Gardner Museum part 2

I get so annoyed at two things at the Gardner:  The very dismal atmosphere of very, very dark rooms,
so much great art barely discernable.  And secondly, the refusal to label the art, therefore forcing you to carry around a "guide" which, in the dark, is decidedly hard to read for us old folks.
Other than that, it is a remarkable place of discovery and delight, I guess.  The courtyard is worth the visit alone.  And the new entrance, shop, relaxing areas all quite beautiful.
I would, of course, go back in a second, above quibbles aside.
And because of the above second quibble, I haven't identified the following art.  Sorry.
I will say that the digital camera can photograph under almost any lighting condition, and when they are in the computer, they can appear with far more brilliance and color than on the walls of the museum.

Christmas with Scott, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Part 1

Christmas with Scott and his family at our house, With Cheryl, Alex, Carter, and Cheryl's parents, Rigo and Carol Mazzoli, and then a visit to the Gardner Museum, first in easily ten years. and a world class collection in very dark rooms. 

"Death by Chocolate" !

Before the chaos

Front row: Scott, Cheryl, Rigo, Carter, Carol, Alex

Ralph Wormeley Curtis

"Return from the Lido"  1884

John Singer Sargent

"An Interior in Venice"  1898

William Morris Hunt

"Girl at the Fountain"

The famous courtyard.

Georgia O'Keefe at the Peabody-Essex Museum

A remarkable exhibit, and if you are a Georgia O'Keefe lover, a not-to-be-missed show.  Excellent review in the Boston Globe, and I agree with the writer,  a wonderful education about her, but not nearly enough of her art, more pictures about her, her image, her fashion (that maybe be why all the groups walking through with a guide were all women). Still, the exhibit does a great  job of describing her huge iconic presence, and well worth the visit.
Here are some images from the show.

"Shell and Old Shingle No. 11"

This lady was kind enough to allow me to photograph her wonderful sweater

with on of Georgia"s creations. 

She wore mostlyh black with touches of white exclusively until

Stieglitz died and she moved to New Mexico, and she started adding color.

"Georgia O'Keefe"  1930

Alfred Stieglitz

"Jack in the Pulpit No. 3"  1930

"Autumn Leaves-Lake George, NY" 1924

Two Pink Shells" 1937

"2 Yellow Leaves" 1928

Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O"Keefe"1944

"Georgia O"Keefe, Ghost Ranch, N.M." 1968

Arnold Newman

"Pelvis with the Moon-New Mexico"  1943

"Georgia O'Keefe and Orville Cox,

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona"  1937

Ansel Adams

The great photographer captures Georgia at a moment when she is smiling,

which was an image she rarely allowed..  Cox is a cowboy and guide from the Ghost Ranch, before Georgia bought it,

and the photo is both fascinating, and possibly flirtatious?

"Dark Tree Trunks" 1945

"Stump in Red Hills"  1940

I am sure Barbara will love this one.

"Ram's Head, White Hollyhocks-Hills" 1935

Navajo squash blossom necklace

This hung in her bedroom, there is no evidence she ever wore it

"Georgia O'Keefe, Abiquiu, New Mexico"  1984

Bruce Weber

"Georgia O'Keefe  Holding Skull, Abiquiu, New Mexico" 1980

Bruce Weber

A rare photograph not showing her face.  The pin was a present from

Alexander Calder, the sculptor.

Newburyport, Jackson and Oliver PEM

An overnight in Newburyport, with a couple trips out to Plum Island, and a Snowy Owl!
The boys were taken to "Coco" and the Peabody-Essex Museum.
Here's the record.

White-throated Sparrow

And here he is!

A Snowy Owl, probably a youngster.

40 yards away!

The Peabody-Essex had an exhibit featuring interaction with light.  The boys loved it.

That's my creation in the background