by Barista Uno | May 1, 2013 | Announcements and Events, Maritime Art, Culture and History
Today, Labour Day (International Workers’ Day), we’d like to pay special tribute to all the working women around the world. Farm hands and factory workers. Seafarers and office employees. And yes, mothers and housewives – they who work at home without getting paid for their labours. The following painting by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh reminds us of women’s contributions, not only to feeding the world, but to building and maintaining civilisation itself. ~Barista Uno
Oil painting of two peasant women digging on a snow-covered field, by Vincent van Gogh ((1853–1890)
by Barista Uno | May 1, 2012 | Announcements and Events, Maritime Art, Culture and History
We’re a huge admirer of Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Today, Labour Day, we post this image of his “Seascape at Saintes-Maries (Fishing Boats at Sea)” as a tribute to all those who toil at sea – fishermen, seafarers, coastguardsmen and offshore and oil rig workers. The masterpiece is part of a series of oil paintings and drawings done by the artist in 1888 when he made a trip to the fishing village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the coast of the Mediterranean in southern France. ~Barista Uno
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by Barista Uno | May 1, 2011 | Announcements and Events, Maritime Art, Culture and History
It’s the 1st of May and Labour Day in more than 80 countries. In the Philippines, they’re paying the usual homage to seafarers and those who work in factories at home and abroad. Much of it, though, is lip service, more empty words of the kind we heard during the Year of the Seafarer 2010. One of the best tributes to labour we’ve come across is non-verbal. It’s an oil painting by Dutch Post-Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) entitled ‘A Pair of Shoes’. Part of the artist’s series on the subject of shoes and clogs, the work (shown below) presents an iconic image of the working class which should remind us of how much we owe those who toil at sea and on shore. ~Barista Uno
