Norton Simon garden reception

Favorites by Henry Moore and others.

Henry Moore's "Family"

Jacques Lipchitz "Dance" 1936

Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) was a Cubist sculptor from Lithuania.  He moved to Paris where he became friends of Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani.  Modigliani painted a portrait of Jacques and his wife Bertha in 1916.  The painting hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago and a photo of the painting is in my Art Institute blog.

Aristide Maillol's "Mountain", 1937
Aristide Maillol lived from 1861 to 1944 and was a French Catalan sculptor, painter and printmaker

Aristide Maillol's "River, 1939-43

The subject of nearly all of Maillol's mature work is the female body.  His work is seen as a precursor to the work of Henry Moore.

Henry Moore

Henry Moore's "King and Queen"

Hollywood Bowl Museum

"War Horse" at The Ahmanson Theater

Great script based on the book about the horrors of WW1 and the spirit of a horse named Joey and a boy named Albert. I enjoyed the movie and the play with amazing puppetry.

LACMA Afternoon

I returned to appreciate the art on level 3 in the Art of Americas Bldg.

Mary Cassat's "Mother about to Wash Her Sleepy Child, 1880
Likely this is Mary Cassat's first painting of a mother and child, her most famous subjects.

Marshmallow Sofa, 1956, by George Nelson Associates in New York, made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.

Emil Bisttram's Projection No. # (Eye in the Sky), 1936.

Winslow Homer's " The Cotton Pickers", 1876

Winslow Homer visited 'Birginia after the Civil War and painted this picture after his trip.  Two former slave women pause for a moment in their labors...work that remained unchanged from the prewar years.  They are seen surrounded by a sea of cotton.  Homer is famous of his sea scape's...a different kind of sea here.

Frederick Hammersley"s "Around a round", 1959

Au Bon Climat sipping

Yes another wine club membership with a comfy tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara. Flat bread goodies are delivered to our tasting table. Carter was our gracious host.

Avila Beach & SLO

With Colleen, Ginny & Lars

Playing in Paso

Colleen, Ginny and Lars in Paso Robles and sipping with Lindsey and Mr T at Halter Ranch winery.