Art's Last Bow

There are many reasons to love spring. The returning flowers and leaves revive after the long dullness of winter, bringing new life and fresh possibilities.   Most painters have painted spring some time during their careers. Here’s how some of them expressed the hopefulness of this season!  Scottish Snowdrops   The Coming of Spring. 1899. Hornel Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864 – 1933) w as a Scottish painter, who was part of a group of Scottish painters called the Glasgow Boys. "The Coming of Spring" captures the thrill of several girls finding the first snowdrops. Note that there is no horizon in the painting; the forest glade seems to be an enclosed world of its own, uniting the girls, the white flowers, the bark, and the leftover dry leaves on the trees. Each is an integral part of the composition. Spring Childhood Idyll Carl Larsson (1853-1919) was a Swedish painter. He was known for his paintings of his family and their home. His wife was an artist in her own...