MOMA

Last week, I visited the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.  MOMA has a fabulous collection of all kinds of art, beginning in the Impressionist period and continuing to the present day.  You start at the fifth floor and work your way down through the galleries in chronological order.  Wendy and I were in the minority...I reckon about three quarters of the many visitors were foreigners...it's a world class museum.  Here's a shot of Andrew Wyeth's famous painting, Christina's World.

Georges Seurat was a pointillist painter...taking brush in hand and dabbing the end of it on the canvas over and over to create a dappled effect.

This is Washerwomen, by Cezanne.

A Van Gogh classic, Olive Trees.

Another masterpiece by Vincent, Starry Night.  When in Amsterdam, go to the Van Gogh museum...there are hundreds of his paintings there...it's fabulous.

A cool still life by Henri Matisse.

Picasso shows up in several different galleries at MOMA, due to his long career spanning several eras.  Here's a lively rendering of three musicians having a jam session.

Bust of the great singer and actor, Paul Robeson.

Dali doing his surrealist thing.

Joan Miro, Barcelona's finest.

Girl with Ball, by Roy Liechtenstein.  MOMA has a fine section of pop art.

Andy Warhol's famous portrait of Marilyn.

This is not at MOMA, but is on an exterior wall of the Radio City Music Hall...a tribute to the Rockettes.

Wendy and I experimented with a little modern art ourselves.  The artwork consists of the man in the suit coat, superimposed on a mirror.  Blow up the pic and you can see Wendy's image in the mirror, along with me taking the photo, and a couple other people in the museum in the background.

The magnificent Art Deco glass at the entrance to the Chrysler Building.

The Metropolitan Life building at night.  Art abounds in NYC...it's everywhere!