Monthly Archives: December 2014

The last words of famous artists


“The sadness will last forever.”
~ Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh - Self-portrait without beard, end September 1889, oil on canvas, 40 × 31 cm, Private Collection. This was Van Gogh's last self-portrait. Given as a birthday gift to his mother.

Vincent Van Gogh – Self-portrait without beard, end September 1889, oil on canvas, 40 × 31 cm, Private Collection. This was Van Gogh’s last self-portrait. Given as a birthday gift to his mother.

 


“Drink to me, drink to my health,
you know I can’t drink any more.”

~ Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

 


“I have offended God and Mankind,
by doing so little with my life.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci - Portrait of an elderly man, c. 1512, Red chalk on Paper, 33.3 cm × 21.6 cm, Biblioteca Reale, Turin

Leonardo da Vinci – Portrait of an elderly man, c. 1512, Red chalk on Paper, 33.3 cm × 21.6 cm, Biblioteca Reale, Turin


“Happy.”
~Raphael

Raphael - Self Portrait. c.1506, tempera on poplar, 47.5 x 33 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Raphael – Self Portrait. c.1506, tempera on poplar, 47.5 x 33 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy


“I do not believe in my death.”
~ Salvador Dali

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

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Artists In Their Studios #6: Alberto Giacometti

Photographs of Alberto Giacometti at his studio located at 46 rue Hippolyte-Maindron, Paris, France.

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