Museum Visit

For the art museum visit, I went to Timken Museum of Art. The museum is very small but I liked it because I can actually observe and study each painting. This museum consists of Russian icons, European works of art, and American paintings. What really draws my attention at first is the big painting of “The Lovers at the Park” by Francois Boucher hanging on the wall at the left side of the building where the European art works are. I like how the colors are very mellow and calm to look at. But as I approach to the room where the American paintings are, one painting that really captures my eyes is the “The Magnolia Blossom” by Martin Johnson Heade. It was a still life painting hanging all the way to the corner of the room with a simple style but very strong and bold color. It was painted in oil in canvas of a white flower placed on a red velvety colored table and background. This painting is not really commissioned for any body. The painting is just one of the magnolia still life paintings that Martin Johnson Headed created during his later years. This painting was described as “Still attached to a cut twig, the voluptuous blossom rests close to the edge of a table upon a red velvet cloth. The white flower and surrounding radiating green leaves are perfect, without natural flaws, giving it a strong presence”.