#oldage is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 25 people shared 59 posts with it — around 2 a day. Activity is down 58% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 28 with 6 posts.

Posts with #oldage

My Shetland

@thordale.bsky.social

about 5 hours ago

myshetland.co.uk/more-wea… Weather panic so put on rugs. In ruddy August! #myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #Weather #weatherforecast #panic #badweather #oldage

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More Weather

You know me and my obsession with the weather. Well, it was on full force today confirmed by Gulberwick Weather’s forecast on Facebook. And, according to Yr.no, it is never going to stop rain…

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Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Head of a Woman by Michael Sweerts (Flemish) - Oil on panel / c. 1654 - Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California) #womeninart #art #oilpainting #womensart #MichaelSweerts #artwork #portraitofawoman #FlemishArtist #FlemishArt #oldage #GettyCenter #GettyMuseum #Sweerts #TheGetty #paintingofawoman

A light-skinned woman, her thin hair tightly wrapped in a white scarf, looks forward with teary eyes and a toothless smile. The urban poor of Rome and the peasants of the neighboring countryside inspired Flemish artist Michael Sweerts during his stay in Italy in the mid-1600s.

The practice of painting the lower classes was relatively new at the time, and pictures of the poor were often derisive caricatures. Sweerts treated his subject with compassion, vividly capturing the woman's inner beauty while accurately recording her external appearance: the loose skin, thinning hair, and wart on the left side of her face.

Although the painting is highly finished, Sweerts's rich brushwork is evident in alternately blended and separated strokes of different shades, creating a strong sense of three-dimensional form. This brushwork is especially striking in the head scarf and the collar.

Though a Flemish painter Michael Sweerts worked in Italy, Syria, and India. By the age of twenty-eight, Sweerts was living in Rome and was a member of the painters' academy there. In subsequent years, Sweerts worked as a representative at the papal customs house, collecting wool for a wealthy Antwerp merchant. At the age of thirty-eight, he returned to his native Brussels, where he founded an academy of drawing and joined the painters' guild.

Almost all of Sweerts's existing paintings date from his time in Rome. Sweerts painted religious and secular works, but he is most noted for his realistic portraits like this one. His paintings exhibited his interest not only in the observation of daily life but also in the study of classical sculpture, which he pursued in Rome.

Four years after returning to Brussels, Sweerts left again, this time to Asia as a missionary. In Aleppo, Syria, Sweerts painted and proselytized, but he was dismissed from the mission after only two years because of his unstable and undisciplined character. He eventually reached Goa, India, where he died two years later.

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Barb Drummond

@barbdrummond.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Are #miracles possible? #AtomBomb survivor dies of #OldAge

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Dave Ashley

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

5 days ago

#foggy #emoetry #triolet #poem #oldage #senility When I left school (many moons ago) I worked in a hospital taking care of those who had mental health issues but also spent time looking after elderly patients with dementia. (Before I lost my way - no pun)

Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social

#emoetry prompt for 8/3 is #Foggy #writingcommunity #poetry

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RICHARD GUIMOND de Beloeil, Québec

@painteroflight.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

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Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

“Is This Life Worth Living?” by Alfred Kappes (American) - Oil on canvas / 1882 - Smith College Museum of Art (Northampton, Massachusetts) #womeninart #art #artwork #womensart #oilpainting #AlfredKappes #Kappes #fineart #AmericanArt #AmericanArtist #oldage #realism #bskyart #SmithCollegeMuseumofArt

American artist Alfred Kappes makes an old woman ask a dreary question in his " Is this Life worth Living?" … and we are half inclined to say “No…” at the depiction of an exhausted elderly impoverished woman with weathered skin sitting on a stone floor near a bucket of coal, holding a coal rake in her hand, wearing a dirty white apron, old leather boots, long gray socks, dark brown dress, red shawl, and old cap.

Her expression conveys weariness (or perhaps bitter resignation) while her slumped posture suggests quiet desperation. Tones of browns, grays, and muted creams convey a sense of atmosphere as shadowed lighting contributes to the mood of hardship, reflecting the struggles of poverty. The artist's attention to detail creates a strong sense of authenticity and realism, connecting us with the unidentified woman's struggles.

Kappes was born in New York city in 1850. He studied art without a teacher, was a member of the American Watercolor Society, and in May, 1894, was elected a National Academician. He was a constant exhibitor at the National Academy of Design, and in 1880 received the Hallgarten prize from that institution. His works, chiefly genre paintings before he passed away in Yonkers, N. Y., June 17, 1894 at the age of 44.

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This Is My Glasgow

@thisismyglasgow.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

A rather handsome young Highland Cow in Pollok Park in Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #pollokpark #highlandcow #oldage #redhead #pollokcountrypark

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Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

おうな (Old Woman) by 和田栄作 (Wada Eisaku, Japanese) - Oil on canvas / 1908 - The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan) #womeninart #art #oilpainting #和田栄作 #WadaEisaku #artwork #JapaneseArtist #JapaneseArt #womensart #NationalMuseumofModernArt #東京国立近代美術館 #fineart #paintingofawoman #oldage #walking

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Angela la la

@angelalalala.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

As an Ice breaker with our staff, I shared my favorite TV show growing up was American Bandstand, two people knew what I was talking about 🤦🏽‍♀️ 😅 What was your favorite TV show as a kid? #oldage

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Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

Mother by Bavuudorj Luvsandorj (Mongolian) - Oil on canvas / 1991 - Mongolian National Art Gallery (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) #womeninart #art #artwork #mother #MongolianArt #BavuudorjLuvsandorj #portraitofawoman #womensart #oilpainting #oldage #MongolianNationalArtGallery #NationalArtGalleryofMongolia

Mongolian artist Luvsandorj Bavuudorj’s painting “Mother” is one of the most popular contemporary works in the collection of the the National Art Gallery of Mongolia. Seeing it, we can easily feel a mother’s love, care, and hopes for her son as her weathered eyes look up on the verge of tears holding an open letter against a desolate desert backdrop.

Dominating the foreground we see the elderly woman, likely of Mongolian descent, wearing a dark, simple robe and a dark head covering. Her face is etched with wrinkles, suggesting a life lived in hardship, yet her expression is calm and contemplative. She holds a bundle of correspondence letters in her hands. Her posture is slightly hunched, conveying her age and weariness.

In the midground, a bleached-white piece of driftwood lies on the ground, its shape sinuous and almost snake-like. It creates a stark contrast to the overall muted tones of the painting. Behind the driftwood, a pale camel walks across a vast, sandy expanse … appearing somewhat distant and solitary.

The background shows a wide, seemingly endless desert stretching to a dark, brooding sky. The sky takes up a significant portion of the upper part of the painting, painted in shades of dark blue and gray, hinting at twilight or nightfall. The color palette of the desert is mostly warm yellows and golds, with subtle variations in tone.

The painting evokes a sense of solitude, contemplation, and the passage of time. The juxtaposition of the woman, the camel, the driftwood, and the vast desert landscape suggests themes of isolation, longing, and memory. The style is realistic but with a touch of dreaminess, especially in the treatment of the colors and the almost ethereal quality of the camel. The painting’s mood is quiet and reflective, leaving us to contemplate its deeper interpretation of motherhood.

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Ekimellnea

@ekimellnea.bsky.social

2 days ago

Wrinkles softly bloom, stories carved in gentle lines— time’s quiet garden. #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #oldage

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Lisa the Leftist

@lisatellstruth.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

What’s wrong with saying #welfare FFS #pensions are for various reasons #disability #carers #oldage Welfare is a good thing When did it become stigmatised? #socialsecurity #socialwelfare is a reflection of a civilised society that effectively uses #taxes to support its most vulnerable