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alexpgpSo, after yesterday's dinner and book discussion, Galina and I actually developed the energy late this morning to drive to the Museum of Fine Arts and take part in a "members only" visit to a new exhibition titled "Monet and the Seine."
I will confess that the principal selling point for buying a membership for me and Galina was the fact that members get to see this exhibit for free.
I was, in fact, prepared to turn around and go home if there were too many people attending the exhibit today, as I do not think a museum visit ought to call forth memories of trying to catch the 5:25 out of Penn Station during rush hour, but there weren't many people there at all, today.
I was a little bummed that so many of the paintings on display were covered with glass or something similar, but the lighting was not objectionable, so it really wasn't a big deal, except when I wanted to get my face up next to the canvas so I could take a look at the details—the brushwork and the use of little spots of color that I so associate with the Impressionist movement.
I didn't realize that photography was not permitted until I took a photo, and fortunately, the young man who reprimanded me did not insist that I delete the photo. Unfortunately, the prohibition put a kink in my principal interest, which (as I've noted) lies in the details.
Would that I had been warned about photography after taking a photo of the detail in Flower Beds at Vétheuil! (The image below is from somewhere on the 'net.)
I checked the images of this painting available for sale both in the exhibit catalog and as a matted print, and was disappointed: the colors are off. What's more, the images are simply too small, because the crazy quilt of color on the canvas can (in my opinion) only be appreciated when you get up to within a Monet-arm-length of the painting.
(Of course, what I understand about brushwork can probably be crumpled up fairly loosely and you wouldn't feel a thing if the result were to be shoved in your eye, but I am capable of following drawn lines and patterns, and what I saw today impressed me.)
Upon returning home, it was "back to" work, and tomorrow will be a work day as well.
I've had a nice weekend.
Cheers...
I will confess that the principal selling point for buying a membership for me and Galina was the fact that members get to see this exhibit for free.
I was, in fact, prepared to turn around and go home if there were too many people attending the exhibit today, as I do not think a museum visit ought to call forth memories of trying to catch the 5:25 out of Penn Station during rush hour, but there weren't many people there at all, today.
I was a little bummed that so many of the paintings on display were covered with glass or something similar, but the lighting was not objectionable, so it really wasn't a big deal, except when I wanted to get my face up next to the canvas so I could take a look at the details—the brushwork and the use of little spots of color that I so associate with the Impressionist movement.
I didn't realize that photography was not permitted until I took a photo, and fortunately, the young man who reprimanded me did not insist that I delete the photo. Unfortunately, the prohibition put a kink in my principal interest, which (as I've noted) lies in the details.
Would that I had been warned about photography after taking a photo of the detail in Flower Beds at Vétheuil! (The image below is from somewhere on the 'net.)
I checked the images of this painting available for sale both in the exhibit catalog and as a matted print, and was disappointed: the colors are off. What's more, the images are simply too small, because the crazy quilt of color on the canvas can (in my opinion) only be appreciated when you get up to within a Monet-arm-length of the painting.
(Of course, what I understand about brushwork can probably be crumpled up fairly loosely and you wouldn't feel a thing if the result were to be shoved in your eye, but I am capable of following drawn lines and patterns, and what I saw today impressed me.)
Upon returning home, it was "back to" work, and tomorrow will be a work day as well.
I've had a nice weekend.
Cheers...
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I do miss being able to go to Real art galleries. The one in this town is nice, they have an excellent collection of Lionel and Norman Lindsay, but there is only so many maenads and satyrs one can look at in an afternoon. Brisbane gets a few good shows, at least...