Last night we made it to the Legion of Honor and enjoyed something old, surrounded by history, in a historic setting.
Something old: What's Up Doc
The Legion is running a series of movies that took place in or around San Francisco and What's Up Doc is a classic. I've never seen a Streisand movie but, despite myself, I was laughing the entire time.
History: Women Impressionists
Right now the Legion is showing Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond. Not my favorite genre of art, but a nice snapshot in history. I do like the press release around the show, though - namely: "In a day when a woman leads the House of Representatives and another campaigns for President of the United States, it might be hard to imagine a time when the work of four women painters was marginalized because of strict social rules and the artists' gender. For many decades, the four artists celebrated in Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, Marie Bracquemond, were treated with critical ambivalence and lacked major public exhibitions..." Looks like these girls got a bit of a neener neener now.
The exhibit features art circa 1874 when brush strokes were robust, colors bold, and natural light played up. Kudos to the women painting modern life ... someday maybe I'll have a more in-tune eye/mind/heart for this type of art.
Historic setting: the museum
The Legion was built to commemorate Californian soldiers who dies in WWI and is a "Beaux-arts" building. Sitting in Lincoln Park, you couldn't ask for a better view for a museum (even though when visiting a museum it's typically to see what's inside). One great piece of note when walking into the Legion is Rodin's Thinker - I mean really, how many photos are there of DBs around the world posing in the Tinker pose trying to be hip? And yes, i admit, I have a few photos like that myself.
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