Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hello, and welcome to the Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art, located in Hartford, CT. Please follow me, and you will see a collection of wonderful treasures...

I took seventy five (75) photos - here are a few for you...

Tray, English, 1662 - Silk, satin-weave foundation over iron wire; embroidery in silk, raised work technique; glass beadwork; silk ribbons The Costume and Textile Purchase Fund

Crucifixion, French, 16th century, Leonard Limousin, I. c. 1505-1575/1577, Enamel on copper

Such vibrant colors!!!

Daniel Maclise, Irish, 1806-1870, The Disenchantment of Bottom, 1832, Oil on canvas

"Fairy Painting" was a category of painting in 19th century England, and this was one of the earliest works in the genre.

Georgia O'Keeffe, American, 1887-1986, The Lawrence Tree, 1929, Oil on canvas

Georgia's career was launched in New York by Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer who she eventually married.

Childe Hassam, American, 1859-1935, Nymph of the Siren's Grotto, 1909, Oil on canvas Paul Gauguin, French, 1843-1903, Nirvana: Portrait of Meyer de Haan, c. 1889-1890, Oil and turpentine on silk

Meyer de Haan was a Dutch artist and one of the leading spokesmen of the Synthesist movement whose goals were the simplification of visual experience and an emphasis on symbolic content in painting.

Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, Jane Avril Leaving the Moulin Rouge, 1892, Gouache on board - Jane Avril star attraction, but off stage she is shown thoughtful and isolated, a melancholy figure.

Bath Tub - Roman, 100 B.C. - 100 A.D. Red Egyptian Porphyry Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, Venetian, 1727-1804, The Building of the Trojan Horse, c. 1773-74, Oil on canvas

A classic... Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian, Roman school, 1571-1610, Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy, c. 1594, Oil on canvas

St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died in 1226, and was canonized just two years later. One of the miracles most commonly associated with his life is his assumption of the Stigmata, the wounds that Christ recieved during the Crucifixion.

The Cabinet - see description belowCabinet

Flemish, mid-17th century

Ebony, tortoise, shell, ivory, gilt metal

The Cabinet was decorated in the workshop of Frans Francken the Younger, (1581-1642). The double doors reveal scenes of Noah and the ark and the construction of the Tower of Babel, while the hinged lid is decorated with a scene of Cain killing Abel. Thomas W. Dewing, American, 1851-1938, The Days, 1884-1886, Oil on canvas

Soft, and elegant...

Theodore Robinson, American, 1852-189, Beacon Street, Boston, 1884, Oil on canvas

Diego Rivera Mexican, 1886-1957. Girl with a Mask, 1939, Oil on canvas I hope you enjoyed viewing the latest collections, and hope to see you again soon.

Susan