Lost Bear

Nelson Mandela