Author Topic: Can this be the Summer Flickr with only 4 weeks left? I guess! (Read 18053 times)

Angela M... · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2015, 09:26:00 PM »

I used to play George and the Dragon with my cousin back in 1956, and as he had a full set pf plastic armour and swords I got to be the dragon most often. He didn't like to lend out his toys but you always had to play the games he wanted. Funny thing was his house was just down the road from the George & Dragon pub where our fathers went to quench their thirst. He was a spoiled youngest child with a much older brother who was away at school most of the time. His mother even let him stay home from school most of the time when he didn't want to go.

andyg0404 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2015, 04:37:17 PM »

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

My ancient Aunt was always fond of telling at the outset of my vacation that before I knew it, it would be over. And just like she said, before I knew it, here we are. I’ve had a very pleasant week off and I regret it’s coming to a close. Spent the week relaxing and viewing the art I enjoy so much.

I went back to the website with the enormous listing of art galleries in New York City and clicked on every link to see what kind of art they specialized in and what they had on view. Only found a few that had things I like and I wound up visiting two of them.

The first was QuestRoyal at 903 Park Avenue, just off 79th Street. It’s in an apartment building on the third floor and has an enormous gallery. It looks like they took up all the apartments on one floor, many rooms filled with quality art. They specialize in the Hudson River painters; I took home a very nice illustrated catalogue and they asked me if I wanted to be on their mailing list to which I readily agreed. Notable artists in the collection who have multiple paintings include, Jasper Cropsey, Study for Ramapo Valley http://www.questroyalfineart.com/14614/study-for-ramapo-valley.html Asher Durand, Duchess County http://www.questroyalfineart.com/14478/dutchess-county-new-york.html# George Inness, Woods at Montclair http://www.questroyalfineart.com/14215/woods-at-montclair.html Albert Bierstadt, A Trail Through the Trees http://www.questroyalfineart.com/13120/a-trail-through-the-trees.html William Trost Richards, Bouquet Valley http://www.questroyalfineart.com/12793/keene-valley-adirondacks.html and what I believe to be the star of the collection, Sanford Robinson Gifford, The Wilderness http://www.questroyalfineart.com/14795/the-wilderness.html. The Wilderness absolutely glows off the wall. All of the art is for sale and there were “reasonably” priced items if you have money to spend on wonderful art. The Wilderness was the only one without a price tag being marked available on request.

There were other interesting items as well. A Winslow Homer ink drawing, Fresh Air http://www.questroyalfineart.com/13390/fresh-air.html Reginald Marsh, an American painter of the 20th Century who started out as a cartoonist, I have a bound volume of the NY Daily News from the twenties with one of his cartoons, has a number of works but the one I was most taken by is, Off to the Movies, Love Affair is Playing!
http://www.questroyalfineart.com/13992/off-to-the-movies-love-affair-is-playing.html Finally there were multiple works by two artists I had never come across before. Henry Martin Gasser, a 20th Century American artist whose A Street Corner in Paterson, New Jersey I very much liked, http://www.questroyalfineart.com/14402/a-street-corner-in-paterson-new-jersey.html and Harry Roseland, a 19th Century American artist who depicted realistic portrayals of Black Americans. This is The Palmist showing a fortune teller and her client, a young upper class woman http://www.questroyalfineart.com/14261/the-palmist.html

The website is filled with information. You’ll see when you click on the links that below each illustration is a biography of the artist. And you can enlarge each of the paintings to full screen as well. QuestRoyal was a real find and I look forward to visiting again when they have new items on display.

The second gallery which I mentioned last week is Hirschl & Adler.

They had an eclectic mix of artists with the Hudson River school represented by a brilliant Thomas Cole, Italian Autumn http://www.wikiart.org/en/thomas-cole/an-italian-autumn-1844 a charming scene of houses in Pennsylvania by Charles Sheeler, Ephrata http://www.hirschlandadler.com/view_3.html?type=GALLERIES&id=17&num=7 Sheeler was a 20th Century artist/commercial photographer who was known as a precisionist as his paintings were very linear and could be quite as faithful to the original as his photographs. He liked to paint buildings, machinery and industrial sites. A wonderful portrait of a child, Josiah Lasell by William Merritt Chase, http://www.hirschlandadler.com/view_3.html?type=EXHIBITION&id=5213&num=12&artist=true Gilbert Stuart George Washington http://www.hirschlandadler.com/view_3.html?type=EXHIBITION&id=3538&num=30&artist=true Fairfield Porter portrait of Jerry which struck some nerve with me, perhaps because it appears to be a portrait of a young man who passed away at a very early age http://www.hirschlandadler.com/view_3.html?type=EXHIBITION&id=4709&num=2&artist=true and another artist new to me, Peter Poskas who painted a neighborhood scene, Stonington Sunset which I enjoyed much in the same way I liked the Gasser painting of Paterson, New Jersey. http://www.hirschlandadler.com/view_3.html?type=EXHIBITION&id=5213&num=8&artist=true There were several others that I would have liked to include but they weren’t available on the Gallery website or on the web.

I visited the Met twice during the week. Once I was up on the mezzanine in the Greek and Roman galleries where they exhibit their pottery, vases, shards, busts, jewelry and other artifacts from ancient times. The most wonderful item there is the Monteleone chariot. The chariot was unearthed in Italy in 1902 and dates back 2600 years to the Etruscan era. I remember reading an article in the NY Times on the chariot which gave its history but also explained that it had been reassembled incorrectly and it wasn’t corrected until 1989 when an Italian archaeologist visited and pointed out the error. This is a link to the Met website description of the chariot and the NY Times article follows it. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/03.23.1 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/arts/design/29char.html

The second visit took me up to a different mezzanine, this one in the American Wing. It’s literally the attic of the Met. It’s where they store art which isn’t on display. I had been up there many years ago and it was pleasant to go back again for another look. Lots of wonderful paintings that should be on display but don’t warrant wall space. This is a link to a John Singer Sargent painting of Henry G. Marquand, the second President of the Met. He gave them a collection of his Old Masters paintings prior to joining the board. http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/12108 I also got a kick out of the latest rotation of Jefferson Burdick’s baseball card collection.

So I managed to keep busy and at the end of every day I wondered where the day had gone so I don’t think I will have any problems adjusting to retirement when the time comes. I’m certainly looking forward to giving it a try.

And now, the Flickrs.

Whenever I post to the board I always do a preview and click on the links to make sure they’re still active. I just did this and a couple of the links said adult content and told me to sign in to view them. They aren’t anything different from any of the other links so I don’t know why they are designated adult but I clicked on sign in anyway. But it didn’t remember me and didn’t have my email address in the Yahoo database. So I went to create a new account, not the first time I’ve done so as they had locked me out previously. But this time they asked me for my cell phone number, and you faithful readers on the Flickr posts will remember my recent tale of not having a cell phone number. And guess what, without a cell phone number you can’t open an account. So I went to a different browser and pasted in the link and it opened right up. There is nothing too simple for them to screw up.

Andy G.

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Angela M... · « **Reply #12 on:** September 05, 2015, 11:04:00 PM »

Thanks for the links Andy. I love seeing the art you and I love. I love the Albert Bierstadt work "A Trail Through the Woods" it reminds me of the English countryside. Glad you had a wonderful week enjoying your time away from work and doing something you love. Once you retire you will wonder where the time goes as everyday seems to fly by like your vacation time does. I love the art almost as good as the weekly Flickr pics.

andyg0404 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2015, 08:35:09 AM »

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

It will be a quick Flickr this morning. I have my oldest friends in from Puerto Rico coming for our annual visit. They have requested that they take me out to eat rather my making dinner as I usually do so I’m looking forward to a nice Chinese meal. I’ve made the apple cake for dessert so I think we will have a very nice time. It’s a beautiful day and I’m hoping the weather holds up so they can make it home before the thunderstorms. Hope everyone on the board has a great weekend as well.

Andy G.

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andyg0404 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 19, 2015, 06:17:49 PM »

Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.

It’s a beautiful day today and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself which I will expand on shortly. This past Sunday the NY Times printed its Fall preview issue which among other things listed upcoming exhibitions across the Country and in the New York Metropolitan area. The newspaper weighed a ton but I was disappointed to read through it as the upcoming exhibits are sparse. Normally I’ll see a dozen or so exhibits I want to see and there were really just a few this time. I have to hope that as the season continues things will pop up that weren’t on the schedule when the newspaper ran its calendar. I’m sure the Met will have shows that aren’t listed but for now there’s really not a lot to plan for.

But I’m pleased to say that earlier this week there was an ad in the New York Times for an exhibit at the Ronin Gallery in Manhattan. It’s located at 425 Madison Avenue, just off 49th Street, on the 3rd floor. I had never been there and was happy to find another venue devoted to Japanese art. This is a link to the site. http://www.roningallery.com/ It’s all Japanese woodblock prints and it was an absolutely splendid show celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Gallery, “40 for 40: Forty Artists, Forty Masterpieces, Celebrating 40 Years.” 40 woodblock prints that ranged in age from when new technology to enhance the prints was developed in the late 1700’s to the 20th Century. Artists that I’m familiar with included Utamayo, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and there were many others that I was meeting for the first time, all very beautiful. When I arrived at the building I was greeted by 8 prints in the lobby, several by Hiroshige, and then when I got off the elevator on the third floor, there were even more in the corridor outside the gallery. Once inside I was met by a young man who greeted me and asked if I was there for something in particular or just for the exhibit. I told him the exhibit and he told me to enjoy. There was also a young woman working and she greeted me as well. Twice while I was there I was asked if I had any questions or needed any help and was handed a copy of their catalogue to browse. They were very pleasant and helpful and not pushy or anxious to get me out of the gallery. The catalog was beautiful and if it didn’t cost $45 I probably would have bought it. In addition to the 40 prints on the walls they had three large stacks of prints sitting on a desk. I would have been reluctant to go through them but the young man pointed them out and told me to feel free to peruse them. I was glad I did as there were many more beautiful things. I was there for about an hour and greatly enjoyed myself. I was the only visitor the entire time. There were a number of items where the price had been covered over with a red circle indicating it had sold and just about everything else had a price although a few said price on request. The prices ranged from several hundred dollars to $7200.

The website is an absolute trove of art, everything at the exhibit is online. I want to point out a few that I was especially taken with.

The earliest work that I enjoyed is by Utamaro from 1798 - Courtesan Hisui from Ogiya, two women looking over fabric rolls. http://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/40-x-40/courtesan-hisui-from-ogiya Moving chronologically the next is by Hokusai in 1830 - Inume Pass in Kai Province, a beautiful landscape with two small travelers leading horses with supplies. http://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/40-x-40/inume-pass-in-kai-province Next is Hiroshige from 1830 - Plum Garden at Kameido, the picture and garden is framed through the thick branches of a tree and you can see people in the distance gathered together in a gated area. Hiroshige’s prints are very colorful and they are what initially generated my interest in Japanese woodblock prints. http://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/40-x-40/plum-garden-at-kameido Two from the 20th century which I particularly admired are, Bunjiro Kawase - Zojo Temple in Snow from 1925, which depicts a lone person walking past a temple during a snowstorm carrying an umbrella that completely covers their head and shoulders. Snow is falling lightly and has started to cover the ground, the trees and the low roof of the temple. http://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/40-x-40/zojo-temple-in-snow-at-shiba Next is Hiroshi Yoshida, Sacred Bridge from 1937, a landscape showing a bridge crossing a river with mountains and trees surrounding it. http://www.roningallery.com/exhibitions/40-x-40/sacred-bridge

I liked everything in the lobby which I now realize are reproductions which in retrospect makes sense as it would be too easy for someone to come in and pull them off the wall. Be that as it may I especially enjoyed Hiroshige’s Snow at Kiso, a triptych, the original of which I discovered resides at the Metropolitan Museum. http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/36545?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=snow+at+kiso&pos=1the large banks of white set off by the sparse trees and the flowing water makes for a beautifully serene image. I hope it makes it into one of the Met’s many Japanese rotations. And I’ll end this section with another image that was in the lobby but also resides at the Met, another magnificent triptych by Hiroshige, Full Moon at Kanazawa, showing a beautiful full moon in a clear blue sky over blue water with a few boats drifting alongside land jutting out from the shore. http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/57068 Be sure to enlarge it.

In yesterday’s NY Times there was an article on the reopening of the galleries at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Connecticut. I was there many years ago, once with my brother and once by myself. It’s a magnificent old structure and has a first class collection. Now that it’s been completely renovated I’d like to go again although I’ll probably wait for a special exhibit. But my memory of traveling doesn’t gibe with what I see on the web now. I assumed I could take the Metro North which I see doesn’t stop in Hartford. It’s Amtrak that has the franchise. I also don’t remember it being so far away. It would be a 2 hour drive from my house, something I wouldn’t consider. But Amtrak’s schedule is deplorable. There are only 9 trains on any given day, three of which show as canceled no matter what date you put in, three that involve transferring to a bus and only two on the schedule run direct to Hartford, both at odd times. Odd for me anyway. The direct trains take 2 hours 45 minutes. While I do want to go I’m not sure I want to spend three hours going and coming home. At any rate this is a link to the article with illustrations. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/arts/design/review-wadsworth-atheneum-a-masterpiece-of-renovation.html?_r=0

And now I guess we should wander over to the Flickrs.

Andy G.

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