Reading and Roaming
FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: PART 2 Three Generations of Wyeths The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland is a center, along with the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa., for the artwork of three generations of Wyeths. A former church building houses almost exclusively Wyeth paintings and sculptures, while the contemporary building has a variety of different …
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FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: PART 1 The Farnsworth Art Museum is in Rockland around two hours north of Portland. It’s noted for its extensive collection of works by three generations of the Wyeth family and its focus on Maine and artists working in Maine. The Chief Penguin and I visit this museum annually; this time our motivation was …
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RECENT READING—D DAY June 6th this week marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day when Allied troops landed on the Normandy Beaches and changed the outcome of the war. Two recent novels I’ve just completed are concerned with the Holocaust. One is set in France and has been a bestseller in France and Europe, and the other is set in …
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ART: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s retrospective, The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, is a stunning exhibit of African American paintings from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. These years in New York and elsewhere brought forth a revival of interest in African American art, literature, and music. This exhibit is a celebration of Blacks portrayed on …
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