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English Art in Kansas City

10/21/2018

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      The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art was a treat to visit, a treasure-house full of objects from many centuries worldwide. It has two adjacent buildings. The columned original was opened in 1933; the Bloch Building, housing contemporary art opened in 2007.
       For my purpose here on this blog, I will look primarily at British Art from the 19th and 19th centuries.  But first....the exterior. Below, left the original building combining neo-classic and art deco styles; at right, the white structure of the Bloch building.    
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Within there is a wide contrast in styles; in this court, the pillars frame fine Brussels tapestries from the 17th century. 

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You can see the back of The Thinker by Rodin in the middle overlooking the broad lawn and sculpture park.
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The classical urn is a perfecct foil for the shuttlecock by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje von Bruggen, one of four in various positions in the park. 
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The stairwell in the "old" building, which dates from 1934.
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Kim Wilson and I prepared to wear our feet to bluddy stubs as we tried to cover every gallery.
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The Courtyard houses a lovely cafe where we refreshed our energy. 
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Among the N-A's treasures is this marble lion from Greece, 325 B.C.E. And now, as promised to some of the British  works.
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John Hoppner (1758-1810) painted Portrait of Lady Emily St. Clare as a Bacchante in 1806-07. She was an actress and the mistress of Sir John Flemming Leicester who commissioned many artists to paint her.  Hoppner painted many aristocrats including all of George III's daughters.
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Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) painted Mrs. William Lock of Norbury in 1829. Lawrence was the best known portraitist in Europe in the early 19th century. His subject here, Frederica Augusta Lock is obviously prosperous and a credit to her husband, whose portrait hangs int he Boston Museum of Fine Art, also executed by Lawrence. The Locks had numerous children, and most were both amateur painters and collectors of art.
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Among the Nelson-Atkins collection of miniatures is this portrait of King George IV in 1821 by Henry Bone (1755-1834), enamel on copper.
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Repose, c.1777, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) shows a rustic landscape. The text panel says,"Thomas Gainsborough evoked the hard labor of the rural poor while also representing the landscape that provided a source of prosperity for the painting's wealthy audience." Gainsborough is probably best known for his elegant portraits of the aristocracy.
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Among the many portraits is Henry Raeburn's (1756-1803) image of Master Alexander Mackenzie, 1822.
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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was a master of the play of light. In Fish Market, 1810, he portrays the beach in Hastings where the fishermen display their wares for shoppers.
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John Constable (1776-1837) was moving towards Romanticism with his work, The Dell at Helmingham Park, 1830.
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Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) pictures a scene in the Lake District, Outlet of Wyburne Lake, 1796. This is Wright's last known painting.
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