Our day out
Today I had a day out with Joan... we kicked off with a visit to the Mall Galleries to see the annual exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, including works by some of my favourites - Shirley Trevena, Lillias August, Bill Toop and many more. From there we took a Tube (how I loathe the London Underground LOL) to the Victoria and Albert Museum to see the famous golden cloak made from the silk of the golden orb spider - A stunning piece of work and I am glad I got to see it before it goes on its travels. There is a video about it here: http://vimeo.com/35892706
After that we went to the Imperial War Museum because I really wanted to see a particular artwork, entitled Gassed by John Singer Sargent. Here it is:
Well this is part of it, it is a HUGE painting, 20ft long. Very moving... and a bonus of making the effort of going to see it was that I also got to see some sketches the artist made in preparation for making the painting:
And I also saw this very moving portrait:
This is the text for the above, it is self-explanatory!
It was a tiring but really worthwhile day, and nice to catch up with Joan again! here she is on the Tube on the way home:
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Comment by Danielle Evans on March 19, 2012 at 9:32am -
Looks like you had a grand day out. Strange how I have just finished watching War Horse and then opened this blog to see those poor soldiers!! Spooky!
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Comment by Diana on March 19, 2012 at 5:47am -
looks like a great time!
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Comment by Joan Anne on March 18, 2012 at 11:32pm -
I did Mo lol. We were real knackered, Mary forgot to mention we walked miles on the underground passages on the tube to get from one station to another, when changing lines! You could spend all day underground just like a mole. Oh and we had food too, lunch at the V&A, tea at the Imperial War museum.
Now I just await a portrait of me by Mary LOL - she's not done many with glasses???
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Comment by Mo Godbeer on March 18, 2012 at 10:23am -
Joan looks like she had a nice day.
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