M.C.Escher exhibit and the Currier Gallery of Art.

Susan and I decided to drive to Manchester, N.H. to see the MC Escher exhibit at the Currier Gallery of Art.  It was a very exciting day, first of all because of Escher (and especially the art of his I had not seen, including much earlier works from the 20's and 30's, ) but also just enjoying a jewel of a museum, with a wonderful collection of almost every genre.  I took many photos (including some clandestine Escher) and the only dent in our enjoyment was the Columbus day week end traffic; it took us an hour and 20 minutes to drive up (this was Friday the 10th), and three hours to drive home.  We saw the results of 4 serious accidents.
At any rate, here are my  pictures.

This is our friends, David and Doris Small, from Oak Point, attending the Oak Point Golf League banquet.

And here is Susan at the wonderful restaurant at the Currier Gallery

The next five were photographed in the Escher exhibition (I Phone)

"Puddle"  (1952)

"Still Life with Mirror" (1934)

"Still Life and Street"  (1937)

"Order and Chaos  (Contrast) "  1950

"Tetrahedral Planetoid" (1954)

All the next photos were taken with a Mini I Pad.  It seems to me I have taken some of these before, for a previous blog, but the art is worth another look.  If nothing else, it should greatly encourage you to visit the museum.

Jere Osgood
Spring Desk (1996)

James Aponovich
"Still Life with Chocolates" (1984)

(detail, Aponovich)

(detail, Aponovich)

(detail, Aponovich)
Although the camera's distortion is obvious, the detail shows his complete mastery of technique.
(There is a self-portrait of Aponovich, and it would be hard to think of a portrait of a more arrogant face; Is this the way he sees himself?  But with talent like this..... 

Susan admiring (at least I think she is admiring)
Pablo Picasso
"Woman Seated in a Chair" (1941)

Grandma Moses
"The Old Checkered House in Winter" (1950)

John Constable
"Dedhan Lock and Mill" (1820)

Jan Van Huysum
"Flowers in a Terracotta Vase" (1730) (detail)

(detail, Huysom)

(detail, Huysom)

Alter Tryptique
Nicolo de Pietra Gerini
"Virgin and Child, Sts. James, John the Babtist, Nicolas and Anthony Abbott" (c.1390)

(detail, Gerini)

Emile Meyer
"The letter" (1895)

(detail, Meyer)

Childe Hassam
"The Golden Window" (1916)

John Singer Sargent
"Grace Elvina, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston" 1925

(detail, Sargent)
Has America produced any greater artist than this?

Robert Crossman
Chest (1729)

James Hamilton
"After the Storm"  (1873)

James Hope
"View of Clarendon Springs, Vermont" 1853

(detail, Hope)

Jasper Francis Cropsey
"An Indian Summer Morning in the White Mountains" (1857)

Albert Bierstadt
"Moat Mountain, Intervale, New Hampshire" (1862)

William Harnett
"A Royal Dessert" (1881)

(detail, Harnett)

Frederic Remington
"The Bronco Buster" (1895)

Alexander Calder
"Petit Disque Jaune" (1967)

Marisol Escobar
"The Family"  (1963)