Dropping Susan off at her medical appointment, I drove over to the MFA, and visited for the first time since 2019. I secured a timed entrance into the Monet exhibit, and was treated to one of the best collection I've seen at the MFA. It was themed with how the MFA acquired many of it's unique collection, and paired many of them with art by Millet, Rodin, and Japanese prints. The exhibit is there through October 17th.
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| I brought only my 50mm 1.4mm Sigma "Art" lens, which is turning out to be as versatile a lens as one could have. |
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| Above the stairway, Huntington Entrance. |
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| Ekua Holme "Idyll of the South: Root of Jesse" 2012 |
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| Ekua Holme "Idyll of the South: Portrait of Aunt Mary" 2012 |
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| Claude Monet "Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur" 1864 |
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| Claude Monet "Ships in a Harbor" 1873 |
So many of these Monets were new to me.
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| Claude Monet "Cliffs of the Petites Dalles" 1880 |
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| Claude Monet "The Seine at Lavacourt" 1878 |
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| Claude Monet "Late Afternoon, Vetheuil" 1880 |
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| Utagawa Hiroshige I "Boat Landing on the Canal" 1852 When Barbara, Sally, Neal and I visited Giverny, Monet's house and garden, the house was filled with dozens of Japanese prints. |
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| Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) "Grape Arbor (Budo Tana)" 1827 |
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| Keisai Eisen "Standing Courtesan" 1830 |
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Claude Monet "Valley of the Petite Creuse" 1889 |
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| Auguste Rodin "Psyche" 1899 |
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| Claude Monet "Morning on the Seine, near Giverny" 1896 A few things on the way out: |
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| Kreg Kallenberger "Osage Series - View from Saddleback Ridge" 1990 How well I remember this piece from the now legendary show of glass sculpture at the MFA. Many of those pieces became part of the MFA's permanent collection. This piece is about two feet wide, and the detail of the landscape is photographic. A masterpiece. |
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| Joseph Tetteh-Ashong (known as Paa Joe) from Ghana "Eagle Coffin" This piece, I think, is new to me (how could one forget?). Enormous, about 7 feet long. |
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| Jan Brueghel, the Elder "Village Scene with a Canal" 1609 A tiny work, about 8X10" but what mastery of such a small space. This is oil on copper. |
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| Wadsworth A. Jarrell "Revolutionary (Angela Davis) 1972 This is huge, about 3X4 feet. |
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| A view into the courtyard. It is such a blessing to live in an area where artworks of every conceivable style are available within an hour's drive. |
