We lived down the street from The Met in NYC for 8 years, so of course we had a membership. There was an enormous Joan of Arc painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage that I took the opportunity to look at every time we went in. I am no art connoisseur, but I loved how messy and layered the garden was, and how the longer you looked at it, the more into focus the barely-there images of the saints in the background became.
I’ve had the privileged to visit many world class museums but I have to say my favorite is Art Institute of Chicago. My favorite painting hangs there, Renoir’s Two Sisters (on the terrace). I’ve had a print of it hanging in my bedroom for 47 years!!! I even had to replace it a decade ago after the one we first purchased at the museum in 1975 faded!! My next favorite is the Uffizi 💗
Even though I hate the plexiglass in front of the world’s most beautiful paintings I am glad it was there to offer protection to the Sunflowers. And am glad that I once saw the paintings both at the National Gallery & the Uffizi without the plexiglass.
We lived down the street from The Met in NYC for 8 years, so of course we had a membership. There was an enormous Joan of Arc painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage that I took the opportunity to look at every time we went in. I am no art connoisseur, but I loved how messy and layered the garden was, and how the longer you looked at it, the more into focus the barely-there images of the saints in the background became.
I’ve had the privileged to visit many world class museums but I have to say my favorite is Art Institute of Chicago. My favorite painting hangs there, Renoir’s Two Sisters (on the terrace). I’ve had a print of it hanging in my bedroom for 47 years!!! I even had to replace it a decade ago after the one we first purchased at the museum in 1975 faded!! My next favorite is the Uffizi 💗
Even though I hate the plexiglass in front of the world’s most beautiful paintings I am glad it was there to offer protection to the Sunflowers. And am glad that I once saw the paintings both at the National Gallery & the Uffizi without the plexiglass.
Respect for our treasures. Please .