Barbara Stoeltie

ARIN CARL AND LARSSON Dalarna, Sweden 1 M In his celebrated book Ett hem, the illustrator Carl Larsson (1853-1919) describes how he discovered his house in Dalccarlia on making a detour by way of Sundhorn, where his father-in-law's two sisters were living on a small farm called Lilla...

FM!LES MAISONS ROMANTIQUES D E L^R ANGEJean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Les bulles de savon Soap Bubbles Die Seifenblase (1732-1733), National Gallery of Art, WashingtonCI-DESSUS ABOVE o B E N : Jean-Baptiste Oudry, La ferme The Farm DerPachthof (1750), Louvre, ParisPour comprendre a fond l'art...

ROMANTIC COUNTRY HOUSES OF J^NGLAND John Constable, Ann Constable (\iOQ 15 or 1815), Tate Gallery, London ABOVE • OBEN ¦ CI-DESSUS: John Constable, The White Horse • Das weiße Pferd ¦ Le Cheval blanc The Frick Collection, New York Our ideal of the majestic beauty of the English...