On a quiet Saturday afternoon, we took the short drive up to the city of Roanoke, Virginia to take in the new special art exhibit on display. The Taubman museum (LINK) has been operating for years and has many permanent displays as well as the occasional temporary exhibit. The reason for our visit was the new temporary exhibit called The Titian to Monet. This is a group of European master’s paintings that is being shown for a few weeks.
About
From the museum’s website: Spanning nearly 500 years, the 52 works comprising the special ticketed exhibition Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum narrate a broad history of European painting from the Italian Renaissance to nineteenth-century French Impressionism.
The expansive chronological and geographical range includes the most significant periods, schools, and styles of European art history, represented by masterworks by Titian, Veronese, El Greco, Claude Lorrain, Rembrandt, Courbet, Monet, and Pissarro, among others. A highlight of the exhibition is a distinguished group of nineteenth-century French academic paintings, with major works by Breton, Bouguereau, and Gérôme.
Some Favorites
The following photos are some of our favorites of the show. Click on the photo for a full sized picture.
They were preparing for a wedding inside the museum
Wrap Up
Pat and I both liked the new exhibit. I would encourage any Virginia locals to come up to the big city and view these paintings. We like to work a lunch out at one of the many Roanoke restaurants when we come up here, but instead came after lunch and had a refreshment at the Hotel Roanoke.
We had a great Thanksgiving with family and are now on the road south to our winter destination. I had a large summer to-do agenda and only achieved about half of the lengthy list projects and things to do. But we did have a great summer. All the leaves have been removed from the yard, grass mowed for the last time, all outdoor furniture stowed safely away, and the place is ready for the long winter.
Take care and God Bless.
Hope you enjoy Fl over the winter.
Robert