Labor Day is a holiday often thought of as the last day of summer vacation. The time to put away the white shoes, pack a picnic, and enjoy a day outdoors away from work. Every day I am blessed by someone working somewhere. Many of my favorite paintings are images of everyday people hard at work. Labor day a tribute to workers through art.
Labor day a tribute to workers through art
A sweet picture by French artist Vincent Jean Baptiste Chevilliard is “The Priest’s Birthday.
The Farmer’s Daughter was painted by English artist Sir John Everett Millais in 1863. Millais has many other famous paintings such as “Ophelia” and “The Order of Release”.
Also by Millais is “The Rescue” depicting a fireman rescuing three children.
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Germany but immigrated to America in 1882. He became one of America’s most prolific illustrators. He produced over 300 covers for the Saturday Evening Post alone. A favorite is “Motorcycle Cop and Kids” from June 1922.
Laura,What an artful way to say thank you to those who do make our lives better through their service to community and country! Love the art and artist you chose! Great Post!
Very Nice! There were a couple in there that I have never seen… I love Norman Rockwell. The weekend is over. 🙁Hope you had a good one!~~Liz~~
I love the farmers daughter….gorgeous. I soo wish I could paint. That Pom Pom interiors is a yummmmy treat. cherry
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What a great collection of beautitiful paintings to share on Labor Day. I have seen many of them, but others I have not seen. I really enjoyed viewing them.Thanks!
I do love all those tribute pictures. Anything that depicts yesteryear.Seems like you had a wonderful Labor Day.Ciao
What a beautiful way to honor those who serve!I love to go to places like PomPom Interiors. I rarely spend any money, but I come out with a lot of inspiration.
Laura,I just stumbled upon your blog. It’s absolutely beautiful.MelissaSunbonnet Cottage
What a beautiful post! Not only in the beautiful artwork, but in your moving tribute that I think most of us forget to think about.Thank you!*hugs*
What a special way to honor the holiday…I love how you summed up Labor Day at the beginning of the post…put away the white shoes…I forgot about that!What a great blog!-Sandy Toes
What a beautiful post and blog. I even learned something new! I’ll be back when I have more time. Mimi
I love this beautiful tribute!
Beautiful post! A nice way to honor so many noble professions, too.
no such luck!! daisy the phone is dead! I'll take her to the stores today to see what I can do!
How lovely for all of them!
I think you should move to Australia, I'll move too.
I'll see what I can do by way of tattoos.
I love great pieces of art!
Fabulous post, Laura!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Monicax.
Great post! I love how you chose to honor labor day. I loved seeing all of these fabulous works of art together!