Jax Stumpes: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (2/22/2024)

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (2/22/2024)

Thursday, February 22, 2024 (continued)

We returned to City Park in Hagerstown, MD.

We and the Canada Geese stop to admire Pod (2017,
by Richard Deutsch), which is supposed to be
gigantic tree seeds, made of white granite from Sardinia

Fishing Lesson (2014, by Paul Hymer) and
you can see fish in the shallow water

Entrance to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
(est 1931, building 1929-1931, wings added 1949)

Lobby:

Barcelona (1977, by Helen Frankenthaler)

Papa Can Blow (2004, by Faith Ringgold)

Atrium Hallway: With Hands and Hearts: Antietam Fiber Artists:

Hooking with Alternative Fabrics

Glimpse into the Atrium, where they were
preparing for a special event

Special Exhibit: Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children's Book Illustrations:

One Dozen Green Eggs (c 1970, by
Theodor Geiser aka Dr Seuss)

Cover Study, The First Four Years
(1971, by Garth Williams)

The First Four Years (1971, by
Laura Ingalls Wilder) was the last book
in the Little House on the Prairie series

Fire That Burns Forever (1988, by David Wisniewski
for his book The Warrior and the Wise Man)

Fire that Burns Forever detail of the
collage of intricate paper cuttings

Returning Home (1988, by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
for her book The Prince and the Golden Axe) (KSS)

I'll Give You Five Dollars (2003, by Mo Williams
for his book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus);
Adaline has this book!

An Old House in Paris (1999, by John
Bemelmans Marciano, the grandson of
Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of the
Madeline series) is an illustration for
an unfinished manuscript found in the
estate of Ludwig, and completed and
published by John as Madeline in
America and Other Holiday Tales (1999)

Reading Corner

Back to Back (1980, by Tomie dePaolo for his
book The Knight and the Dragon)

Freedom to Read (1991, by Maurice Sendak,
for the Every Picture Tells a Story gallery
in a bookstore in Santa Monica, CA); this
framed lithograph was signed by celebrities at
a meeting in Carnegie Hall, NYC who were
gathered to develop awareness of book
censorship and aid the American Books
Association's Legal Defense Fund

Autographs include Deborah Nourse Lattimore,
and Chris Van Allsburg (RISD alumus) ...

... also Mary Higgins Clark, John Sayles,
Charles Johnson, Audrey Wood,
S Epatha Merkesen, and Robin Williams

Stirring the Chocolate Cake (1989, by Laurent de Brunhoff
for his book Babar Learns to Cook)

Thanksgiving Together (1964, by Richard Scarry for
the book The Golden Calendar by John Peter)

World Cultures Gallery:

Nude Flower Frog (1928) and Blue Candlestick
(1922) by Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati, OH

Jasperware Biscuit Jar (c 1940s, by Wedgwood)

19th and 20th Century American & European Works Gallery:

White House Gloucester (1895,
by Childe Hassam, American)

The Baby's Layette (1926, by
Jacob Dooijewaard, Dutch)

19th Century American Art Gallery:

Equestrian Statue of Lafayette (c 1900-1908,
by Paul Wayland Bartlett)

Perry's Victory on Lake Erie (c 1822-1866, by Edward Arnold)

The Diana Gallery:

Diana of the Chase (1922, by Anna
Hyatt Huntington)

European Old Masters:

Portrait of Antonio Dandolo (c 1580s, by
Domenico Tintoretto, Italian)

More 19th Century American Art:

Washington Crossing the Delaware (c 1840,
by Edward Hicks, who is better known for
his Peaceable Kingdom paintings)

Two generations of Peale artists, L to R: Portrait of
Colonel Nathaniel Ramsay (1771, by Charles Willson Peale),
Portrait of a Woman (c 1820-1824, by Sarah Miriam Peale),
and Portrait of Henry Robinson (1816, by Rembrandt Peale)