La Gloire de Jour Est Arrivée (Sunset, Thursday, 14 July 2011)

Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 10:07PM
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William Theodore Van Doren, LA GLOIRE DE JOUR EST ARRIVÉE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

For Bastille Day – and I hope I did it right – I’ve inverted a line from La Marseillaise. Instead of “the day of glory has arrived,” the glory of the day.

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).