Saw Museums (and the wedding!) on Sunday, and drove back on Monday:
To avoid the NYC area, I took 84 all the way into New York State - 1,066 miles round-trip, but traffic worked out great! (and dinner at FIVE GUYS both Saturday and Monday nights!!)
Tried to go to the Sunday morning 9 AM service at Saint John's Church, but due to a website mistake, they moved to their Summer Schedule this weekend - so we had our own Service!. Made our way down to the National Gallery of Art, but it didn't open until 11, so we got coffee nearby. I have previously visited the National Gallery of Art (April 28, 2014 and July 22, 2016 blogs), so here are some "new" paintings:
Francesco Guardi - Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice, probably c. 1780
Bernardo Bellotto - The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1743/1747
Canaletto - Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, 1742/1744
Claude Monet - The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil, 1880
Joseph Mallord William Turner - The Junction of the Thames and The Medway, 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner - Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835
detail:
Thomas Cole - The Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch), 1839
Albert Bierstadt - Lake Lucerne, 1858
Frederic Edwin Church - Niagara, 1857 (from the Corcoran Collection)
William Stanley Haseltine - Natural Arch at Capri, 1871
Childe Hassam - Allies Day, May 1917, 1917
and a special shout-out to our friends in Pride's Crossing; from the "East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography" exhibition:
Samuel Masury - View of the Loring Estate at Pride's Crossing, Beverly, Massachusetts, c. 1857-1859
We had a very civilized lunch down in their cafe, and then walked a few blocks north to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. I have previously visited the Smithsonian American Art Museum (April 29, 2014 and July 22, 2016 blogs), so here are some "new" paintings:
I saw a wonderful selection of paintings (Duncanson, Whittredge, Moran, Bierstadt, Cropsey) in their "open storage" area (Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor), but they were behind glass and set back. The best is:
Thomas Moran - Fort George Island, Florida - 1878
Back in the Main Museum: Winslow Homer - High Cliff, Coast of Maine, 1894
The back to the hotel for rest, then off to the wedding:
the radiant mother-of-the-groom and mother-of-the-bride
and back to the hotel at a somewhat-reasonable hour.
Monday morning, I saw a REALLY COOL t-shirt when I went to pick up the car:
A couple of hours north to the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, known primarily for its Wyeth-family works. I have previously visited the Brandywine River Museum of Art (March 12, 2015 and April 29, 2016 blogs), so here are some "new" paintings:
Alfred Bricher - Low Tide, Cliff Island, Maine, n.d.
Jamie Wyeth Hekking House, 1968 watercolor (behind glass)
Jamie Wyeth Lime Bag, ca. 1964 (age 18)
N.C. Wyeth - April Rain, 1935
N.C. Wyeth - In the Crystal Depths, 1906
N.C. Wyeth - The Wreck of the "Covenant"
It was the spare yard I had got hold of, and I was amazed to see how far I had travelled from the brig, 1913
Illustration for Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Back out on the road (Five Guys in Manchester, CT) - Home at 9 - 1,066 miles down-and-back. Excellent Adventure-Time with my Beautiful Bride! Thank You God for these Great Days!
Music Saturday (both days from Wendy's Pink Nano):
U2 - Achtung Baby, 1991
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush, 1970
Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival, 1978
Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars, 1977
Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980
John Mayer - Battle Studies, 2009
Leo Kottke - The Best, 1976 2-cds
Al Stewart - The Best of Al Stewart, 1986
Bruce Cockburn - Big Circumstance, 1988
Music on Monday:
David & David - Boomtown, 1986
The Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues, 1978 live album
John Mayer - Born and Raised, 2012
John Mayer - "Route 66" from Cars, 2006 soundtrack
Tom Rush - The Circle Game, 1968
John Mayer - Continuum, 2006
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark, 1974
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969
Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles, 1985
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones, 2011
Van Morrison - Enlightenment, 1990
Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
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