Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I think the virus has finally left my body so the other day I decided to start exercising again. I planned on going slowly and working back up to my regular routine. On Thursday I awoke and did my stretching exercises and pushups, then ran around the inside perimeter of my house. Finally I started to run up and down the steps ten times. On my first trip back down the steps I stumbled about three or four steps from the bottom and fell. I have a banister and I’m not sure if I grabbed for it and missed or just didn’t react quickly enough but consequently I fell to the ground with a thump. And immediately realized I was very lucky that I hadn’t broken my hip as it was remarkably sore. It’s still sore but I don’t think I’ve done any permanent damage. I got up and went and sat in my chair for a few minutes to recover then went upstairs and rode the stationary bicycle. Yesterday and today I rode the bicycle again, once, and didn’t do any of the other exercises. I think I’ll wait another few days before I add the warm up and running back to my routine and then build up to the two bike rides and long walk slowly. It becomes harder to bounce back as we age and this was an excellent reminder of that for me.
The reason I published last week’s Flickr a day early is that I took my friend up to New Haven to visit the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art which is directly across the street. New Haven is a two hour ride on the Metro North railroad so it was a very long day. We left my house at 9:15AM and didn’t get back home until 9:30 PM. It was a splendid day from top to bottom, the weather cooperated and the only minor dissatisfaction I had was I should have brought my flannel shirt as there were times in the museum where it was chilly. I’ve wanted to revisit the two museums for some time now as they both have wonderful permanent collections. I was a little disappointed that the Asian galleries were closed for renovations but with all the time we spent in the European and American galleries I don’t think we would have found much time to spend there. Below are some of the treasures we viewed on our tour. Be sure to enlarge all the images.
Yale is fortunate to own four Edward Hoppers, all first rate, and this was a highlight of the visit as he is one of my favorites.
Rooms by the Sea – Hopper’s paintings spoke of alienation and loneliness and I’ve always felt Rooms by the Sea expresses a notable absence of life, perhaps someone who walked through the door shown and continued walking into the ocean never to return.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52939 Sunlight in a Cafeteria – And here we have two people who define the phrase alone together.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52642 Western Motel – What can be more lonely than being in a rural motel all by yourself, the background landscape tells you this woman is in the middle of nowhere.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52875 Rooms for Tourists – And a private home with rooms to let but the absence of any actual renters or cars to show the rooms are inhabited.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52638 We saw side by side two of the great Italian urban landscape painters, Guardi and Bellotto and while they didn’t have one from the master, Canaletto, there were a bunch at the British Art museum.
Francesco Guardi - View of the Grand Canal from the Ponte di Rialto
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/64221 Bernardo Bellotto - The Lock at Dolo
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/3652 Canaletto - Old Walton Bridge
http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1669557 The Dutch were well represented, no Rembrandt which I found surprising, but they had three magnificent Hals displayed together on one wall. The elderly man and woman are pendant portraits, that is, a pair of paintings with something in common, quite often marriage partners. These are large, somber depictions of a well to do couple. You can see the wonders Hals created with black paint to depict the man’s hat, clothing and cloak. The Preacher is a much smaller painting and he certainly does not appear to be a dominant, imposing figure. One of the reasons I’ve wanted to visit the museum was that they have on display a long term loan from the preeminent collectors of Dutch Masters, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo. I thought the exhibition had been taken down at the end of last year but I was very pleased to see that it is still up. The Preacher is a loan from the Otterloos.
Portrait of an Elderly Man, traditionally called Heer Bodolphe
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52512 Portrait of an Elderly Woman, traditionally called Mevrouw Bodolphe
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52513 Portrait of a Preacher
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/190576 Jan van der Heyden - View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam – This is another loan from the Otterloos. I was privileged to visit the Bruce Museum a number of years ago for an exhibit of Van der Heyden which was a highlight of my museum visits. In the exhibit was a painting he had done on copper which absolutely glowed.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/190579Speaking of the Otterloos, this article is from today’s New York Times and it discusses their gift of 113 artworks to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It’s a remarkable gift. I was surprised that Yale didn’t get anything but in the second paragraph it states that the Otterloos are Boston based so I guess that explains it. I’d love to see this but I don’t know when I’ll get the chance as Boston is about a four hour ride from New York which means if I went I would have to stay overnight. But perhaps I can convince my friend to go with me sometime in the future.
Boston Museum Gets Major Gift of Dutch, Flemish Masterpieces
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OCT. 11, 2017
BOSTON — The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Wednesday announced a pledged gift of more than 100 17th century Dutch and Flemish masterpieces that will give it one of the nation's foremost collections of Dutch Golden Age art.
The donation of 113 works by 76 artists from Boston-area collectors Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo and Susan and Matthew Weatherbie includes a research library and funding to establish a Center for Netherlandish Art at the museum, the first of its kind in the U.S.
It is the largest gift of European paintings in the museum's history and will nearly double in size its collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings.
"We are extremely grateful to the van Otterloos and Weatherbies for their deep commitment and for their support of the mission of the museum in such a generous way," Director Matthew Teitelbaum said.
The collection includes one of the finest privately owned Rembrandt portraits. The 1632 portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh, a cousin of Rembrandt's wife-to-be, is in nearly perfect condition.
Works by Gerrit Dou, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Steen and Jan Brueghel the Elder also are part of the collection. It is comprised of portraits, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, flower pictures, cityscapes and more.
"This gift of beautifully preserved paintings will fill major gaps in the collection and allow us to present the full range of artistic production in the Netherlands in the 17th century in varied and meaningful ways," said Ronni Baer, the museum's senior curator of paintings.
Some of the works already are part of a new installation dedicated to Dutch and Flemish art that runs through Jan. 15.
"Eijk and I couldn't be happier that our collection will find a home at the MFA, where it can be displayed, loaned and shared with the widest possible audiences," Rose-Marie van Otterloo said.Continuing on with the Dutch the Museum owns several wonderful Van Gogh’s.
Vincent van Gogh - Le café de nuit (The Night Café) –
Everywhere there is a clash and contrast of the most disparate reds and greens.” The clashing colors were also meant to express the “terrible passions of humanity” found in this all-night haunt, populated by vagrants and prostitutes.http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/12507 Vincent van Gogh - Square Saint-Pierre, Paris – A rare example of his pointillist painting.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52916 We came across Turner’s Ovid which I assume was on loan from a private collection. I didn’t check the wall card but I see that this painting isn’t in the Yale database. I originally was lucky enough to see this painting at the Frick’s recent Turner exhibit. The art gallery has no Turner oils of their own but the British Art Gallery has a number of them, one of which is displayed below.
J. M. W. Turner - Ovid Banished from Rome
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turner_Ovid_Banished_from_Rome.jpg Joseph Mallord William Turner - Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed
https://britishart.yale.edu/collections/highlights/paintings-sculpture We saw several Monet’s and one glorious Manet.
Claude Monet - Port-Domois, Belle-Isle
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/25955 Édouard Manet - Reclining Young Woman in Spanish Costume – Love the cat.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/34123 I’ll end with some American painters.
Frederic Edwin Church - View of Cotopaxi – The lush greenery contrasted with the snow covered volcano.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/9285 George Inness – Moonrise – I always say I’m a sucker for a moon in paintings and this is a gorgeous orange moon dead center hiding between two trees. You have to look closely to see the man standing in the field admiring it and the homestead all the way in the back at the right.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/59314 Albert Bierstadt - Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail -
Under a broad golden sky, a mountain guide at lower left points to the distance, instructing his companions where to look. The sun’s golden orb, thickly painted, sits like an ingot in the sky, a shining emblem of the land’s riches.http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/4964 Winslow Homer - Old Mill (The Morning Bell) – The start of the workday for these young women.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52522 And finally a portrait from Sargent. This portrait is of the mother-in-law of Sargent’s friend Edward Austin Abbey, American muralist, illustrator, and painter. The wall card compares this portrait favorably to Sargent’s society portraits, expressing intimacy, simplicity and warmth.
John Singer Sargent - Mrs. Frederick Mead (Mary Eliza Scribner)
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/61310 I could keep going on as it’s a vast collection but I think this will give you some sense of why I so especially wanted to visit the museums again. I will reiterate that we both had a really splendid time.
Let’s see what’s on the Flickrs now.
Andy G.
aprons and slips
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149360153@N07/37470921986/ Babydoll
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149931110@N02/36852139383/The legendary Fifi Pervenche pictured circa 1960
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/36466983421/Sure Glad Halloween is here! Maybe I"ll get some good "Treats" for some "Tricks"
https://www.flickr.com/photos/leihia1/15484235259/ Little sissy maid.x
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132265551@N05/27498417513/PedestalBaby
https://www.flickr.com/photos/92404199@N00/485657135/susie-ann
https://www.flickr.com/photos/susie-ann2/15833347440/Awaiting Instructions
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stacycuk/35486474440/CIMG0053
https://www.flickr.com/photos/122472945@N05/13944683919/The Sweet Kiss out of the Blue!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joannajonescd/36039584424/ 
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