once again.
Not as many there today as there were in 1975 before Mary Altman reclaimed her family's Klimt collection
that the Nazis stole.
So the
Gold Lady
is no longer there, but the Galerie Würthle still holds onto the Gold Coin Lady
Danaë,
whom my first girl friend agreed was a portrait of herself.
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| Frida Kahlo July 6th 1907 |
Marc Chagall July 7th 1887 |
Kathe Köllwitz July 8th 1867 |
David Hockney July 9th 1937 |
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| Camille Pissarro July 10th 1830 |
James Whistler July 11th 1834 |
Andrew Wyeth July 12th 1917 |
Mordecai Ardon July 13th 1896 |
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| Gustav Klimt July 14th 1862 |
Rembrandt July 15th 1606 |
Joshua Reynolds July 16th 1723 |
Jean Corot July 17th 1796 |
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| Giacomo Balla July 18th 1871 |
Edgar Degas July 19th 1834 |
Giorgio Morandi July 20th 1890 |
Edward Hopper July 22nd 1882 |
The liquidity of paint attracts the water sign personae who enjoy painting themselves as morose as possible. Many of my favorite painters have birthdays in the last half of the sign of the Crab (July 7th - July 23rd), but not so many in the first half (June 21st - July 7th) . The first half of this water sign, it seems, is for writers. So far, I am neither a famous painter, nor famous writer. But then, I am not writing this journal for everyone.
Before I left the vicinity of Vienna, I had a traipse through the Vienna Woods with all its trees neatly spaced. I first heard the Tales of the Vienna Woods around '52 when Dad took Mom and me for our customary Sunday drive across the flamingo islands of Biscayne Bay.
So these woods are not, as they are for others, the scenes my mind associates with the music that played forth from our tinny toned radio on that bright pastel afternoon
and initiated me into the world of orchestral music.
Which memories are public, and which are private, cannot always be distinguished by those who collect them.
Slept this night on a train thru Germany traveling toward Frankfurt...
