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osprey_archer ([personal profile] osprey_archer) wrote2014-03-22 07:51 am

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.

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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.



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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.





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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.





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And now I'm off to Chicago! Have a nice weekend, everyone.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2014-03-23 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, could I post the second painting on Tumblr? I can link back here as a source, and obviously I'd put in who the painter is and that it's at the Indianapolis Art museum.

(No worries if the answer is no; that's fine too.)

[identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com 2014-03-24 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, absolutely! I posted it because I hoped more people would see it. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner; I didn't check the internet while I was in Chicago.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2014-03-24 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's up :-) (http://asakiyume.tumblr.com/post/80537850772/dolly-and-rach-by-john-w-hardrick-1891-1968)

[identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com 2014-03-24 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
Cheers!