Art at the RISD Museum

Another facet of our September Rhode Island trip was time spent (though not enough) at the RISD Museum. Works of awe-inspiring art from ancient times to the contemporaries of the 20th and 21st centuries were on exhibit. Students, teachers, scholars, and visitors can get practically nose-to-nose with these pieces… to examine and admire. Here is a small sampling of what this museum has to offer.

A Corner of the Park at Bellevue, Autumn Sunset
Henri Rousseau, oil on canvas

The Basin at Argenteuil
Claude Monet, oil on canvas

The Acrobat
Marc Chagall, etching and drypoint on paper

Dale Chihuly chandelier

Pair of colorless and stained glass windows
from Darwin D. Martin house, Buffalo
Frank Lloyd Wright

At the Circus: Bareback
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
crayon, ink and pastel on paper

Eva Stricker, glazed earthenware breakfast set

Top: "The Fifth Anniversary of the Red Army" plate,
Mikhail Mikhailovich Adamovich; porcelain with overglaze decoration
Bottom: Suprematist platter, Kazimir Malevich;
porcelain with overglaze decoration

Babylonia, Lion Relief
terracotta brick, glazed

Rafting on the Missouri
Roy De Forest, pastel, colored pencil and graphite on paper

Oh, had we the time to sit, study and while away the hours with these artists… if only.

Spending time with Pablo Picasso's "The Diners"
oil on cardboard