#simplon pass

[twoseparatecoursesmeet]

Simplon Pass and Reflections, 1960s

Mickey Crisp

#vintage #road trip #reflection #simplon pass #switzerland #35mm photography #mickey crisp

[landschaftsmalerei]

Simplon Pass, 1911 von John Singer Sargent (1911, Öl auf Leinwand)

#John Singer Sargent #sargent #simplon pass #cliffs #waterfall #stream #mountain #mountains #berge #hiking #hike #art #painting #malerei #kunst #himmel #sky #schweiz #switzerland #fels #europe #europa #alps #alpen

[grantourtuga]

Impressioni III

#rooflife #italy #switzerland #Simplon Pass #The Shining #lago di monate #airole #lago di maggiore #stresa #Valais Blacknose #almost in france #Mediterranean Sea

[lemuseum]

#John Singer Sargent - Simplon Pass; the Tease (1911)

[honey-hymn]

Simplon Pass: Reading (c. 1911)

John Singer Sargent

#painting #Simplon Pass: Reading #John Singer Sargent #1900s #1910s #20th century

[impressionism-art-history]

Simplon Pass Chalets painted by John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925)

#art #art history #artwork #culture #curators #history #impressionism #painting #vintage #museums #john singer sargent

[random-brushstrokes]

John Singer Sargent - Simplon Pass- The Tease (1911)

#john singer sargent #american art #genre painting #1910s

[classicalcanvas]

Title: Simplon Pass: The Tease

Artist: John Singer Sargent

Date: 1911

Style: Impressionism

Genre: Genre Painting

#art #painting #art history #artwork #museums #history #culture #vintage #impressionism #john singer sargent #curators

[trainsinanime]

Important news everybody!

So in Switzerland, there is not only @sbb-cff-ffs-official, there are lots of smaller regional railways, usually owned by one or more cantons. One of them is the Regional Bus and Railroad Company of Ticino, in the italian-speaking part of the country. Or as it is known in their native language: Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi SA, or in short…

FART.

I'm not kidding, this is a picture from their homepage.

Of all the acronyms chosen without a regard for people who know english, this is definitely takes the cake. Yes, the "POS" variant of the french TGV (paired with the MF variant of the german ICE 3) is also nice, but this rail and bus company is on a whole other level.

Their main rail line is the Centovalli line, a very scenic metre-gauge railway that connects the southern ends of the Simplon and Gotthard main alp-crossing routes. It's very nice, but often in the shadow of the more well-known lines like the Glacier Express, Bernina Express or Golden Pass Express. The Grand Train Tour of Switzerland, a marketing scheme that tries to organise the most scenic tourist-friendly train lines of Switzerland into a sort of coherent tour, includes a fucking bus from Tirano to Lugano in its main itinerary, but puts the Centovalli line (from Locarno to Domodossola) under "other nice lines". Don't get me wrong, the bus ride is actually a lot of fun, but it's absolutely not on the same level.

(By the way, half of the line is in Italy, operated by their italian partner company SSIF, but as their acronym is boring, we'll ignore them here.)

With that context out of the way, on to the news: The swiss portion of the Centovalli line is getting new trains! They already have some renders:

It's honestly not that exciting a train, a version of the standard train building kit that Stadler sells to all the narrow-gauge railroads in Switzerland. But what is important is that they will all get names. And they're asking the internet for ideas.

Now, they have some suggestions, all points of interest along the line, and for their free text option they ask that you pick something like that as well. And if you do find yourself compelled to participate in that survey, I strongly suggest that you do the same. Please do not vandalise the train name survey of this little Swiss rail line.

I just think that I would be failing in my duty to you, dear readers, if I didn't tell you that here's an official chance to Name That Fart.

#trains #railroads #fart

[jadeseadragon]

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856 - 1925)

Simplon Pass (1911) Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Schreckhorn, Eismeer from Splendid Mountain Watercolours Sketchbook (1870) Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Iselle from Mount Pilatus from Splendid Mountain Watercolours Sketchbook (1870) Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Open Valley, Dolomites (ca. 1913–1914) Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

#john singer sargent #mountains #landscapes #watercolour #watercolor

[gogmstuff]

More Images of Dresses in 1911 -

1911 Princess Marthe Lucile Bibesco by Giovanni Boldini (private collection) 739X1194. From wikiart.org/en/giovanni-boldini/portrait-of-princess-marthe-lucile-bibesco-1911 1502X2406.

1911 Rachel, Countess Dudley From theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.com/2013_08_14_archive; removed mono-color tint 1164X1600.

1911 Signora con cagnolino by Fabio Cipolla (auctioned by Farsettiarte). From radikal.ru/fp/63f44c2f57064ef1933392427e54e741 827X1329.

1911 Simplon Pass - The Tease by Sargent (Museum of Fine Arts Boston). From the discontinued Athenaeum site 1123X851.

1911 Woman with Frill by Kees Van Dongen (private collection). From the discontinued Athenaeum Web site 825X1025.

1911 Zofii Brzeskiej by Teodor Axentowicz (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie - Warszawa, Poland). From their Web site 1181X1518

ca. 1911 Marquesa del Pazo by ? (Centro de Iniciativas para la Formación Agraria - As Neves, Galicia, Spain). From taboexa.es/2013_01_01_archive.html 955X1461.

Freiin Olga Charlotte Emma Wilhelmine Grote (1878-1974) by Georg Papperitz (auctioned by Dorotheum). From pinterest.com/dukeofbekasi/royal/ 1080X1384.

Maria Josefa of Austria with Karl. Posted to Foro Dinastias by Katyusha on 25 May 2010.

1911 Clarita Seminario, by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (location ?). From godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2021/02/randomly-xx.html via pinterest.com/pin/703406035550728288/; enlarged to fit screen 2090X2862 @144 6.8Mp.png

1911 (June issue) Les Modes cover, Mlle Jane Marnac in evening gown by Baron Christoff von Drecoll. From tumblr.com/mote-historie/731897920694190080/evening-gown-by-drecoll?source=share&; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1944X2802

#1911 fashion #1910s fashion #Belle Époque fashion #Edwardian fashion #Marthe Lucile Bibesco #Giovanni Boldini #Rachel - Countess of Dudley #Fabio Cipolla #John Singer Sargent #Kees Van Dongen #Zofii Brzeskiej #Teodor Axentowicz #Marquesa del Pazo #Olga Charlotte Emma Wilhelmine Grote #Georg Papperitz #Maria Josefa of Austria #Clarita Seminario #Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta #Jane Marnac #Drecoll

[stranded-in-paradise]

Simplon Pass: Reading (c. 1911)

Translucent and opaque watercolor, with wax resist, over graphite on paper (20 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)

John Singer Sargent (American,1856–1925)

Museum of Fine Art, Boston

#john singer sargent #impressionism #watercolor #american artists

[classicalhighways]

Hauptstrasse 9 - E 62 at Simplon Pass, Wallis/Valais, Switzerland by Edwin Flüeli

#switzerland #wallis #valais #highway #road #simplon #simplonpass #ch 9 #e 62

[fabricoletout]

Beautiful today! Simplon pass.

#simplon #simplonpass #valais #hospice du simplon #switzerland #autumn #color #nature

[byneddiedingo]

 impressionism-art-history

Simplon Pass Chalets painted by John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925)

#john singer sargent

[astralterrorist]

"Tumult and peace, the darkness and the light— Were all like workings of one mind, the features Of the same face, blossoms upon one tree; Characters of the great Apocalypse, The types and symbols of Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end."

-The Simplon Pass by William Wordsworth