Have Van Will Travel: November 2013

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Frick and Central Park

Waiting in the rain to get to The Frick.

I am here at 10 a.m. To see the exhibit of "Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals". From The Hague .

I am pleased that the painting of "The Girl With The Pearl Earring" is so beautiful. It has an energy about it that isn't captured in the reproductions. The exhibit is good.

Walking around the rooms in the Frick reminds me of the Huntington Museum. It is quite a collection.

When I leave at 12:30 the whole place is packed. I head for Central Park.

A sketch in the park.

Central Park

Fall in Central Park.

A bride in the park.

Walking down 5th Ave.

5th Avenue.

Selfie at Rockafeller Center.

Back with the Grandchildren.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Two Museums and The Streets of New York City

Taking the subway to 79th Ave. on the west side I visit The New York Historical Museum.

The 1 Subway.

The exhibit I came to see was "The Armory Show 1913". It was to be New York's introduction to modern art. The exhibit was interesting. Of course no photography. I liked a Cezane painting. It combined traditional painting with modern to help people understand the roots of the modern.

A sketchbook of Maurice Pendergast

Another page from the sketchbook.

The museum also has a collection of Hudson River Valley Paintings.

This is a painting of Thomas Coles art studio.

Nude Descending a Staircase was in the exhibit. It was much talked about in 1913. I liked seeing the real painting after seeing it reproduced so often.

Nude Descending a Staircase was on the steps outside the museum.

I walked along Central Park.

Getting ready for Macy's Parade.

American Folk Art museum has an exhibit on contemporary quilts. This one is made of envelopes,

Receipts, tyvec and assorted materials.

A concert is playing as I look at the quilt exhibit.

Back home Elsa is staring to walk holding on to things.

Jacob goes to Karate.

Thomas and grandma Jippy paint.

Papa puzzles before bed.

A good day.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

It's great to be in NYC

I arrived on Saturday,November 16 th. Here is my deranged selfy after flight, at Grand Central Station!

Sooo good to see my Granchildren. Elsa is on the move now!

It's Sunday and we decide to go for a walk on the High Line. The High Line is a one mile NYC park built on 1.45 mile section of the elevated former NY Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line, which runs along the lower west side. It has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway. It is totally awesome and we all loved it. We started at 30th Street

Grandma and Jacob.

Grandma Jippy with Elsa, Tommy and Jacob.

Lots of places to sit, run and Jump. The boys loved finding the old railroad ties.

A painting of Clothes Pins along the way.

Jacob looks down on city streets.

Tommy stops to smell the flowers!

It's fall in New York. I thought it might be winter. I'm thrilled to see the yellow, red and brown leaves in the city.

Helping Mama make dinner.

Salad,.

Back home the boys help to make the dinner salad. I'm so proud of them.

Monday morning and I catch the 9:53 off-peak train into the city to The Jewish Museum to see the Chagall exhibit.

"Chagall-Love,War and Exile". The exhibit starts with his work in Paris, Marriage to Bella, the war and fleeing to the US. These were troubled years for Marc Chagall. Bella died suddenly in New York. He soon had a new relationship with Virginia and moved to High Falls, New York.

"Self - Portrait with Clock"

"Time is a River Without Banks"

I loved the floating images and fanciful figures. It was interesting to see so many of his paintings together. I had an idea of what he was trying to say with his paintings.

There was a roomful of Jesus and the Crucifix paintings. The critics say he used the crucifix as a symbol for the persecuted people.

I really enjoyed walking around the city. I caught the 3 o'clock BXM1 bus to Riverdale.

We walked to the playground.