There was no internet at the Super 8 in Lake City, Florida, so I had a great breakfast and hit the road (I'll use the wi-fi at some McDonald's). Going down 75 South, however, I glimpsed a billboard that said something about "Monet Exhibit ..." I quickly did a search on "monet exhibition florida" and got a hit for the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Well, since Gainesville is only a few miles down the road, I'm going there!
As it turned out (Thank you God), there was a McDonald's right at the Gainesville exit, so I got a cup of coffee to "rent the wi-fi" for an hour, and got out my blog for yesterday! Then headed to the museum for the 10 AM opening.
Unfortunately, no photos were allowed in the exhibit, but the Museum website has a wonderful page for Claude Monet - Champ d’avoine (Oat Field), 1890
and of course I have to include any picture of Gloucester harbor!
Childe Hassam - Gloucester, 1919
Other parts of the museum contained four paintings by Herman Herzog. The best two are Landscape with Three Deer, n.d.
and On Alachua Lake, c. 1890
Then down to the Orlando Museum of Art:
Alfred Thompson Bricher - Seascape with Sailboats and Dory, ca. 1890
Herman Herzog - Scene from Berchtesgaden Land, 1874
there was a VERY SMALL Thomas Moran, and the on-line image is better than my photo.
Thomas Moran - Castle Butte, Green River, Wyoming Territory, 1870s
Then over to the The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park. I was looking for paintings by Martin Johnson Heade and William Sonntag, but it is basically a museum filled with Tiffany Studio creations - stained glass, plus some artwork done by Louis Tiffany (not bad stuff at all). I was able to take a quick picture of a beautiful piece - Pumpkin and Beets window, 1899-1900
and I bought both a postcard and notecard of the same Wisteria window, to see the beauty and the differences-in-production.
Just a few blocks down the road in Winter Park is The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, at Rollins College. It has three beautiful pieces:
Albert Bierstadt - Shoshone Indians - Rocky Mountains, 1859
Thomas Moran - Moonlight Seascape, 1892
William Louis Sonntag - Dream of Italy, ca. 1860
After some major rain on Route 1/A1A, I checked in with Wendy and Andrea a little after 6 PM. Thank you God for a wonderful adventure!
Music today (I listened to albums):
I started listening to
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse (2006)
Kenny Chesney - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002)
Jimmy Buffett - Beach House on the Moon (1999)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
(twice, because it sounds GREAT!) (1985)
Michael Franti and Spearhead - The Sound of Sunshine (2010)
Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration (1976)
and ending the day with the beginning of
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971) - maybe that's enough "Florida music" for a while.
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