Not a lot of contemporary art, and very little Medieval and before, but what it does have astounds the visitor not expecting a art museum tucked away in the small college town on the Western edge of the state. Of course, if you are looking for contemporary art, the MOCA is very close, and is, I believe, one of the largest museum dedicated only to contemporary art in the US.
But here is what took my fancy.
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Thomas Cole American 1801-1848
"Dream of Arcadia" 1838
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Winslow Homer American 1836-1910
"The Bridle Path, White Mountains" 1868
The Clarks thought that Homer was America's greatest painter.
I would probably choose Sargent.
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Jean-Honore Fragonard French 1732-1806
"The Warrior" 1770
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Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun French 1755-1842
"Bacchante" 1785
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Jan Gossaert Flemish c.1472-1532
"Portrait of a Gentleman" c.1530
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| detail of above |
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Joseph Mallord William Turner English 1775-1851
"Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn
Steamboats of Shoal Water" 1840
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir French 1841-1919
"Self-Portrait" 1899
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Renoir
"Low Tide, Yport" 1883
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Camille Pissarro French 1830-1093
"Landscape at Saint-Charles,
near Gisors, Sunset" 1891
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George Innes American 1825-1894
"Perugia (near Perugia)" 1872
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Another favorite
Johan Barthold Jongkind Dutch 1819-1891
"Frigates" 1850-55
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| detail of above |
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Lucius (Lucio) Rossi Italian 1846-1913
"Young Woman Reading" 1875
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Renoir
"View at Guernsey" 1883
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| detail of above |
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| White Birch outside of the museum. |
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J.M.W.Turner
"What you Will" 1822
Very early Turner
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Camille Pissarro
"Port of Rouen, Unloading Wood" 1898
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Another favorite
Claude Monet French 1840-1926
"The Cliffs at Etretat" 1885
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Renoir
"Sleeping Girl" 1880
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detail of above
One of Susan's favorites.
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Renoir
"Bay of Naples, Evening" 1881
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| detail of above |
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| And a final view on the way home. |
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