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some of my favourite works of art with reading in them, which I have not yet shown you

Paul Serusier, 'La Grammaire'
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Vittorio Reggianini, 'The poetry reading'
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Coles Phillips, 'Woman reading a book'
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Attilio Baccani, 'Lady reading a book'
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Budapest statue, 'Anonymous'
I took this photo in Budapest in September 2009.

Phil Winsloe, 'Reading in the chapel'
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Edward Hopper, 'Compartiment C, Voiture 193'
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Sigmund Hampel, title unknown
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Francesco Pige, 'The portrait of Penelope Deligiorghis-Drossini'
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Edward Cucuel, 'The novel'
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when reading is all about the position

Pablo Picasso, 'Reclining woman reading'
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Gustave Caillebotte, 'Interior, Woman Reading'
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Justin Wiest, unknown title
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Balthus, 'The living room'
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Oliver Ray, 'Girl Reading'
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Ye Liu, 'Banned Book'
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Henri Lebasque, 'A Woman Reading'
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'Woman Reading'
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Marie Fox, 'Woman at Beach Reading'
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libraries are expensive EXPANSIVE

I am completely in love with this story.

It is of a mysterious paper/book sculptor who has been leaving beautiful sculptures around literary service providers in Edinburgh, as encouragement and "in support of libraries, books, words, ideas". No one knows who this person is but they are, without a doubt, talented, creative and generous. It's not only a wonderful thought but each item is executed so beautifully.

Some of the sculptures are below:

a 'poetree'

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See all the sculptures so far at this link.

Edinburgh's STV reports here.

And The Guardian reports here.

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men reading

Odilon Redon, 'Alsace, or Monk reading'
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'Claude Monet Reading'
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Peter Samuelson, 'Robin with friend and Trixie, 1952'
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Georg Friedrich Kersting, 'Man Reading by Lamplight'
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Girolamo Parmigianino, Portrait of a Man with a Book
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Francois Vispre, 'Portrait of a Man Reading'
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Yi Ming, 'Reading the Book "The Three Kingdoms" at Midnight'
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Jan Kupecky, 'Portrait of a Man'
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Henri Girault de Nolhac, 'Pierre du Nolhac, conservateur du musée de Versailles'
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reading outside

Matthieu Wiegman, 'Reading Woman'
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Gustave Caillebotte, 'The Orange Trees'
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Adelaide Giannini, 'Sul Balcone'
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Winslow Homer, 'Sunlight and Shadow'
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August Macke, 'Man reading in a park'
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Henri Matisse, 'Woman Reading in a Garden'
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Peder Kroyer, 'Die Frau des Künstlers im Garten in Skagen'
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Claude Monet, 'Camille Reading'
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I loved putting this blog post together, because spring is on its way here in Christchurch and I am eagerly looking forward to getting out my hammock and tying it up under the blossom for some quality reading time.

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painters who have done awesome things with reading and with light

Jamie Wyeth, 'Monhegan's Schoolteacher'
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'Woman Reading'
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Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Old woman reading'
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Edward Hopper, 'The barbershop'
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Helene Schjerfbeck, 'Maria'
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T. F. Simon, untitled
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I don't know who painted this!
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books as accessories

Sir William Beechey, portrait of Kitty Packe
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Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 'Dreams'
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Tamara Lempicka, 'Polish Girl'
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Hubert-Denis Etcheverry, 'Le Dame en Blue'
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Hugo van der Goes, 'Maria Bonciani with her daughter Margherita and Saints Margaret and Mary Magdalene'
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Friedrich von Amerling, 'In Traumen versonken'
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Edward Burne-Jones, portrait of Georgiana Burne-Jones
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Camillo Mori, 'In a train'
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Juan Gris, 'Woman Reading'
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