September Loneliness

Ray Bradbury// September Morn, Paul Émile Chabas// "Persephone", Alice Jones// Painting with the Padre, Daniel Garber// Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami// Sunny September, Helen McNicoll// "Autumn Psalm", Julia de Burgos

Canadian artist Helen McNicoll in her art studio, 1913.

Helen McNicoll - The Chintz Sofa (ca. 1913)

The Chintz Sofa depicts the London studio McNicoll shared with her partner, British artist Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), who poses in the painting. Although the image appears at first glance to show a scene of quiet, feminine domesticity, Natalie Luckyj suggests that the figure in The Chintz Sofa could be seen as a suffragette working on a piece of memorabilia for the women’s rights movement. In 1913, the suffrage campaign was at the height of its militant phase. Press reports on the violent protests and civil disobedience following the dismissal of the Reform Bill would have run alongside news of McNicoll’s election to the Royal Society of British Artists. (source)

helen mcnicoll, c. 1906, the brown hat

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Helen McNicoll 1879 - 1915 a Canadian impressionist painter. She was one of the most notable women artists in Canada in the early twentieth century and achieved considerable success during her decade-long career. McNicoll played an important role in popularizing Impressionism in Canada, at a time when it was still relatively unknown, with her lively representations of rural landscapes, intimate child subjects and modern female figures.

Helen McNicoll The Open Door ca. 1910

helen mcnicoll (1879-1915), sunny september, 1913, oil on canvas, pierre lassonde collection // present at the exhibition le canada et l'impressionnisme - nouveaux horizons at the musée fabre in montpellier, september 19-october 29, 2020.

went and had lunch with my colleagues-turned-friends from the museum today we sat in the esplanade, off to the side on the steps leading up to the photo gallery it was warmer than i would have liked, especially now that it's officially autumn

later in the day, i went to meet a friend at a café for happy hour i got there first and was seated at a hi-top in direct sunshine it was past 6 in the evening and still warmer than i would have liked, but once the sun finally moved behind some trees and descended beyond some buildings, there was an unmistakable chill in the air

Sweet tea in the summer, cross my heart, won’t tell no other

Helen McNicoll (1879-1915) Impressionist painter

Helen McNicoll, The Chintz Sofa, c.1913

Helen McNicoll (1879-1915)

Winter Avenue  -  Helen Galloway McNicoll , 1912.

Canadian , 1879-1915

Oil , 97.1 x 79.4 cm.

Helen Galloway McNicoll

Helen McNicoll - The Open Door (ca. 1910)

helen mcnicoll, c. 1910, interior

Under the Shadow of the Tent, Helen McNicoll. 1914.