Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Another mural painted by Ezra Winder is at the left of the Library entrance. It is Diplomacy, the tact that comes from sympathetic understanding rather than from opportunism. two men, an Occidental and an Oriental, are meeting as friends and it is suggested that the European is learning from the Oriental.
Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890
The Actor; Paris 1887
May 1963
I got your good letter today. thank you for writing such an interesting letter. In this picture the things that the boy and girl are looking at are called Piñata’s and are filled with candy and gifts. They are used for birthdays and the cover is made of Paper Mache.
Write again. Love, Bill
Paul Klee museum, Bern, Switzerland
Postcards from original paintings by U Ba Kyi, at the Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma
U Ba Kyi (17 July 1912 – 15 April 2000) studied for a year at the Beaux Arts de Paris and he also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He managed to weave together the western style with the traditional Burmese style. He painted murals and watercolors and his work is exhibited around the world. These paintings he did for the Strand Hotel show the lighter side of Burmese character.
Most likely these were done before 1950.
Czar’s Village, Statue of Alexander Pushkin in the garden of the Lyceum. 1900, sculptor Robert Bach
April 1982
Here is a nice Van Gogh for you! It is still very cold but trees and flowers are bursting. We are going to Bruges for the weekend. (Friday is Queen’s holiday here). Board arrives next week – Rosie and I’ve been planning for the ladies. Six coming so far.
Love, Va.
Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890, The Harvest, Arles 1888
February 2017
A couple of days of rain followed by brilliant sunshine and crowded beaches. Off tomorrow for Disney fun!
Love, Tim
July 1981
This place had a most interesting museum of old fishing boats and regalia of the time. We had a nice time in Luxembourg over the weekend. It’s a beautiful little country and city – full of castles, forts and mts. We were impressed with the war cemetery (U.S.) there also. It is beautifully done. Alicia went with us – she and Bill bought beautiful anarkin-type (?) coats on sale!
So nice to have jean here – I’ll probably arrive Minn. Aug. 21. Love, Va.
June 1985
Espanol Lady – sounds grand, even though green is not my color.
We’re our unexciting selves – work is becoming sane as I’m now a fat cat, tho became slim in the process. I’m bummed your flight didn’t bring you via us. Hope it was a grand vacay!
Love, Wo
Shadow puppet Sita. Tholubomalatta performance. Andhra Pradesh, India 35 1/2 inches high. Perforated and painted goatskin. Twentieth century. American Museum of Natural History.
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