The Clark Institute, Williamstown Blog 1 of 3

Susan and I read in the Boston Globe about an exhibition at the Clark Institute art museum in Williamstown, Ma.  It was about the term "Arabesque" and how that feature of Asian art, and particularly Islamic art influenced European Art.  So we found a cheap motel, drove out on Friday afternoon, about a four hour drive (anything for art) and visited all Saturday morning.  The actual exhibit was much less extensive than we hoped, but the museum is such a fabulous place, and the permanent collection is remarkable, always worth visiting.
So I am doing 3 blogs, the first on the exhibition, the second on the decorative arts, and the third on the permanent paintings.
Here we go.

A few views along the way. 

Such a combination of bright sunlight and snow.

The Clark

Susan ready for some art. 

Eugen Napoleon Neurerther    German  1806-1882

"Little Briar Rose" ("Sleeping Beauty"} 1836

The term "Arabesque" or "Arab-esque" is all about the curved and enter-twining lines or foliage

associated with Islamic art.   The exhibit sought to show how much

this art influenced many European artists. 

Philippe-Joseph Brocard     French  1831-1896

Mosque Lamp  c. 1880

I love this lamp and have photographed it every visit.

Henri Matisse    French  1869-1954

"Pianist and Checker Players:  1924

Aubrey Beardsley    English 1872-1898

From the illustrations for Oscar Wilde's "Salome"

"The Eyes of Herod"

1894

from the same as above:

"The Climax"

Max Klinger    German  1857-1920

from "Preserving Ovid's Offering"

"Narcissus and Echo II"  1879

Paul Elie Ranson    French  1861-1909

"Tiger in the Jungle"  1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec   French  1864-1901

"Divan Japonais"  1893

Alphonse Marie Mucha   Czech  1860-1939

"Biscuits LeFevre-Utile"  1896

detail of above

Mucha

"Zodiaque"  ("La Plume")   1896-97

Toulouse-Lautrec

"Jane Avril" 1899

William Blake   English  1757-1827

"Job's Evil Dreams"   1825