Ready for a picture heavy post? By popular request, I’m sharing more of the photos I took the other day at the Art Museum.
Here goes.
This is the first gallery you see as you enter the museum. The lady in the foreground was a longtime employee of the museum and the artist Alex Katz made this in honor of her. It’s titled, “Margie.” There’s a photo of her standing next to the figure. (1971)
The figure in the background is made from rugs. “Sound suit” by Nick Cave (2009)
In the same gallery, She-ba, by Romare Bearden (1970)
Silhouettes, cut from paper, by the artist Kara Walker. (2013)
Salvador Dali – Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach (1938)
René Magritte – Les Intermittences du Coeur (The Fickleness of the Heart) (1950)
Pablo Picasso – The Artist (1963)
Winslow Homer – Rocky Coast (Maine Coast) (1882-1900)
John Singer Sargent – Ruth Sears Bacon (I love this.) (1887)
Henri Matisse – The Ostrich Feather Hat (1918)
Claude Monet – The Beach at Trouville (1870)
Claude Monet – Nymphéas (Water Lilies) – (1907)
Vincent Van Gogh – Self Portrait (1887)
Franz Hals – Portrait of Joseph Coymans (1644)
One of the portrait galleries.
The museum has a vast collection of American Decorative Arts, where I encountered some of my favorite designers:
Charles and Ray Eames
Marcel Breuer
Frank Lloyd Wright
Gustav Stickley
It’s an amazing and wondrous museum and if I get over there again before my stay here ends, I’ll take more photos, okay?
In the meantime, I’m supposed to go home tomorrow and we’re getting at least 6 inches of heavy, wet snow today. Do you sense a pattern here? If I decide to make the trip home…it snows.
Cross your fingers for me!
Happy Friday.
So enjoyed this post and yesterdays. Such an eclectic variety, it’s fun to scroll through and choose a couple of favorites.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Thanks, Karen!
Beautiful, Hope you have clear roads tomorrow. Be safe, Doris
Thank you, Doris!
Lovely, lovely, lovely. Thank you for sharing. Fingers crossed and good luck to you. I woke up to 2″ of new heavy, wet snow, but the roads were fine – just wet. Happy weekend!!
It’s pretty bad here, Vera. And it keeps on coming so I have no idea how bad it’s going to be out there when it finally stops.
Great pics…especially the Monets….thank you! Fingers crossed….safe travels! ;)
Thanks, Donnamae. It ain’t very promising out there at the moment!
I’m loving my trip to the Wadsworth! I loved the desks by Stickley and especially Frank Lloyd Wright. Be safe going home and give Scout a pat from DEB.
That Frank Lloyd Wright desk is beautiful, Deb. I fell in love with it.
I think I love the furniture as much as the paintings! Living quite near Frank Lloyd Wright’s House on the Rock, and his studios, I have always loved the (I think of it as) practicality of his furniture designs and the way he incorporated it into homes. And the Eames!!!! Did you get some ideas for the TSP?
Be safe on your travels!! Have a wonderful weekend at home w/ Don and sweet Scout.
I did!
Here’s hoping I can get home tomorrow – we’ll have to see if I can dig my car out!
I enjoyed the photos very much. You showed many of my favorite artists, including Magritte. And I love seeing the furniture. There aren’t enough furniture exhibits.
I know – I was delighted to see these pieces on exhibit!
Beautiful photos. Travel safely.
Thank you, Tana!
Fingers crossed! I love the photos and the furniture exhibit. My favorite was the Sargent piece and it made me smile that you said you loved it also. Her little face just shines out at you. Really hoping you get home this weekend. Charlie is having a very bad morning but he has settled down to sleep for now. I’m thinking a trip to the Vet this afternoon? He has been starting to give me a look that I don’t want to see. He seems to be hurting and I can’t bear that for him.
hugs,
Linda
Oh, dear friend, I’m thinking of you and sweet Charlie. Scout hasn’t been doing all the well this week. We love our babies so much. I’m praying for your boy. And for you. Call if you need me. I’ll be at rehearsal from 3 -6, but otherwise, I’ll be here. xoxo
I discovered John Singer Sargent in my late teens and fell in love with his beautiful portraits. I also really like Winslow Homer. And Mary Cassatt. The American Impressionists were so talented.
Isn’t Margie fun?
What a varied collection! Thanks again for sharing. Have a safe and uneventful trip home.
It’s been snowing heavily, but it’s just begun to ease up. Hopefully, it won’t be too hard to dig out tomorrow morning.
Loved the trip to the Museum but my favorite by far is “Margie”. Have a safe trip home and a wonderful weekend with your family: Don and Scout☺
Margie is pretty darned cool, Lynn Marie!
Now that my son has moved to downtown Hartford, I cant wait to visit some of the sights you have mentioned. This museum looks wonderful and has works by some of my favorite artists – definitely on my list.
Does he like it in Hartford, Liz?
Thanks for sharing your museum visit. I enjoyed it. I hope you get to go home. Safe travels.
Thanks, Kathy!
Margie is so cool…Van Gogh…Dali…Monet..Matisse…Picasso..Charles and Ray Eames…Frank Lloyd Wright…What a wonderful museum..Please do show more if you have time….and be careful tomorrow if you drive home…
Thanks, Nancy!
Thank you Claudia! What fun, loved seeing all these . Your blog takes me places I would love to see again & again. Enjoyed Margie of course…she really does remind me of another “Margie” I use to work with, she gave all of free advice daily !! Be safe traveling home.
Thanks, Marcy!
Dear Claudia, I look forward to your posts every night. I don’t receive then until 11:30 pm so I read them before I go to bed. I started buying myself flowers once a week and I have you to thank for that. I never really thought of doing that before. I have a white hobnail vase that I use and the flowers always look pretty. I enjoy reading about your life. I am sorry for the loss of your parent’s. My Husband passed away two years ago and life has never been the same. But having said that, this life I have now is my new normal. I am getting used to it. So I understand how you must feel at times. Having two new grandbabies helps me tremendously! Thank you again for the peek inside your everyday life. April
Thank you so much for your kind words, April. And thank you for commenting! My sympathy on losing your husband – I can’t imagine how devastating that must be. I’m so glad you have some beautiful grandchildren.
Claudia, have you ever considered guest-writing for travel blogs? They would be lucky to get you. I am forwarding an e-mail to you from the Connecticut Office of Tourism, as an example. Wish I knew someone over there.
Thank you for posting more art photographs. What an interesting collection, and your pictures really do it justice. Look at all of the comments thanking you for “the tour,” and even asking for more.
Thanks, Nancy! Maybe I’ll finally get to visit the Mark Twain House while I’m here. It’s the one thing I haven’t done yet in all my stays in Hartford.
Wait! There’s more!
I know that you would love Elizabeth Park; the Rose Garden in particular. It’s a gem. Now that you have an extra vehicle, that might be a possibility.
http://elizabethparkct.org/rose-garden.html
Yes, I know about Elizabeth Park – are the roses in greenhouses? Otherwise, it would be a waste in the winter time?
The park is nice year-round. It was beautifully laid-out. To see color, however, you ought to visit in spring, summer or fall.
You will not be disappointed; I promise.
The greenhouses are quite old, Lord and Burnham, I believe, and are used for propagation and display. I’m not sure what you would find in them at this time of year.
Sargent will forever be my favorite. I just want to reach out and touch the fabric and decorations he includes.