The weekend before last found me in Oakland, California for an appearance at the New Rheem Theatre. It was a quick trip but I had a great time.
This week you could find me in Chicago. What a city. What I love about Chicago...the people, the architecture, the art...what I don't like...the wind. I found myself fascinated by how people kept their hair from looking like mine...wild and crazy.
I was with my son Jesse and we had a blast. We were lucky enough to find time to visit the best museum ever...the Art Institute of Chicago where we found the most outstanding exhibits. Henri Cartier-Bresson - The Modern Century left Jesse and I in awe.
The museums collection of Impressionist art is astounding, and I found myself standing in front of Van Goghs "The Bedroom"1889... I have always wanted to see it.
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec "At The Moulin Rouge" impressed Jesse.
a few pieces of art I was mystified by...
Pierre Auguste Renoir. Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881
Oil on canvas 39 9/16 x 37 7/8 in. (100.5 x 81 cm
Claude Monet French, Water Lilies, 1906 Oil on canvas 34 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (87.6 x 92.7 cm) Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte -- 1884, 1884-86
Oil on canvas 81 3/4 x 121 1/4 in. (207.5 x 308.1 cm)
I could not believe how big this piece of art was. It was huge, with thousands of miniature dots creating a border around it. Amazing...and there were hundreds more pieces of art that were out of this world. O'Keefe, Picasso, Gaugain, Cassatt...I could have spent days...but we had one more exhibit we wanted to see and that was the Thorne Miniature Rooms.
If you love miniatures...you have to see this...
I was shooting through glass so check out more here It's all in the details...
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| If you are a miniature freak like me...You'll love this book. All 69 rooms shown in detail. | | | |
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There was more to this trip...but you'll have to wait...
“I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung-up and ready to pounce, determined to ‘trap’ life—
to preserve life in the act of living.”
—Cartier-Bresson in 1952, recalling his work of the early 1930s
Considered by many to be the most successful movie musical in history*, “The Sound of Music” took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, in 1965. Its first release lasted over 4½ years. It is shown annually on network television; has been released for home entertainment on VHS, Laser Disc, DVD and has recently been digitally remastered and restored for its high definition Blu-ray Disc debut November 2; unites new fans and old through the amazing SINGALONG SOUND OF MUSIC events nationwide; and the soundtrack CD is one of the best selling soundtracks of all time, having gone Platinum more than 12 times. Its landmark score includes some of the most beloved songs in the American songbook including “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do Re Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” and the title song.
