A View through my Window

A View through my Window

The window has inspired artists, photographers, architects, and writers throughout the ages.

The window has inspired artists, photographers, architects, and writers throughout the ages.

Vincent van Gogh often painted what he saw outside his bedroom window wherever he lived or stayed.

Vincent van Gogh often painted what he saw outside his bedroom window wherever he lived or stayed.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Self-Portrait, 1889; Oil on canvas, 57 x 43.5 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Van Gogh painted The Starry Night, perhaps his most famous painting, from the window of his room during a stay at an asylum in Saint-Remy, France.

Van Gogh painted The Starry Night, perhaps his most famous painting, from the window of his room during a stay at an asylum in Saint-Remy, France.

The Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh,1889. Oil on Canvas, Museum of Modern Art. Wikimedia Commons

Henri Matisseoften included windows in his paintings so that he could show both inside and outside spaces in the same picture.

Henri Matisseoften included windows in his paintings so that he could show both inside and outside spaces in the same picture.

Henri MatisseOpen Window, Collioure 1905. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 55 3/4 inches. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney

http://www.nga.gov/education/schoolarts/matisse_full.shtm

Henri MatisseThe Blue Window

Henri MatisseThe Blue Window

Henri MatisseThe Blue WindowIssy-les-Moulineaux, summer 1913. Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 35 5/8" Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. © 2008 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YoRk

http://www.moma.org/collection

Henri MatisseInterior with a Violin Case

Henri MatisseInterior with a Violin Case

Henri MatisseInterior with a Violin CaseNice, winter 1918-19. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 5/8" Lillie P. Bliss Collection. © 2008 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

http://www.moma.org/collection

Pierre BonnardThe Window

Pierre BonnardThe Window

Pierre BonnardThe Window (La Fenetre)1925Oil on CanvasTate Museum. Presented by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill through the Contemporary Art Society 1930

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=1310&roomid=3652

Pierre Bonnard

The Bowl of Milk

Pierre Bonnard

The Bowl of Milk

Pierre BonnardThe Bowl of Milk (Le Bol de Lait)Circa 1919Oil on CanvasTate Museum. Bequeathed by Edward Le Bas 1967

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1314&searchid=10801

Marc Chagall

Paris Through The Window

Marc Chagall

Paris Through The Window

1913. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 55 3/4 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, Gift, Solomon R Guggenheim.http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_lg_28_2.html

Edward HopperMorning Sun

Edward HopperMorning Sun

1952. Oil on canvashttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/arts/design/04hopp.html,

Edward Hopper - Night WindowsEdward Hopper - Night Windows

Edward Hopper. (American, 1882-1967). Night Windows. 1928. Oil on canvas, 29 x 34" Gift of John Hay Whitneyhttp://www.moma.org/collection/

Juan GrisThe Open Window

Juan GrisThe Open Window

Juan Gris, The Open Window 1921 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm (25 5/8 x 39 3/8 in); M. Meyer Collection, Zurichhttp://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gris/open-window/

In architecture and literature the window is thought to be the eye of the house. In art the window signifies the eye of the painter.

-Charles Alexander Moffat

In architecture and literature the window is thought to be the eye of the house. In art the window signifies the eye of the painter.

-Charles Alexander Moffat

Juan Gris

Still Life before an Open Window-

Place Ravignon

Juan Gris

Still Life before an Open Window-

Place Ravignon

Still Life before an Open Window: Place Ravignan 1915; Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art (DC 131) http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gris/open-window/

RenéMagritte

The Human Condition

RenéMagritte

The Human Condition

René Magritte, The Human Condition 1935 Oil on canvas 42.2 × 32.2 cmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Human_Condition_1935.jpg

The eyes are the windows to the soul.-Anonymous

The eyes are the windows to the soul.-Anonymous

René MagritteLe Faux Miroir (The False Mirror)

René MagritteLe Faux Miroir (The False Mirror)

Rene Magritte, Le Faux Miroir, 1928http://www.rogallery.com/magritte_rene/Magritte_Rene-False_Mirror.html

Elliot Erwin, California, 1955 Gelatin silver print | 12 x 17.75 in.http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1247#

Elliot Erwin, Colorado, 1955 Gelatin silver print | 12 x 17.75 in.http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1235#

Elliot Erwin, Idaho, 1953 Gelatin silver print | 6.24 x 4.25 in.http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1235#

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Woman at the Window

1893Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Woman at the Window

1893

Salvador Dalí Woman at the Window (Muchacha en la ventana)oil on board 1925 Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Salvador Dalí Woman at the Window (Muchacha en la ventana)oil on board 1925 Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you?

But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window”

-Steve Bluestone

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you?

But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window”

-Steve Bluestone