What follows is the tiniest selection of paintings from Crystal Bridges. We left impressed with the museum but also with our need to learn more about American art.
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Karen LaMonte, Dress Impression with Wrinkled Cowl, 2007; not in the main collection but so
impressive |
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Edward Dalton Marchant, Samuel Beals Thomas, with his Wife..., 1830; love the shades |
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John James Audubon, Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Young, 1826 |
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James Wooldridge, Indians of Virginia, 1675 |
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George Catlin, Indian Encampment, 1852 |
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Samuel F. B. Morse, Marquis Lafatette, 1829; yes, that Morse, of code fame; he was a portrait artist before becoming an inventor; good career move... |
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Richard Caton Woodville, War News from Mexico, 1848; President U. S. Grant characterized the "Mexican-American" war as "that most shameless of wars," a power grab of the strong against the weak; visit Los Pinos to see what Mexico looked like in 1848
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John Frederick Kensett, View of Mount Washington, 1852 |
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Thomas Moran, View of the Catawissa in Autumn |
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Albert Bierstadt, Indian Encampment |
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Thomas Moran, Green River Valley, 1878 |
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Frederic Remington, Cowpuncher's Lullaby, 1906; among the specimens of the biggies... but no Charlie Russell as yet |
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Mary Cassatt, Summertime, 1894; lots of Cassatts here |
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John Singer Sargent, Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, 1885; she's the tumble of gold on the right |
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Maxfield Parrish, The Lantern Bearers, 1908 |
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Another Cassat, The Reader, 1877 |
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Winslow Homer, Return of the Gleaner, 1877 |
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Two Georgia O'Keefes |
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Jim Dine, The Garden of Eden, 2003 |
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Mark Tansey, Landscape, 1994 |
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Felix Gonzalez Torres, a bunch of hard candy plowed into a rectangle... |
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Tom Utich, Enassamishhinjijweian, 2009 |
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Andrew Wyeth, Airborne, 1996 |
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Duane Henson, Man on a Bench, 1977 |
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A Warhol, of course |
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ill Barnett, Woman Reading, 1965 |
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John Koch, Studio--End of the Day, 1961 |
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Norman Rockwell, Rosie the Riveter, 1943 |
1 comment:
Yea! Great to see these photos. I reached in the pocket of my coat the other day and pulled out a green piece of candy from our trip there with you. It was a fun day. Hope you are having a great time down there.
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