Art:Museum Exhibits
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Historic Jewish Embroidery Made On Perforated Paper!
While I will consider myself somewhat of a needle works history buff, I was greatly surprised to learn that needlework was once done on perforated paper, and even in Jerusalem! I have put together a few images of works found in The Jewish Museum in New York, and they are delightful and maybe will even…
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6 Facts About Romanticism: The Art Movement That Added Emotion To Art!
Above: Spithead, Two Captured Danish Ships Entering Portsmouth Harbour, William Turner, c 180-7-1809, now found at the Tate Gallery, London While I have not shared my painting adventures of late here on the blog, lets just say I have been trying my hand at painting clouds and trying to figure out what style of clouds…
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The Nordic Museum, Stockholm
There are many museums in Stockholm, and the two that we visited, and I would recommend are the Vasa Museum and the Nordic Museum, which are next to one another and neither require incredible museum patience skills. Okay, I’ll admit, that after the Vasa Museum (which is a museum dedicated to the 1620’s sailing ship…
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Dale Chihuly At The Tower Of David Citadel, Jerusalem
The Tower of David is now one of my favorite places in Old City Jerusalem, and while we missed his fabulous show at the museum in 2000, glass artist Dale Chihuly did leave a few items in the museum which I was delighted to see this past week. Now I’m regretting that I didn’t make…
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Paper Silhouette Installation At The National Portrait Gallery
This past summer on our museum extravaganza in Washington DC, we had the pleasure of visiting The Portrait Gallery, which yes, is portrait after portrait after portrait, but the museum occupies an adjacent attached building to the Smithsonian Museum Of American Art, so one can stay on the same floor and view exhibits from both…
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Monet’s Water Lilies At The National Gallery, Washington DC
I have enjoyed Monet’s Water Lilies at MOMA in NYC countless times, a HUGE tryptich, if memory serves me that occupies an entire wall, and most of a room. There is a bench allowing one to sit and enjoy. Lest I digress, I love the French Impressionist Monet, and appreciate his art even more now…
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Mary Cassat’s Girl In The Blue Chair
Rather than share a whole bunch of great paintings from one museum in one post, I decided to share some of the highlights of my museum extravaganza (this past August in Washington DC and NYC) in shorter posts in order to really give credit where credit is due, and to enable us to focus in…
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American Impressionist Painter: Childe Hassam 1859-1935
I have to be honest, I have a minor’s degree in Art History, and I really don’t recall learning about the amazing painter Childe Hassam. I have a feeling we just skipped over American Impressionism, and that sure is sad, because on my Washington DC museum extravaganza this past August I saw a few Childe…
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Luncheon Of The Boating Party, Seeing The Real Deal In Washington DC
This Chanukah has been so packed I haven’t even had a moment to wish all my dear readers a wonderful light-filled Chanukah! Now, on this eighth night of Chanukah, called Zot Chanukah, I have realized that it is high time I start sharing photos from our summer adventures, and boy do I have a lot…
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Amazing Art By Aboriginal Women, A Show At The Phillips Collection
Carlene West Tjitjiti (2015) This past August my daughter and I were blessed with a whole week of going to art museums in Washington DC, just the two of us, which was just beyond amazing! I have been to many an art museum in my day, and the museums in Washington DC are fantastic, so…