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Saturday 2 April 2011

One of My Favourite Images - Fritz von Uhde

I think this has to be one of the happiest images I know - painted by Fritz von Uhde, a Saxon painter who studied Fine Arts in Dresden - it is called The Nursery. Immediately, when I look at it, I am in the shoes of the girl sitting at the window. I remember how important I felt when first given some of the laundry basket items for mending. No longer a little child, playing with dolls, but engaged in grown-up tasks. It was a rite of passage. It may be that the girl here is stitching or mending clothes for the copious wardrobe enjoyed by all the dolls in the scene

4 comments:

  1. I agree, it would be a lovely place to spend the day.

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  2. I've never seen this one, but if I had, it would already have been one of my favorites. I do like it, and I identify with the mom who has three daughters and when one by one they wanted to use the needle or crochet hook like me. thanks for sharing,
    Babs

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  3. love this and would like to own at least a print of it.

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  4. Lovely to see this, does remind me of our household with 5 girls and mother, sewing, mending and the odd sampler embroidery, a lovely start in life for us.

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