Elif Şafak Instagram – One of my favourite paintings. I love the symmetry, the asymmetry. Almost identical they seem to be at first glance, but are they sisters or friends or perhaps they are the two sides of the same person? I like the gentle contrast between sleeping and reading. The Traveling Companions, from 1862. The artist Augustus Leopold Egg was born in London and he died in Algiers. He loved literature. Dickens described him as a “dear gentle fellow”. #keepreading #birminghammuseumofart #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #readmorewomen @bhammuseum 📚📚📚 çok sevdiğim resimlerden biri, “yol arkadaşları” tablonun ismi 1862 senesinde yapılmış, ressam Londra doğumlu Cezayir’de vefat eden Augustus Leopold. Biri uyuyan diğeri okuyan iki kadın #okuyankadınlar #okuyankadinlarkulubu #kadınyazarlar #neokudum #neokusam #kitapokur #okumakiyileştirir