Musée No:379.020 heron the still-life painter Menso Kamerlingh

the still-life painter Menso Kamerlingh Onnes (he married Jenny in 1892)

one of Amsterdamse Joffers

He liked "En Plein Air" because documenting contemporary reality rather than historical scenes was popularat the time period

He was one of the few woodblock prints and paintings artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his lifetime

He was a Flemish humanist

Musée No:379.020 heron the still-life painter Menso KamerlinghThe Necklace Artist: Alice Pike Barney Date: 1898 Alice Pike Barney (1857 1931) is an absolutely fascinating American artist and her life far too interesting to be squeezed into a couple of paragraphs, so unusually I have split it up between several paintings (379. 005, 379. 018, 379. 019, 379. 020, 379. 021 & 325. 185). If you would like to find out more pop the number or her name in the search box at the top of the page, I hope you enjoy discovering