ART & CARDS
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"Les joueurs des cartes" Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) |
Study for "Card players" (1916), Theo van Doesburg (1883 -1931) |
In the 20th century playing cards seems to have been popular in every decade and the main thing seems to be the social aspect of playing cards together. |
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"Estaminet" (1925), Gustave De Smet (1877 1943) |
"Bridge players" (1932/1933), Vilmos Huszár |
Even during and after the first world war.....................
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"Soldiers at playing cards" (1917), Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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"The aviator" (1914), Kazimir Malevich (1878 - 1935) |
"Die Skatspieler" (1920), Otto Dix |
And we still enjoy a night at home, playing cards.
"Card players"(1988), Fernando Botero |
"Bridge players"(2004), Willy Belinfante |
And not let a game turn into a fight among the players , but let the cards do the fighting. |
The Kings and Jacks are quite capable! |
"Wenzelspiele" (c 1925), painting by E. Berger. |
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