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| A detailed (more so than this low-light photograph shows), festive
scene: The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic by
Lilly Martin Spencer.
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| When opportunities are limited, some women learn from their husbands.
This etching, The Haunt of the Muskrat, East Hampton, is by
Thomas Moran's wife, Mary Nimmo Moran.
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I also saw works by Lee Krasner (Jackson Pollock's wife) and Elaine de
Kooning (Willem de Kooning's wife).
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| Terrasse de cafe, Paris by Celine Marie Tabary. I really like
its style, simultaneously cubist and impressionist.
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| A vividly gruesome painting, Broken Wing by Mellisa Miller.
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| I had to photograph this sculpture because it was simultaneously natural
(like drippings or coral) and unnatural (color and cake-frosting
appearance). It reminds me a bit of Chihuly's chandeliers, mainly
simply because they're both strange, irregular things that hang from
the ceiling.
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| I think this sculpture by Biki Smith is very appropriate for the museum.
I'm not showing its name or the commentary on it because I like my
interpretation of the artwork and don't like the artist's declared
intention/meaning.
| Part of the building originally served as a Masonic Temple. The
museum's ground floor, with its pink marble, double-staircase,
wrap-around mezzanine, and three chandeliers, would be a good place to
host a formal party.
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| Another view, showing the ceiling flourishes and some of the art on the
wall.
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In a special exhibit, I found another painting of paintings: The
Studio of Abel de Pujol, 1836 by Adrienne Marie Louise
Grandpierre-Deverzy.
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Melancholy
by Constance Marie Charpentier, nee Bondelu, is a beautiful painting.
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