Out and about...
Today started as a brisk chilly day (-1C/30F) - and when I set off for the station to go to London it hadn't warmed up at all. I went to visit an exhibition by a little-known artist Giorgio Morandi in a venue new to me - the Estorick Collection in Islington.
It took about an hour to get there, and I enjoyed seeing the paintings and etchings as we covered this artist in my Art Appreciation course last week. Under the cut for some of my favourite paintings.
This is a self-portrait by Morandi - he stopped featuring people in his work in 1930.
In the war years, he tried a few floral paintings (1942)
This is more what he concentrated on - still life with different objects. He taught himself how to do etchings and I rather liked these jugs and bottles.
There is a permanent collection of other Italian artists at the Estorick Collection and I rather liked this one. The artist Luigi Russolo painted La Musica (1911). He had a fascination with synaesthesia (the condition where senses often act differently and in this case sounds are seen as colours).
This was very impressive in RL - the artist Giacomo Balla was trying to capture the movement of The Hand of The Violinist (1912). I thought it was fascinating.
This one is Deconstruction of the Planes of a Lamp by Ardengo Soffici (1912). It reminded me of Picasso and Mondrian.
The Boulevard by Gina Severini (1910) - I loved the colours and would happily have this on my wall (if only).
I didn't spend very long at the Collection because it's very small, but it was interesting and it's in a Georgian townhouse which is pretty. After I'd finished there I walked back to Angel tube station (about a 20-minute walk). I used to work in that area so it was interesting to see what's changed in the last seven years (quite a bit as it turns out!). I caught the tube to London Bridge and then the train home and got back around 1pm.
After a catch-up with Mr Cee, I've been warming up with coffee and a snack and later we'll be going out on a torchlit Nordic walk. Once we get back from that we've got a meeting of the local Astronomical Society to go to. This week there's a talk about Arthur C Clarke which we're looking forward to. It's a busy day! Just time for today's question:
25 - A Room of One's Own Day: Did you have a room of your own when you were growing up, or did you have to share with siblings? Do you have a room of your own now? If you do, what do you use it for? Is it a bedroom or something else?
I did have a room of my own when I was growing up. Now I share a bedroom with Mr Cee! I suppose I also have a room that's just mine and that's the glass studio in the garden and is pretty much my own space (I love it).
It took about an hour to get there, and I enjoyed seeing the paintings and etchings as we covered this artist in my Art Appreciation course last week. Under the cut for some of my favourite paintings.
This is a self-portrait by Morandi - he stopped featuring people in his work in 1930.
In the war years, he tried a few floral paintings (1942)
This is more what he concentrated on - still life with different objects. He taught himself how to do etchings and I rather liked these jugs and bottles.
There is a permanent collection of other Italian artists at the Estorick Collection and I rather liked this one. The artist Luigi Russolo painted La Musica (1911). He had a fascination with synaesthesia (the condition where senses often act differently and in this case sounds are seen as colours).
This was very impressive in RL - the artist Giacomo Balla was trying to capture the movement of The Hand of The Violinist (1912). I thought it was fascinating.
This one is Deconstruction of the Planes of a Lamp by Ardengo Soffici (1912). It reminded me of Picasso and Mondrian.
The Boulevard by Gina Severini (1910) - I loved the colours and would happily have this on my wall (if only).
I didn't spend very long at the Collection because it's very small, but it was interesting and it's in a Georgian townhouse which is pretty. After I'd finished there I walked back to Angel tube station (about a 20-minute walk). I used to work in that area so it was interesting to see what's changed in the last seven years (quite a bit as it turns out!). I caught the tube to London Bridge and then the train home and got back around 1pm.
After a catch-up with Mr Cee, I've been warming up with coffee and a snack and later we'll be going out on a torchlit Nordic walk. Once we get back from that we've got a meeting of the local Astronomical Society to go to. This week there's a talk about Arthur C Clarke which we're looking forward to. It's a busy day! Just time for today's question:
25 - A Room of One's Own Day: Did you have a room of your own when you were growing up, or did you have to share with siblings? Do you have a room of your own now? If you do, what do you use it for? Is it a bedroom or something else?
I did have a room of my own when I was growing up. Now I share a bedroom with Mr Cee! I suppose I also have a room that's just mine and that's the glass studio in the garden and is pretty much my own space (I love it).