At Don's suggestion, Susan, Barbara, Bill and I gathered in a rented house to visit the National Gallery and see the Cezanne exhibit, which was its only US showing. It is always quite rewarding to see this great collection, mostly by Mellon, and to see so many iconic paintings.
Here are my photos from the visit.
I regret I didn't do a better job of recording names of paintings, and artists, but I tripped and fell on the way to the gallery, and I spent more time than I would have liked worrying about my very sore hip. Great bruise later, but no lasting damage.
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| The first 14 images are from the Cezanne exhibition. |
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| Cezanne's father |
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| Self Portrait |
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I probably admired this one the most. The portrait was of an art critic who gave Cezanne his first "Rave" and Cezanne painted this portrait as thanks. He never quite finished the face, tried several times, and then walked away from it.
But an unfinished portrait by Cezanne is far more interesting than most.
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Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life: Youth
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Henry Fuseli
Oedipus cursing his son, Polynicas
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John Singleton Copley
Watson and the Shark
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Albert Bierstadt
Lake Lucern
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| detail of above |
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| another detail |
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| This is one of the most striking images of the visit. |
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| Model for the 54th Mass. Infantry memorial on the Boston Common |
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| detail of above |
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| Giverny (Monet) |
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| Central Rotunda of the Museum. |
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| Rembrandt |
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| Rembrandt |
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| Dutch practice paintings |
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| Vermeer |
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| The only Leonardo in a US museum |
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| Botticelli |
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| Portrait of Cosimo Medici |
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| Giuseppe Archimboldo |
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El Greco
Laocoon
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