Trip to the museum -

Caleb and I ran to the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science while Corey and Connor worked for a few hours yesterday afternoon (Caleb and I definitely got the good end of that deal!).  I wanted to see the art and Caleb wanted to play in the science areas.  Unfortunately for Caleb they closed the science gallery for renovations - and mom(me) wanted to look at "each and every picture" on the walls.  Here's a peek at some of the standouts of the permanent collection - 

GIRL WITH FRUIT

Fernand Leger (1881-1955)

Oil on Canvas 

 MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH - AUTUMN, LAKE GEORGE, NEW YORK

Georgia O'Keeffe

Oil on Canvas, 1922

 VISAGE

Pablo Picasso

Lithograph, 1928

 PORTRAIT OF A BOY

Pierre-August Renoir

Pastel Drawing

PORTRAIT OF CAROL OWEN COLEMAN

Andy Warhol

Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas, 1975 

Self-portrait etching

Rembrandt

Rembrandt

Here is the part that I love - I'm always telling my boys that they should date their artwork.  Caleb refuses since he says that real artists only sign their name and not the date - Check out Rembrandt's signature - it has the date - 1646!!  I think the date is one of the coolest parts of this etching!  There were quite a few of his etchings on display behind glass.  One of the great things about a small museum is that you can really get close and study the work.  Whenever I've visited large museums there are always crowds of people obscuring the view.  Obviously these aren't their well-known works but how often are you that close to pieces by famous people??