A number of errands got me out to the Worcester Art Museum at 11:30. Its impressive front speaks to Worcester's past:
They have a nice collection of worldwide pieces, starting with
Winged Genie With Pail And Date-Palm Spathe, Assyrian, from the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.)
and the, in their Knights! exhibit, it was a pleasure to see The Dark Knight:
(Michael Keaton's Batman Costume, 1988)
Claude Monet - Water Lilies, 1908
Through the Galleries I could see
Hubert Robert - The Shipwreck
elsewhere:
J.M.W. Turner - The Banks of the Loire
Albert Bierstadt - Yosemite Falls, 1865-1870
Albert Bierstadt - Willamette River, 1871
a lovely early George Inness - The Meadow, 1857
and two iconic paintings by Winslow Homer:
Coast in Winter, 1892
(perhaps a bit too ostentatious on the frame)
The Gale, 1883-1893
I was disturbed at how dark the woman and her child looked, so I stood closer to just picture them, and their colors appeared beautifully in the camera!
maybe an Art Major can explain it to me? (The child is looking right at the Artist.)
It was even nice seeing their Furniture Collection:
Hepplewhite Sideboard, about 1790
mmm - looks familiar ...
Home to a great steak dinner with Wendy, then we went down to Lynn for the 8 PM show at the Lynn Auditorium - Brit Floyd (Thank You WGBH) [Row L, right on the aisle!]
It was all excellent Pink Floyd, and it was all LOUD!
WOW - what a GREAT DAY!! Thank you God!!
Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire (I have done 41-of-48 thru October 2015)
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