Since last winter went so swimmingly, let's try it again! TFS has very graciously opened her home in the west San Fernando Valley to me again. This time her daughter AS (and dog and cat) are there too. Two women + two dogs + two cats = not my usual solitary winter again. Huzzah! Place name links like Los Angeles, CA go to Wikipedia. Place name links like Los Angeles use a local tourism or government website.
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Kimbell Art Museum |
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Joan Miró
Woman Addressing the Public: Project for a Monument, 1981 | |
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Across the street from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is the Kimbell Art Museum. A world-renowned building, designed by Louis Kahn , opened in 1972. Though a small collection, it is is very focused on works that define an artist or an artist's period or place in art history. Admission to the main gallery, and parking, are free. |
(L) Reliquary Arm, ca 1150-1200, French
(R) Reliquary Casket, ca 1200-1220, French | |
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unknown, Netherlandish or French
Portrait of Jacob Obrecht, 1496, probably part of a diptych or triptych | |
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Virgin and Child, 1486 | |
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Jan Gossart , called Mabuse
Portrait of Hendrick III, Count of Nassau-Breda, 1516-17 | |
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Nicolas Poussin
The Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter), 1636-40 | |
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Peter Paul Rubens
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Maidens, 1615-20 | |
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Paul Cézanne
Maison Maria with a View of the Chåteau Noir, ca 1895 | |
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Thomas Lawrence
(L) Portrait of Frederick H. Hemming, 1824-25
(R) Portrait of Mary Anne Bloxam (later Mrs. Frederick H. Hemming), 1824-25 | |
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The gallery has a reverential feel to it, with its vaulted ceilings, soft natural light, muffled acoustics, and uncluttered layout. |
There's another, newer, Kimbell gallery on the site, but we didn't visit it this time. I can't remember why. Maybe because were art-ed out, and the other gallery has an admission fee. But there's an exhibition that looks interesting: a collection of Samurai warrior armour. |
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