no swimming this morning!
(maybe in LA?)
The first stop this morning was 1 1/2 hours southwest to the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College in Claremont, California. I had exchanged emails with Kirk Delman, their Gallery Registrar, and was looking forward to seeing their 2 Winslow Homers and 3 pieces by Thomas Moran.
All the pieces were "in storage", so I AM SO GLAD I MADE PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS!
The standout is Winslow Homer - Four Fishwives, 1881 watercolor:
there was also a lovely piece by Childe Hassam - Highland Light, 1900
William Keith - Mt. Tamalpais, 1893
We then headed west to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. They open at noon, which is PERFECT TIMING for the nice lunch-time view of the Sculpture garden and pond (from their Garden Café):
The Museum has a GREAT collection of European art, including:
Amedeo Modigliani - Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Jeanne Hébuterne, 1918
Claude Monet - The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881
Canaletto - The Piazzetta, Venice, Looking North, early 1730s
Francesco Guardi - View of the Santa Maria della Salute with the Dogana di Mare, c. 1780
Auguste Rodin - The Burghers of Calais, 1884-95
Only 15 minutes west is the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles:
Although Thomas Moran's Mountain of the Holy Cross (1875) has a wonderful positioning front-and-center:
Along the Mariposa Trail by Virgil Williams (1863) was not so fortunate, being BLOCKED BY THE BIG RED DRESS:
A final lovely piece was Mountain Lake by Albert Bierstadt (undated):
We were soon making our way up Beverly Glen Blvd, watching the TONS of headlights going the other way! Traffic here is insane. THANK YOU GOD for these wonderful museums-out-west!
Music for today was albums from my iPod (not very loud, so we would listen through the albums twice):
Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon, 1970
(because we are driving among the canyons!)
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