1. A View through my Window

2. The window has inspired artists, photographers, architects, and writers throughout the ages.

3. Vincent van Gogh often painted what he saw outside his bedroom window wherever he lived or stayed. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Self-Portrait, 1889; Oil on canvas, 57 x 43.5 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

4. Van Gogh painted The Starry Night, perhaps his most famous painting, from the window of his room during a stay at an asylum in Saint-Remy, France. The Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh,1889. Oil on Canvas, Museum of Modern Art. Wikimedia Commons

5. Henri Matisse often included windows in his paintings so that he could show both inside and outside spaces in the same picture. Henri Matisse often included windows in his paintings so that he could show both inside and outside spaces in the same picture. Henri Matisse Open Window, Collioure 1905. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 55 3/4 inches. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney http://www.nga.gov/education/schoolarts/matisse_full.shtm

6. Henri Matisse The Blue Window Henri Matisse The Blue Window Henri Matisse The Blue Window Issy-les-Moulineaux, summer 1913. Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 35 5/8" Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. © 2008 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YoRk http://www.moma.org/collection

7. Henri Matisse Interior with a Violin Case Henri Matisse Interior with a Violin Case Henri Matisse Interior with a Violin Case Nice, winter 1918-19. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 5/8" Lillie P. Bliss Collection. © 2008 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York http://www.moma.org/collection

8. Pierre Bonnard The Window Pierre Bonnard The Window Pierre Bonnard The Window (La Fenetre) 1925 Oil on Canvas Tate Museum. Presented by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill through the Contemporary Art Society 1930 http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWorkhttp://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork? workid=1310&roomid=3652

9. Pierre Bonnard The Bowl of Milk Pierre Bonnard The Bowl of Milk Pierre Bonnard The Bowl of Milk (Le Bol de Lait) Circa 1919 Oil on Canvas Tate Museum. Bequeathed by Edward Le Bas 1967 http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWorkhttp://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork? cgroupid=999999961&workid=1314 &searchid=10801

10. Marc Chagall Paris Through The Window 1913. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 55 3/4 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, Gift, Solomon R Guggenheim. http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/ site/artist_work_lg_28_2.html

11. Edward Hopper Morning Sun 1952. Oil on canvas http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/arts/design/04hopp.html,

12. Edward Hopper - Night Windows Edward Hopper. (American, 1882-1967). Night Windows. 1928. Oil on canvas, 29 x 34" Gift of John Hay Whitney http://www.moma.org/collection/

13. Juan Gris The Open Window Juan Gris, The Open Window 1921 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm (25 5/8 x 39 3/8 in); M. Meyer Collection, Zurich http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gris/open-window/

14. In architecture and literature the window is thought to be the eye of the house. In art the window signifies the eye of the painter. -Charles Alexander Moffat In architecture and literature the window is thought to be the eye of the house. In art the window signifies the eye of the painter. -Charles Alexander Moffat

15. Juan Gris Still Life before an Open Window- Place Ravignon Still Life before an Open Window: Place Ravignan 1915; Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art (DC 131) http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gris/open-window/

16. René Magritte The Human Condition René Magritte, The Human Condition 1935 Oil on canvas 42.2 × 32.2 cm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Human_Condition_1935.jpg

17. The eyes are the windows to the soul. -Anonymous The eyes are the windows to the soul. -Anonymous

18. René Magritte Le Faux Miroir (The False Mirror) Rene Magritte, Le Faux Miroir, 1928 http://www.rogallery.com/magritte_rene/Magritte_Rene-False_Mirror.html

19. Elliot Erwin, California, 1955 Gelatin silver print | 12 x 17.75 in. http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1247#

20. Elliot Erwin, Colorado, 1955 Gelatin silver print | 12 x 17.75 in. http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1235#

21. Elliot Erwin, Idaho, 1953 Gelatin silver print | 6.24 x 4.25 in. http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1235#

22. Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Woman at the Window 1893 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Woman at the Window 1893

23. Salvador Dalí Woman at the Window (Muchacha en la ventana) oil on board 1925 Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

24. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window” - Steve Bluestone Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window” - Steve Bluestone