The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which has been undergoing extensive renovations, reopened this week, with a revitalized showcase for one of the best and most extensive collections of American art in the country.
For those who can’t visit in person, I’ll take the opportunity to point out again the terrific resource that is the Met’s recently redone website.
I know I just did an article on their extensive collection of John Singer Sargent on the recent anniversary of his birth, but I can’t resist the opportunity to point out more terrific images, and mention that most are available on the site in high-resolution versions, as my detail crop of the John White Alexander painting, above, bottom, shows.
There is a sampling of images from the collection on this page, from which the above examples were drawn.
(Images above: Matthew Pratt, Kenyon Cox, Albert Bierstadt, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, John White Alexander)
Hey Charley,
I nominated you for the versatile blogger award at http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/vba-rules/ because I really enjoy your blog.
I don’t think you really need my award to tell you what an awesome job you are doing on this site but it is just a gesture of my appreciation. cheers!
Thank you, Malvika.
As much as there is to love about Homer’ “The Gulf Stream” (and there’s a lot!), that Alexander just knocks me for six every time…
I agree. Stunning painting.
I can’t wait to get back to the Met to see these paintings again. I love the bottom image in your post. Beautiful!