The Work Table, 1926, 1937, oil on canvas. 

Pierre Bonnard, 1867-1947, French.

  National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

 

 

 

 

My work desk with wrist-rest and mug -rests of Ahmedabadi hand block cotton and vintage crewel work

 

 

 

Mug mat, Indian and Chinese silk remnants

 

 

 

 

 

3 Quilts of vintage Indian and English silk which I made to soften the blows of the enervating news on the small screen when I am at my desk 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A mask against the god-virus for when I am blue and have to go out

 

 

Vintage William Morris cotton print and Indian cotton tie and dye.

 

 

Mask for the run-up to the American general elections, 2020. 

Lots of  spinning words out there. 

West African mud-dyed cotton and vintage American 70s cotton

 

 

 

Old textiles I am working at my desk;

sewn down on old  white damask tablecloths which people throw out like there is no tomorrow

 

to preserve the fabrics a little longer

and to make a memory curtain for the great pleasure

 

 

 

 

Vintage English silk, Indian cottons, vintage Liberty of London cotton print, worked with silk thread on cotton

 

 

 

A very fine old 20-inch English cross stitch set inside a square French cotton embroidered  tea table covering.  Completed by hand-embroidery at the top to match the French roses.

  

 

 

 

Silk remnants from Lahore and Ahmedabad worked with silk thread

The sun in winter

 

 

An old American tea table cloth over-embroidered with cotton applique and silk embroidery

 

 

 

Applique and other embroidery on an old American cotton tea table cloth

 

 

 

Embellished silk remnants from Lahore and Ahmedabad sewn down on silk with silk thread

 

 

 

 

Old netting, lacework and tatting and Indian silk sewn down with silk thread

 

 

 

 

The answer being no: merely a distant admirer of the Nabi without the courage and skill and unable to grow a beard. 

Especially a red beard.

 

 

Some members of the French group called the Nabi

 

 

Hommage to Cézanne , 1900, oil on canvas.  Maurice Denis. 

Musée d’Orsay from whose website this image made by Hervé Lewandowski for the musuem.

The painting in this painting is by Paul Cézanne which had been owned by Paul Gaugin.

 

The Symbolist painter Odilon Redon, the focus of attention on the far left.  Paul Sérusier, the founder of the Nabi in the center talking to Redon. 

Left to right at the back: Edouard Vuillard, the critic Andre Mellerio wearing a top hat, Ambroise Vollard behind the easel, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Pierre Bonnard with a pipe.

  Marthe Denis, the wife of Maurice Denis, on the far right.