The inspiration for this trip is a Rowing Luncheon in Philadelphia, and excellent Museum Exhibits in Norfolk and Washington!
Day Three - The Beauties I saw today are going to make this a long blog!
385 actual miles today; left Fredericksburg, VA at 9 AM, checked in at the Super 8 in Jessup, Maryland (just southwest of Baltimore) at 8 PM.
In addition to the EXCELLENT collection down at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, they had two exhibitions I wanted to see - the primary one by William Trost Richards (which ends TODAY!), and the secondary one by Edward Burtynsky (photographs):
The Museum opened at noon, and I got there at 12:05 (got delayed by a train-crossing)
My previous visit is documented in my March 11, 2015 blog, so I will not duplicate that artwork. New artwork for today include:
an etching from Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Le Antichita Romane (The Antiquities of Rome), 1784
Hubert Robert - Landscape with a Temple, 18th century:
When Wendy and I visited a gallery in Milford, CT in April, I was given a copy of American Fine Art Magazine:
It is Great! It has a wonderful "Museum Preview" article about Seascapes by William Trost Richards at the Chrysler Museum of Art (as well as an article about the Montclair Art Museum, which is why I stopped there on Friday):
All the Richards pieces are from the Chrysler's Permanent Collection. Highlights include:
Rocky Coast (probably Cornwall), ca. 1890s:
Tower on the Cornish Coast, ca. 1880s-90s:
There was a fun display of four VERY SMALL pictures
which are actually quite good: Menton, France, ca. 1892:
and for now, we will leave other fun stuff in my iPhoto folder, maybe for future discussions.
I left Norfolk at 1, and was stop-and-go all the way back up to Washington, DC - 194 miles took 5 hours. But then I was able to go to The Phillips Collection, which was open until 7 PM on Sundays!!
Which gets us to the BEST ART of the trip!!:
Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection
Thomas Moran - Grand Canyon of Arizona at Sunset, 1909:
Thomas Cole - Ruins in the Campagna di Roma, Morning, 1842:
J.M.W. Turner - Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures in La Chiesa Redentore, Venice, 1841:
Claude Monet - Landscape on Ile Saint-Martin, 1881:
Claude Monet - Waterloo Bridge, Overcast weather, 1904:
Claude Monet - The Water-Lily Pond, 1919:
Canaletto - The Rialto Bridge, Venice, from the South with the Embarkation of the Prince of Saxony during his Visit to Venice in 1740, c. 1740:
Thomas Moran - Glorious Venice, 1888:
Canaletto - The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast from San Stae to the Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto, c. 1738:
From one location in the galleries, I stood and could see a Moran (Grand Canyon), a Cole, 4 Monets, the Turner, and a Canaletto - PRETTY DARN COOL!!!!
And from the Permanent Collection:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81:
And then 1 hour to get to the Super 8 in Jessup, Maryland (just southwest of Baltimore). Dinner at Five Guys! Thank You God for a Great Day!
Music today was albums:
Rattle That Lock by David Gilmour, 2015
This album hit the TOP of the UK Albums Chart in September 2015 - not bad for a 70-year old (well, he was 69 at that time)
Rise Ye Sunken Ships by We Are Augustines, 2011
Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1970
and in the afternoon I Listened to BASEBALL - Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals - the Nationals won 6-1, which made the local broadcasters HAPPY!
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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