randuwa: Chrysler Museum of Art

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Chrysler Museum of Art: Wisteria Cafe

After unpacking a bit I went immediately to the Chrysler Museum of Art, #1 of the my four main reasons for my trip. And I was hungry, so I went straight to the Wisteria Cafe for a late lunch.

I took a seat on the terrace and had a great view back at my B & B.

I chose a trio of starters: Clockwise from the Top...

BBQ Sweet & Sour Shrimp (Disappointing, nothing special)

Fried Green Tomatoes with a corn & tomato compote (Amazing, great combo of flavors)

sm Caesar Salad (Standard fare, nothing special)

The museum's atrium is quite a work of art unto itself.

Chrysler Museum of Art: Special Exhibition--Toulouse-Lautrec

The special exhibition at the Chrysler was a show of images from the French artist Toulouse-Lautrec. Not his paintings so much, but works from his years of producing posters for the Paris art scene. A nice focused show with plenty of images of the contemporary and antecedent works that influenced him and he influenced in return.

While posters were the focus, I focused on the pencil sketches.

Chrysler Museum of Art: Glass Galleries

The great patron of the Chrysler Museum, William Chrysler was a great fan of glass art and so it's no wonder that the museum host a truly amazing collection of glass in it's many forms and over many years.

"Bowl" Roman, circa 100-300

"Compote" by New England Glass Company, circa 1850-60

"Dragon Bowl" by Thomas Webb & Sons, circa 1885

"Woman in a Pergola with Wisteria" by Tiffany Studios, circa 1915

"Flower form Vase" by Quetzal Art Glass & Decorating Company, circa 1915

"Glass Mounted on Wood" by Josepha Gasach-Muche, circa 2011

"Radio Red Reprise, II" by Michael Taylor, 1999

Cinerary Urn, William Morris, 2002

Chrysler Museum of Art: Ancient Worlds and Non-Western Art

The non-Western/Ancient Art galleries for from the Kingdoms of Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the Dynasties of China, Japan, Korea, India, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Kingdoms of Africa. And the works are of an exceptional quality for their limited quantity.

"Sekhmet" New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Amenhotep, circa 1390-1353 BCE

"Lintel of the God's Wife Amenardis" circa 740-656 BCE

"Standing figure in Military Dress" Roman, circa 1-100 BCE

"Gladiator" Roman, circa 1-100 BCE

"Funerary Model in the Form of a Circular Granary" Chinese, circa 1279-1368

"Funerary Sculpture in the Form of a Two-Wheeled Cart Pulled by an Ox" Chinese 8th Century

"Helmet Mask" Senufo People of the Ivorian coast, circa 1930-40

Chrysler Museum of Art: European & American Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Part 1

Let us continue our tour of the Chrysler Museum of Art on the second floor. From the terrace we enter the area on our left and go into the galleries of 19th and 20th century western art.