Thursday, April 2, 2020

Games

The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces.
~Robert Brault


Celebrating the successful completion of games month at Michelle Heidenrich Barnes' blog with games for Art Thursday:

Thiele's garden, sculpture of one child "leap-frogging" over another, Bremerhaven, Germany
photo by Uwe Barghaan

Grandma's Garden #1
Christopher Wood

Game of Hopscotch, Denmark, 1925
by Erik Henningsen

Peek-a-Boo, 1882 (detail)
by Nikolaos Gyzis (1842-1901)

Hide and Seek
by William Merritt Chase

Hide and Seek
by Carl Larsson


2 comments:

Pop said...

Really nice images. Especially Peek-a-Boo, 1882 (detail)...very warm and cozy. :-)

Michelle Heidenrich Barnes said...

It was a fun month, T! Thank you for inspiring it all, and for finishing it off with this art tribute. Peek-a-Boo is so sweet, but I would love that leapfrog sculpture in my back yard!