It was a Great Day to go see some Art with my Beautiful Bride! And when we parked in Worcester, I rolled over 40,000 miles:
(Cross-Blog Readers might remember that I had hit 20,000 miles on July 17 on my hiking trip to Maine).
The purpose of today's trip was:
We got there at 1 PM and had a very nice lunch in The Museum Café. i don't know why the New-York Historical Society (yes, they officially do have a hyphen between New and York) released so many of their Hudson River School paintings, but it is a great opportunity to see many wonderful pieces in one (nearby) place (trips to the Big Apple are not as exciting as they once were). Although the focus is on works by Asher B. Durand, many other artists are also represented:
Albert Bierstadt - "Autumn Woods, Oneida County, State of New York", ca. 1886
William L. Sonntag - "Morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia", ca. 1858:
John F. Kensett - "Seashore (Sunset on the Coast)", 1861:
Thomas Cole - "Catskill Creek, New York", 1845:
Asher B. Durand - "Black Birches, Catskill Mountains", 1860:
Asher B. Durand - "View of the Shandaken Mountains", 1853:
Needless to say, I highly recommend making the quick trip out to Worcester to view this exhibition, before it closes Nov. 25.
Another current Exhibition at the Museum is:
which is in a darkened room. The two Tiffany windows ("Angel of the Resurrection") are stunning:
"The whereabouts of the third panel remain a mystery."
The John La Farge windows are bold and colorful - "The Pool at Bethesda", 1898:
detail of The Angel:
I have previously blogged about the Worcester Art Museum on April 7, 2016 and Dec. 14, 2017. Two pieces I have not shared before are:
Canaletto - "Capriccio: A Circular, Domed Church"
Hubert Robert - "Roman Ruins", 1759:
Needless to say, I look forward to returning in the Winter of 2019 for:
Thank you God for Art, and Nature, and for these Wonderful Adventures!
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