Dennis Dixon is heading West!: Florida - Day Three (Danville, VA - Atlanta, GA - Athens, GA

490 miles today - because of "the snow", all the North Carolina and South Carolina museums are closed. So its straight down to Atlanta, then back up to Athens and staying at a Super 8 30 miles away in Commerce, Georgia

It was a surprise to rise-and-shine in Danville this morning - I thought I left all this behind me in New England!

the highways were clear, and it was beautiful entering North Carolina

and it was clear and sunny when I stopped for lunch in Gaffney, South Carolina

I was able to park on the street in Atlanta, and got into the High Museum of Art by 4. Excellent space, and a beautiful collection!!

I took photos of sculptures by Chauncey Bradley Ives, Frederic Remington, Auguste Rodin (2)

and paintings by Albert Bierstadt (2), William Bradford (2), Bricher (2), John William Casilear (2), Church, Thomas Cole, Jasper Cropsey, Thomas Doughty, Asher B. Durand, Duncanson, Samuel Lancaster Gerry, Gifford (3), Jame McDougal Hart, Haseltine, Hassam (2), Heade, John Kensett (2), Jervis McEntee, Claude Monet (2), Thomas Moran (2), Parrish, Richards, William Sonntag (2), and Worthington Whittredge (2).

Alfred Thompson Bricher - Sunset on the Coast, 1885-1895

William Stanley Haseltine - The Sea from Capri, 1875

This is a "Great Painting", with dimensions: 3 1/2 feet high x 6 feet wide - it is stunning!

Thomas Moran - Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland, 1884-1885

John Kensett - The Seashore, 1863

Thomas Moran - The Old Bridge Over Hook Pond, East Hampton, Long Island, 1907

it is interesting that the wall is actually a pale yellow, which is not captured in my photo

Chauncey Bradley Ives - Undine Rising from the Waters, after 1859, marble

Sanford Robinson Gifford - October in the Catskills, 1879

Claude Monet - Houses of Parliament in the Fog, 1903

And then two hours northeast to the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Georgia. The sun had set by the time I got there, but it is open Thursdays until 9, so I'm in good shape. A very nice collection, with works by Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Thomas Hill, William Keith, Albert Bierstadt (2), William Sonntag, William Stanley Haseltine (2), Homer Dodge Martin, William Trost Richards, William M. Hart, George Loring Brown, Ralph Albert Blakelock, George Inness, John Kensett, John Linton Chapman, Thomas Doughty, and James McDougal Hart. Highlights include:

Thomas Hill - The Home of the Red Man, 1895