My
wife, Ann, was invited to her 55th HS reunion and this is what
“Ronnie G.” – the organizer had to say about her:
In high school,
Ann Linguvic, you were one of the most fun and exciting ladies I ever
knew. I, along with many others, never
knew what you were going to say, but whatever it was it was Always Great
creating lot's of laughter. I loved to
flirt with you and you were a Classic Challenge.
He
certainly had her pegged. She’s still a
“classic challenge,” here posing as a Barbie Doll at the Norton Museum Exhibit
last weekend, part of their Wheels and
Heels: The Big Noise Around Little Toys featuring Barbie Dolls and Matchbox
Cars.
Also
from the Norton, the last day of their extraordinary special collection
(particularly to me, born and raised in NYC), Industrial Sublime: Modernism and the Transformation of New York’s
Rivers, 1900-1940. One of my favorites was Jonas Lie’s Path of Gold. (1914) but there were so many to choose from, equally
evocative of NYC and the growth of industry during those years.
Here’s
what was said about this particular painting: In 1914,
Jonas Lie traveled to Panama to document the construction of the Panama Canal,
which, like the island of Manhattan, was a symbol of America’s industrial might
and global power. Upon his return, he
viewed the city with eyes transformed, portraying city canyons and flowing
rivers as, what one critic called, “vital forceful constructions.” In the dynamic of Path of Gold, the viewer
gazes longingly on the city in the mist, and, like the tugboats on the river,
is drawn, irresistibly, to ply its path to gold.
Ironically,
the painting is from the Collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta,
Georgia, the city of Ann’s birth and where she was raised.
And,
from The Richman Gifts: American
Impressionism and Realism, is the unforgettable Rockwell Kent painting,
Holsteinberg, Greenland (1933) which as a gift to the Norton is becoming part
of their permanent collection:
More
on that painting and their current exhibitions are linked here.
And
if you visit, be sure to have lunch or dinner at their wonderful restaurant,
great food, beautiful surroundings, and a refined ambiance, light jazz softly playing
in the background.
