Taft Museum of Art
Over Easter weekend, we spent a rainy Saturday visiting museums with my parents. First, we headed to the Taft Museum of Art. I figured we would start there while my husband was wrapping up his workout and he could meet up with us later.
We started with the special exhibit, Winslow Homer to Georgia O'Keeffe: American Paintings from the Phillips Collection. It had a beautiful set of paintings. My mother was drawn to the Edward Hopper like a moth to a flame. One of my favorites was this spring painting of Washington Park.
This was one of our favorites as well. The dramatic sea and storms are drawn with the broad brush strokes.
On the trip, we had enough time to go through museum. The rest of the museum is the house of the Taft family. Like the Frick, the Taft family planned on converting the house into a museum. The art is very livable. It even has a Goya -- although they may not have known it was a Goya at the time. It was recently proved to be a study for the Charles IV of Spain and his family. It is a study of his wife, Queen Maria Luisa.
I also really liked this one. I thought it looked familiar and then realized it was the boy from a billboard near the ballpark. In the mural, they replaced the cigar/cigarette with a baseball bat. Interesting replacement!
As usual, the gift shop did not disappoint. My mother really liked it! She ended up getting something for one of her friends.
Times visited: 2
Time in museum: 2.5 hrs
Overall: B+
We started with the special exhibit, Winslow Homer to Georgia O'Keeffe: American Paintings from the Phillips Collection. It had a beautiful set of paintings. My mother was drawn to the Edward Hopper like a moth to a flame. One of my favorites was this spring painting of Washington Park.
This was one of our favorites as well. The dramatic sea and storms are drawn with the broad brush strokes.
On the trip, we had enough time to go through museum. The rest of the museum is the house of the Taft family. Like the Frick, the Taft family planned on converting the house into a museum. The art is very livable. It even has a Goya -- although they may not have known it was a Goya at the time. It was recently proved to be a study for the Charles IV of Spain and his family. It is a study of his wife, Queen Maria Luisa.
I also really liked this one. I thought it looked familiar and then realized it was the boy from a billboard near the ballpark. In the mural, they replaced the cigar/cigarette with a baseball bat. Interesting replacement!
As usual, the gift shop did not disappoint. My mother really liked it! She ended up getting something for one of her friends.
Times visited: 2
Time in museum: 2.5 hrs
Overall: B+
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