The Walters Art Museum

This is one of my all time favorite places to visit. Here is a brief description...

The museum
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is internationally renowned for its collection of art, which was amassed substantially by two men, William and Henry Walters, and eventually bequeathed to the City of Baltimore. The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master paintings; Art Deco jewelry and 19th-century European and American masterpieces.

I really like the Icon art that they have displayed. See picture above.

Or check out Courbet.



The special exhibition Courbet and the Modern Landscape presents the perfect opportunity to explore unresolved attribution questions surrounding the late lanscape paintings of Gustave Courbet. This small companion show will feature 10-12 late landscapes and related prints, the attribution of which continues to be debated by Courbet specialists. After learning about Courbet's complex painting technique, visitors will be invited to draw their own distinctions between the master's touch and that of his followers and forgers.

Check out more at the www.thewalters.org

The best part of the trips ends with a cup of coffee and desert at a local coffee shop. I will post more in this Blog of outings and musings present and past. Enjoy.