Taft Museum of Art, and Cincinnati Art Museum - March 7, 2025

Friday, March 7, 2025 - I'm driving to Logan Airport early this morning - Wendy and Ellie are on a 7:48 AM flight down to The Greenbrier in West Virginia for their "Dorothy Draper Decorating Weekend". I figure I might as well take advantage of the fact that I am at Logan Airport, and go somewhere.

A few weeks ago I did some research: In celebration of J.M.W. Turner's 250th birthday this year, there are a number of Exhibitions around the world. In fact, the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati is hosting their own, with a rare public-display of their 10 Turner watercolors (along with 2 watercolors from the Cincinnati Art Museum):

The flights work out well for a day-trip, so I parked Wendy's car at Central Parking and was on a Delta flight (direct) at 9:30 (which turned out to be 10:30, but these things happen - always allow for a little flexibility). The Delta Terminal ("Terminal A") is very popular on a Friday morning:

And off we go:

From the airport, I caught a cab into Cincinnati, crossing over the Ohio River at 1:42

I was at the Taft Museum of Art shortly thereafter:

The Taft is first-and-formost an Art Museum, and secondarily a "Historic Home". All their art is on the second floor - let's start with the "Turner Watercolors":

"Valley of Chamouni", about 1809 or 1814:

"Lake Nemi", about 1835:

The two from the Cincinnati Art Museum are really great:
"Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England", about 1834:

"Coblenz", 1842:

Other Beauties at The Taft include:

J.M.W. Turner - "Europa and the Bull", about 1845 oil:

J.M.W. Turner - "The Trout Stream", 1809 oil:

Richard Parkes Bonington - "View near Mantes", 1826 oil:

I love the look of The Taft:

And they have "the Duncanson Murals", painted by Robert S. Duncanson about 1850-52:

After 30 minutes, I was finished (about 1 mile):

I looked at Google Maps, to see how far it was to walk to the Cincinnati Art Museum - it was only 0.9 miles!!! So off I went:

It was pretty cool walking a mile through Cincinnati:

I went past the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park:

I reached the Cincinnati Art Museum at 2:50

Even though I had been to the Cincinnati Art Museum last July (read that blog here), there are 5 paintings I want to see (Claude Lorrain, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frederic Remington, Renoir, and John Singer Sargent). The Museum is a wonderful place to visit:

Today's favorites include: Aert van der Neer - "Winter Landscape", late 1640s oil:

Georgia O'Keeffe - "My Back Yard", 1943 oil:

Frederic Remington - "The Map in the Sand", circa 1905 oil:

John Henry Twachtman - "Venice", 1877, oil:

John Singer Sargent - "A Venetian Woman", 1882 oil:

Amadeo Modigliani - "Max Jacob", 1916 oil:

Robert S. Duncanson - "Pass at Leny", 1867 oil:

And of course it is always nice to end the day with Some Fashion - Givenchy, Hermes:

I finished The Museum at 3:50

My cab arrived only a couple of minutes later. Raymond had given me his card, and I had called him 20 minutes ago ("Support Local Business"):

We were at The Airport in 25 minutes. I got my Boarding Pass, easy through Security, and was in the Food Court at 4:36 (American Mastodon):

I had dinner-at-Wendy's (just can't/don't want to get away from her cooking!), worked on my computer, and we boarded a little late. Pretty quiet for a Friday evening in Cincinnati:

We were going down the runway at 7:06

And I was going through Logan at 9:17

Home-in-bed by 11. WOW - Thank You God for this wonderful art/adventure day!

Music today (only listened in the airports):

Acoustic Jazz Quartet - Acoustic Jazz Quartet, 1999 album, last heard NEVER - Excellent acoustic jazz:

Out at The Cincinnati Airport, 2 guys were sitting behind me, talking "records". One guy said "I saw a mint copy of Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, 1959, but I didn't buy it." So I figured I would just pull it up on my iPod (last heard 7/08/2024):

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