#leo gestel

[srednod]

Leo Gestel Roses 1904

[random-brushstrokes]

Leo Gestel - Woman with cigarette (1911)

[femminabalba]

autumn day (detail)

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[art-mirrors-art]

Leo Gestel - Jonge vrouw voor een spiegel (1910)

[poem-today]

A poem by Simon Armitage

Poem

And if it snowed and snow covered the drive he took a spade and tossed it to one side. And always tucked his daughter up at night. And slippered her the one time that she lied.

And every week he tipped up half his wage. And what he didn’t spend each week he saved. And praised his wife for every meal she made. And once, for laughing, punched her in the face.

And for his mum he hired a private nurse. And every Sunday taxied her to church. And he blubbed when she went from bad to worse. And twice he lifted ten quid from her purse.

Here’s how they rated him when they looked back: sometimes he did this, sometimes he did that.

Simon Armitage

Image: Head of Man Seen from Behind and in Profile (Kop van man van achter gezien en profil Zonder titel) by Leo Gestel (draughtsman).

[thunderstruck9]

Leo Gestel (Dutch, 1881-1941), Bloemstilleven met papavers en chrysanten [Still life with Poppies and Chrysanthemums], 1911. Oil on canvas, 74.7 x 48.6 cm.

[bottegapowerpoint]

Leo Gestel (Dutch, 1881- 1941) Drie vogels in de lucht (20th century)

[miamaimania]

"Nude Recumbent" (1888) by William Merritt Chase ☀ A serene depiction of the human form on a warm brown backdrop