Ciara Quill
@ciaraquill.bsky.social
Lecturer/teacher of 🇫🇷&🇩🇪 in 🇮🇪 Interests: art, travel, education, MFL, food, wine, photography, film, history, France, Germany, Europe 🇪🇺 Kerrywoman living & working in Cork Love Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, London, Naples, Marseille, Venice, Kerry💚💛
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Jacob van Hulsdonck, still-life painter of Antwerp. Here, from around 1620, wild strawberries in a wan-li bowl. And a carnation.
Day 2334 #ArtKicksCovid19 "The Artist's House at Gerberoy" (1932) Henri Le Sidaner. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This work highlights Le Sidaner's dedication to a pointillist and divisionist technique, using short, distinct brushstrokes to build a textured canvas surface.
My two nieces and I had our first attempt at a Basque cheesecake, it turned out pretty well and tasted delicious.
Day 2333 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Novel Reader (Une liseuse de romans)” (1888) Vincent Van Gogh. Private Collection. This was created during Van Gogh’s famously creative period in Arles. Painted from his imagination rather than a live model while under the direct influence of his contemporary Gauguin,
Day 2332 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Bouquet et chat” (1919) Suzanne Valadon. Private Collection. This piece exemplifies Valadon's signature post-impressionist style, characterised by a bold palette, heavy black outlines, and a distinct lack of idealised sentimentality.
Day 2331 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Motherhood (La Maternité)” (1901) Pablo Picasso. National Gallery London. Today is my mother’s birthday. Picasso’s work often took inspiration from women. In 1901 he completely dropped his father’s name Ruiz and only used that of his mother, Maria Picasso.
Day 2330 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Garden Umbrella” (1910) Frederick Carl Frieseke. Telfair Museums, Savannah. Painted during Frieseke's residency in Giverny, the work beautifully demonstrates his mastery of sunlight, dappled shadow and vibrant outdoor colour palette.
So many on here (not from Ireland) are mourning Glen Hansard having only discovered him via his Oscar for “Falling Slowly” in the film “Once” but that’s the tip of the iceberg. His role as Outspan Foster in “The Commitments”, lead singer in The Frames, his solo career & him being in the Swell Season
Robert Redford, Sam Neill , Brenda Fricker and Glen Hansard, 2026 has been a devil.
My first live gig post Covid was The Frames on a beautiful sunny May evening in 2022 at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham It was supposed to take place in June 2020 but had been to be cancelled twice. It was a brilliant gig indeed. Go raibh míle agat, Glen, for the music, the magic and the memories!
My niece wanted to see inside St. John’s Church in Tralee yesterday, near my old school, Presentation Secondary School. I hadn’t been in there in years and forgot how beautiful the stained glass windows are. I especially liked the more modern design featuring the prodigal son (2nd photo). #Kerry
Day 2329 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Sunrise over Segerstad, Öland" (1890) Per Ekström. Private Collection. This was painted immediately following the artist's return to Sweden after years of training with the French Barbizon School. Known affectionately as Solmålaren (The Sun Painter),
Day 2328 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Still Life with a Basket of Glasses” (1644) Sebastian Stoskopff. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg. This celebrated Baroque masterpiece features a woven basket densely packed with delicate, shimmering drinking glasses. The painting is a masterful example of trompe-l'œil
Heard this dreadfully sad news this morning. The Frames were a part of the soundtrack to my youth. I enjoyed many gigs by the band over the years. The first concert I attended post Covid lockdown was The Frames at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on a glorious sunny day in May 2022; it was brilliant.
Here on E Street, we are heartbroken over the death of Glen Hansard. We met in Ireland many years ago and he was always nothing but a great musician, a good friend and a generous and gracious man. Always positive, smiling and ready to sing. God bless him and his loved ones. Bruce
Day 2327 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Nelly O'Brien” (1763) Joshua Reynolds. The Wallace Collection. Nelly O’Brien was a famous 18th-century courtesan and a close friend of Reynolds. She became the mistress of the 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and later the 8th Earl of Thanet. Between 1760 and 1767, she sat
Day 2326 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Bend In The Road Through The Forest” (1875) Paul Cézanne. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Created during his time working closely with Pissarro in Pontoise and Auvers-sur-Oise, this artwork showcases Cézanne’s shift away from his early, dark "implied narrative" style
Day 2325 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Summer” Martin F. Mahony. Crawford Art Gallery. Rooted in the artist's childhood memories, this piece beautifully depicts the lush stream flowing down the scenic glen in Monkstown, Cork. Mahony paints with a deeply personal, emotional connection to the Irish landscape,
Up Kerry! Ciarraí Abú! Hon The Kingdom! Bring Sam back for the 40th time! 🙏🏻 💚💛 #AllIrelandFootballFinal #Kerry #KERvMAY
Up Kerry! Ciarraí Abú! Hon The Kingdom! Bring Sam back for the 40th time! 🙏🏻 💚💛 #AllIrelandFootballFinal #Kerry #KERvMAY
