Barry I.
Yelp
Recently,I returned to the Taft Museum of Art.I spent a delightful day enjoying its Old Master Dutch Paintings,its French Renaissance Painted Enamels,Its French Realistic and Romantic Paintings,its 19th Century Dutch Hague School Paintings,and its 18th Century British Portraiture.
Favorite Dutch Master Paintings that day included Rembrandt's"Man Rising From Chair",Frans Hals'"Michael De Wael",Baltazar Vander Ast's"Stillife With Tilted Basket",Gerard Terborch's"Sleeping Soldier",and Jan Steen's"Doctor's Wife".
Favorite 19th Century Dutch Paintings included Anton Mauve's"Flock of Sheep",Josef Israel's"Sewing School In Katwijck",and Jan Weissenbruch's"Gray Day in the Hague".Favorite 19th Century French Oil Paintings included Alexandre Decamps'"Slinger",Pierre Etienne Theodore Rousseau's"Pond",and Camille Corot's"Evening Festival with Pan".
Favorite British and American Paintings included Richard Bonington's"View Near Mantes",Joseph Mallord William Turner's"Trout Stream"Thomas Gainesborough;s"Wooded Landscape With Milkmaid,Shepherd,and Lovers",American James McNeil Whistler's"At the Piano",and American Frank Duveneck's"Cobbler's Apprentice"
I appreciated its Limoges Painted Enamel Works from the 15th Century by Leonard Limousin,Peter Courteys,and Pierre Reymond as well.
This cozy art museum in the heart of America's Queen City is a delight.