From Chantilly Virginia. Work as an information analyst & part time Photographer. Brown university grad.Luv rock&roll & classical. Love Art!. Dreamer at heart:)
“Just for fun, if you can imagine that, art for fun, sometimes it is fun.”
In our “Place” episode, #SallyMann talks photography and process at her farm in Lexington, Virginia.
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Regarded as one of the most remarkable artists of his time, Francisco #Goya responded to turbulent social and political changes of his time through his work as a draftsman and printmaker.
See 100 drawings and prints in #GoyaGraphics—now on view.
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#MetKidsFunFact: Joseph Mallord William Turner brushed, layered, scraped, blotted, and wiped paint to make this painting.
It wasn't a crowd pleaser though—the collector who commissioned this work didn’t like it because it was too blue! 🔵
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‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, who was born #onthisday in 1820.
He created 92 weird and whimsical drawings for Lewis Carroll’s stories, which were then engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers
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📸 It’s #WorldPhotographyDay 📸
This early photo of the Museum was taken by Roger Fenton in 1857.
Get a snapshot of photography at the Museum through the centuries in our blog post: https://t.co/XTvmWNyRbC #WorldPhotoDay
This is the only etching Vincent van Gogh ever made – it shows Dr Paul Gachet who was the artist’s doctor during the final weeks of his life.
Van Gogh died #onthisday in 1890 https://t.co/3K7MYEro2r
In the context of the artistic career of Anthony van Dyck, it is significant that one of his earliest works is a self-portrait. The fourteen- or fifteen-year-old who... 📖 https://t.co/2XLNxVJhI0 🏛 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Self-Portrait 1613/14
For #MLK50, we encourage our colleagues to challenge the canon of whiteness in museums by sharing images that reveal the diversity on our walls. Follow #MuseumPOC here and on Instagram. https://t.co/LkE4hQkhbw