Everything about the MFA was impressive, including the size of its collection (that part of it on display, that is) and breadth. Given the aforementioned - size and breadth - and that we only had one full day in Boston, a selective approach was called for, which took in:
'Making Modern', spanning essentially the first half of the 20th century of art and design in North America (with an unsurprising tilt towards the USA, and tipping a bit into the 50s and 60s): O'Keeffe, Hopper, Kahlo etc, with some new discoveries too.
There was a Winnie the Pooh exhibition, which was charming.
A whole lot of impressionists.
A room of Monet (always very impressive, and especially in aggregate).
A room that had basically every other super-famous European post-impressionist painter of the late 19th to mid 20th century (Gauguin, Cezanne, van Gogh, Munch, Degas, etc).
Plus: some pretty fun contemporary selections (though this didn't seem to be a focus), including Rineke Dijkstra and Nan Goldin; a selection of French pastels dominated by several Degas pieces; and a fair bit more looked at only quite quickly.
(w/ Penelope)
'Making Modern', spanning essentially the first half of the 20th century of art and design in North America (with an unsurprising tilt towards the USA, and tipping a bit into the 50s and 60s): O'Keeffe, Hopper, Kahlo etc, with some new discoveries too.
Hopper - 'Room in Brooklyn', 1932
Arthur Garfield Dove - 'Motor Boat', 1938
Hughie Lee-Smith, 'The Juggler', about 1964
There was a Winnie the Pooh exhibition, which was charming.
A whole lot of impressionists.
Renoir - 'Landscape on the Coast, near Menton', 1883
Pissarro - 'Two Peasant Women in a Meadow (Le Pre)', 1883
'Grainstack (Snow Effect)', 1891
'Morning on the Seine, near Giverny', 1896
A room that had basically every other super-famous European post-impressionist painter of the late 19th to mid 20th century (Gauguin, Cezanne, van Gogh, Munch, Degas, etc).
Munch - 'Summer Night's Dream (The Voice)', 1893
Plus: some pretty fun contemporary selections (though this didn't seem to be a focus), including Rineke Dijkstra and Nan Goldin; a selection of French pastels dominated by several Degas pieces; and a fair bit more looked at only quite quickly.
(w/ Penelope)
