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osprey_archer) wrote2014-03-22 07:51 am
osprey_archer) wrote2014-03-22 07:51 am
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Indianapolis Art Museum
Earlier this week (back when the weather was still warmish and beautiful), my mother and I went to the Indianapolis art museum.
It is surprisingly splendid! They had a splendid Monet, a painting of Venice at dawn with streaks of pink that make the paint seem to glow off the canvas. Alas, my photo didn't come out, but I suppose that's to be expected with Monet.
I did get some decent photos of other paintings, though.
T. C. Steele studied art in Munich, but nonetheless his later work drifted into impressionism. In later life he lived in the House of the Singing Winds in Brown County (which I visited last fall), which became his Giverny: most of his later paintings, like this one, are set somewhere in the county.
John W. Hardrick was an African-American painter in Indianapolis in the early twentieth century (back when, hard though this may be to believe, Indiana was a strong force in the American art world). Dolly and Rach were his daughters.
And now I'm off to Chicago! Have a nice weekend, everyone.
It is surprisingly splendid! They had a splendid Monet, a painting of Venice at dawn with streaks of pink that make the paint seem to glow off the canvas. Alas, my photo didn't come out, but I suppose that's to be expected with Monet.
I did get some decent photos of other paintings, though.
T. C. Steele studied art in Munich, but nonetheless his later work drifted into impressionism. In later life he lived in the House of the Singing Winds in Brown County (which I visited last fall), which became his Giverny: most of his later paintings, like this one, are set somewhere in the county.
John W. Hardrick was an African-American painter in Indianapolis in the early twentieth century (back when, hard though this may be to believe, Indiana was a strong force in the American art world). Dolly and Rach were his daughters.
And now I'm off to Chicago! Have a nice weekend, everyone.