Because none of their art was on display when Wendy and I visited last April 2014, I called The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA this morning when I was stuck in traffic to see if I could see any of their paintings. Cindy Verser was kind enough to escort me to the storage area, and I got to be face-to-face with works by William Bradford, William Stanley Haseltine, Thomas Moran, and William Trost Richards!!! Photos were not allowed, but I could take a picture of the storage area:
and a beautiful piece of writing about the Thomas Moran piece I saw
this image of William Stanley Haseltine - Castle Rocks at Nahant, Massachusetts, 1865 is from Wikipedia
Next door to The Mariners' Museum is the Peninsula Fine Arts Center. They do not have a Permanent Collection, but they do have a Hudson River School exhibition coming up later in 2015 - maybe a return trip?
then 25 miles south (with two bridges/tunnels) to get to the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk. It is kind of hard to get to, but well worth the effort. One beautiful room contains
Asher B. Durand - God's Judgement Upon Gog, ca. 1851-1852
(I'm glad I'm not Gog!)
Thomas Cole - The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1833-1834
Chauncey Bradley Ives - Undine, Rising from the Fountain, ca. 1880-1882, marble
Thomas Moran - Salvator Rosa Sketching the Banditti, 1860
Thomas Moran - Venice, 1898
(I love his Venice paintings)
Other works in the museum include:
a magnificent Albert Bierstadt - The Emerald Pool, 1870
William Trost Richards - Forest Scene, 1875
Worthington Whittredge - The Woods of Ashokan, 1886
Winslow Homer - Song of the Lark, 1876
Thomas Hill - Early Morning, Yosemite Valley, 1884
a wonderful Jasper Cropsey - The Old Mill, 1876
detail
another room had paintings by Degas and Monet
Edgar Degas - Dancer with Bouquets, ca. 1895-1900
Claude Monet - View of Vernon, 1886
curious, because the nameplate says "La Seine à Vernon"
elsewhere is Joseph Rodefer DeCamp - Farewell, ca. 1890
I especially like the painting against the wall color.
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William Louis Sonntag - Massanuten Mountains, Shenandoah River, 1865
there is a nice Maya Lin piece - Caspian Sea (from the Bodies of Water series), 2006
and some excellent works from Tiffany Studios
and don't forget the glass art!
Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová - Astronomical Calendar Sphere, 1994
then I headed northeast across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel to see Chincoteague and Assateague Islands (remember Misty of Chincoteague?)
But right before Chincoteague is the NASA Visitor Center/Wallops Flight Facility!!
I'm sorry, but I'm a sucker for anything that has the words "NASA" and "Visitor Center" in it!
At the Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge/Assateague National Seashore, there is a path to (hopefully) view the wild ponies.
There is a wild beauty down here, very similar to the Essex Marshes
the wild ponies are SO COOL
and a beautiful beach on the Atlantic
looking south
looking north
and there are a lot of herons, egrets, and other birds. 80 miles north to spend the night at the Super 8 in Harrington, Delaware. I apologize for this being a little long, but it is not everyday that you get to combine Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, NASA, and wild ponies! Thank you God for another REALLY GREAT day!
Listened to more music from the little green nano:
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Paul Simon - self-titled album (1972)
Robbie Robertson - self-titled album (1987)
this is an excellent album - U2 are on two tracks, and Peter Gabriel is on another two tracks
The Steve Miller Band - Sailor (1968)
The Doors - Strange Days (1967)
[great driving in the fog in the middle of the Chesapeake Bridge, listening to the Doors singing "You're lost, little girl ...]
Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart (2013)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
various artists - Time-Life Classic Rock: 1966 - The Beat Goes On
James Taylor - Gorilla (1975)
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