Wonders in the Carnegie Museum of Art

I loved exploring the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art this past weekend.  It was like walking through art history books, since the works are laid out mostly chronologically, and grouped by general art movements/schools.   I really love seeing original paintings where the facture (surface texture) and brush strokes are evident, and the colors vivid.  I especially liked works by Henry Ossawa Tanner, John Leslie Breck, Jiro Yoshihara, Mark Tobey, John Henry Twachtman, Franz Kline, and Mark Rothko.  There is also a large water lily panel by Monet, that I sat and contemplated a while.  In the photograph, you can see the large Franz Kline- I really like the strong gestural elements of this work.

Alice Kelsey at the Carnegie Museum of

Art, August, 2011