Ringling Museum - Sarasota

Mike McCarty · 10-25-2004, 03:13 PM

Well, they didn't show in the sequence I expected but I think you can figure it out.

Mike McCarty · 10-26-2004, 10:40 AM

I can also report that I have seen the paintings of our members on the walls of galleries here in Sarasota.

Bill Whitaker - I can report that your painting "Cove" 30x40 looks great, and is prominently displayed at the Galleria Silecchia.

Michele Rushworth - Also displaying her artwork way out of her zip code at the Saraphina gallery at Towles Court.

And a few more images of the paintings within the Ringling museum.

#1 Diego Velazquez, #2 Giovanni Pellegrini, #3 Jean Raoux, #4 Rosa Bonheur

Kimberly Dow · 10-26-2004, 01:08 PM

Thanks for posting these Mike - I love seeing gallery shots.

Hope you are enjoying and settling in to your new surroundings!

Michele Rushworth · 10-26-2004, 07:22 PM

It was interesting to see that Velazquez painting of King Philip of Spain. A head and shoulders of that same pose is currently on display in the Seattle Art Museum.

Velazquez painted a great many portraits of King Philip, all of which have virtually the same face and lighting. Apparently the one now hanging in Seattle is the only one the king actually sat for.

Velazquez kept the head and shoulders portrait which he did from life in his own studio and used it as reference for all the other King Philip portraits he painted later, including the one now in Sarasota.

Guess that's one way to get things done, in the era way before Nikon D70's!

Mike McCarty · 10-26-2004, 07:44 PM

Frankly, my impression of that painting was WOW, except for the head, which seemed like it belonged somewhere else. Not unlike Marie Antoinette, who's head actually ended up somewhere else.

After reading your explanation, I can more understand my reaction.

Here are a few more images, I don't recall the author of the last image.