The Cleveland Museum of Art

On July 3rd, I returned to the wonderful Cleveland Museum of Art.  This great museum with it's beautiful new wing is a delight and it is FREE (take note L.A.).  I started in the modern and impressionist area and after lunch in the beautiful atrium,  I enjoyed the 18th and 19th century paintings that I saw last year.

The final treat was talking with the paintings conservator, Dean Yoder who was working on restoring the 400 year old painting by Caravaggio, "The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew."  He is doing his work in full view of the public and takes breaks to answer questions.  The painting portrays the miracle in which Roman soldiers in a Greek colony are unable to untie the knots binding the crucified saint.

Crucifixion of Saint Andrew by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1607

Dean Yoder conservator of paintings working on the Crucifixion of St. Andrew

Here is are photos of some of the paintings and sculptures I enjoyed:

"The Age of Bronze," 1875-76 by Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
This sculpture created a scandal  in a Paris exhibition because of it's stunning realism.  Rodin was accused of using a live person to create a mold.  Thereafter, his creations were super large or small.

"Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais," 1886 by August Rodin.

The entire sculpture of six extra sized men preparing to be killed to save their town of Calais is at the Norton Simon and other places.

 "Titans," about 1877, glazed ceramic by Rodin and Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French 1824-1887)

The Rodin Head with the beautiful Cleveland landscape outside.

"La Cervara, the Roman Compagna," about 1830-31, oil on canvas by Camille Corot, Fench 1796-1875

 "Return from the Fields," about 1846-47 by Jean-Francois Millet, French, 1814-1875

"Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest," 1858 by Eugene Delacroix, French, 1798-1863

 "Pond a Ville-d'Avray," 1860 by Camille Corot

"Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest," 1842 by Camille Corot

 "Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi," 1877 by Gustave Courbet, French, 1819-1877

"Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait), 1878 by Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902.  The model is his English mistress.

                         Mount Sainte-Victoire," 1904 by Paul Cezanne, French, 1839-1906

 "The Brook," about 1895-1900 by Paul Cezanne.  The Arc River near Cezanne's home in Provence.

"Pigeon Tower at Bellevue," 1890 by Paul Cezanne

"Romaine Lacaux," 1864 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841-1919

"Spring Flowers," 1864 by Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926

"Edge of the Woods near L'Hermitage, Pontoise," 1879 by Camille Pissarro, born Danish Virgin Islands, French, 1830-1903

"Interior with an Etruscan Vase," 1940 by Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1954

"Festival of Flowers, Nice," 1923 by Henri Matisse

"Woman with a Cape (Jeanneton), early 1991 by Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973

"La Vie (Life)," 1903 by Pablo Picasso (Blue Period)

"The Harem," 1906 by Pablo Picasso (Rose Period)

"Fan, Salt Box, Melon," 1909 by Pablo Picasso (Cubist) 

"Harlequin with Violin ("Si tu veux")" 1918 by Pablo Picasso

"Bottle, Glass, Fork," 1911-12 by Pablo Picasso