The Currier Gallery, Grandkids

I took a trip up to Manchester, NH. to visit the Currier Gallery of Art, with Jackson, my oldest grandchild (17) and met Barbara and Bill there.  A exhibit on a new rendition of the "Four Freedoms" originated in a speech by FDR, and then famously illustrated by Norman Rockwell.  That, plus some of the permanent collection, and a special exhibit of Shaker furniture,  made for a great trip, and Jackson loved the visit.  This week (vacation week) I took Alex and Carter out for lunch, went to the New England Wildlife Rescue hospital, and a quick, very cold visit to the Ames Nowell State Park, which used to be a regular place for Susan and I to picnic.

Jackson ready to tour the Currier

Aldro Thompson Hibbard

"Clearing Northwest" (1930)

Waiting for lunch in the lovely cafeteria

Jackson, Barbara, Bill

In the Shaker exhibit, with a few modern furniture works

shown for the influence. 

Who would have thought...…..

Ted Blachly, b. 1951

Curly Maple Chest, 2014

sugar maple, Bolivian rosewood, white oak, 

red maple, Sitka spruce

Norman Rockwell (1943)

Freedom from Want  (20

Freedom from Fear (1943)

Freedom from Fear  (2019)

Freedom of Worship (1943)

Freedom of Worship (2019)

Freedom of Speech (1943)

Freedom of Speech(2019)

Lawren Harris 1885-1970

"Untitled"  1940

Richard Muller (1874-1954}

"Die rote Fluth" (The Red Tide)  1945

John Edward Heliker  1909-2000

"Trastevere"  1952

Karl Zerbe  1903-1972

"Landscape with Letters" 1953

L.A. Ring  1854-1933

"Winter Day at St. Jorgensbjerg Church" 1925

One wonders why someone couldn't find his full name.

Lew Davis  1910-1979

"Eight Figures" 1935

detail of above

and another

Unknown Mexican artist

"The Circumcision of Christ"

(1700)

Oil on wood inlay with mother-or-pearl and shell

A new acquisition.

The museum has a major collection of art glass. 

Alex and Carter at the New England Wildlife Center, a rescue hospital.

And at Ames Nowell State Park, a fabulous part, but too cold today to stay long.