The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans

Last Thursday I visited the Ogden museum during their After Hours program from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. For a $10.00 non member admission, I was able to explore the beautiful museum at 925 Camp Street, just around the corner from Lee Circle.  After purchasing a glass of Chardonnay, I roamed and listen to the music of Rocket 88, from Oxford, Mississippi.  Jamie and Rosamond Posey performed singing and playing guitar, drums and harmonica.  The music wafted through 4 story atrium so I could enjoy while I visited the various galleries.  This is a must visit museum that is a part of the University of New Orleans and located in the Arts District along with many galleries.

Here is some of what I saw:

The first few are from the museum's permanent collection of Self-Taught, Outsider and Visionary Art.

"Airplane (Whirligig) 1969 by David Butler, Louisiana, 1898-1997

"Making Sorghum" 1964 by Theoa Hamblett, Mississippi, 1895-1977

"Flowing River," 1950 by Clementine Hunter, Louisiana, 1886-1988.  This artist worked on a plantation that was eventually occupied by "Hippies" I was told.  She taught herself to paint the life she witnessed.

"Cotton to Gin / Baptism" 1950 oil on panel by Clementine Hunter

"Johnson and Cindy at the Blue Room," 1990 by Roy Ferdinand, Louisiana, 1959-2004.  This artist grew up in the Gert Town section of New Orleans and also painted what he lived.

Another painting by Roy Ferdinand

"The Black Pearl," 2009 by Juan Logan, South Carolina, 1948 -

"Maybe By My Song," 2001 by Juan Logan

"Masquerade II," 1952 by Jack Stewart, Georgia, 1926-2005

"Wilbert Tillman, Preservation Hall," 1963 by Noel Rockmore, Louisiana, 1928-1995

"Billie and Dede Pierce, Preservation Hall," 1964 by Noel Rockmore

"Bill Matthews, Preservation Hall," 1963 by Noel Rockmore

"Going Home," 1992, paper-mache and mixed media, by Willie Birch, Louisiana, 1941 -

"Scarlet Georgia," 2013, oil on antique Congoleum flooring laminated on aluminum, by Jack Niven, Louisiana, 1958 -

"Ibis in the Night," 2000 by Michael Crespo, Louisiana, 1947 -

"Plower," 1989 by Benny Andrews, Georgia, 1930-2006
Benny was one of ten children from Plainview, Georgia.  With the encouragement from his mother, he graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago and moved to New York where he opened a studio and later became active in the Civil Rights movement.

"Grandmother's Dinner," 1992 by Benny Andrews

"Bluebonnet Scene with Girl," 1992 by Robert Julian Onderdonk, Texas, 1882-1922

"Sunset on St. John's River," 1878 by George Herbert McCord, Florida, 1848-1909

"Tenant Farmer," 1935 by Marie Atkinson Hull, Mississippi, 1890-1980

"Evening Meal, Duck Hill, Mississippi," 1934 by John McCrady, Louisiana, 1911-1968

"Portrait of a Negro," 1933 by John McCrady

"On the Levee at Natchez," 1904 by Harold Harrington Betts, Mississippi, 1881-1951

"Blue Pool," 1925-1930 by Will Henry Stevens, 1881-1949

"Uptown Street," 1890 by Lulu King Saxon, Louisiana, 1855-1927