ART you curious


 
Do you know where Dodo is in Washington DC.....?
 
 
I do....
 
 
 
 
AND I THINK I KNOW WHY
 connecting dots yet again
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html
 
One of the current exhibitions stands out to me
 
 
 
Dates of the Van Gogh Exhibit
June 8 - September 7, 2014
(6+8= 14         9+7=16=7   and 2014=7 )
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Celebrating Van Gogh at the National Gallery of Art

June 8 – September 7, 2014
West Building, Main Floor
A portrait of Joseph Roulin, the postman Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) made famous through a series of portraits, will be exhibited for the first time in the National Gallery of Art’s West Building French galleries from June 8 to September 7, 2014. On loan from the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands, the Portrait of Monsieur Roulin (1889) will hang alongside the Gallery’s own Roulin’s Baby (1888), the portrait of the postman’s daughter Marcelle as an infant.  The loan adds to the National Gallery’s celebration of two new paintings by Van Gogh that arrived within the last year from the bequest of renowned philanthropist, art collector and Gallery benefactor Paul Mellon (1907–1999).  They had been living with Mellon’s wife, Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, until her death in March of this year.
Shortly after moving to the river port town of Arles in the south of France, Van Gogh began painting the Roulin family. In letters, the artist idealized the patriarch. On canvas, he immortalized him; his wife, Augustine; and their three children, Armand, Camille and baby Marcelle.  “The relationship between Van Gogh and the Roulins was extraordinary,” said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. “The artist’s admiration for them is evident in these portraits and the opportunity to see these portraits of father and daughter reunited again, for the first time in 125 years, is not only a touching tribute to the enduring bonds of friendship, but a poignant reflection on family.”
The portraits of the postman and his daughter Marcelle will go on view in Gallery 83 with seven other paintings by Van Gogh from the Gallery’s holdings, including Girl in White (1890), La Mousmé (1888), The Olive Orchard (1889), Roses (1890), and the recent acquisitions, Green Wheat Fields, Auvers (1890) and Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves (1889).
Farmhouse in Provence (1888) will be on view until early July, when it will be replaced with the artist’s Self-Portrait (1889), returning from a loan exhibition.
Thanks to the generosity of important benefactors such as Mr. Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Chester Dale, Pamela Harriman, and John Hay Whitney, the National Gallery of Art has ten paintings by Van Gogh. In addition, the Gallery owns eleven prints and drawings by the artist that may be seen by appointment by calling 202-842-6380.

Attendance: 600,000
Catalog: Van Gogh on Tour
Brochure: A brochure was produced
Image: Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Joseph Roulin, 1889, oil on canvas, Collection Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands
 
 
 
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VAN GOGH   Died: July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France
 

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