Dahlias & Degas

Last weekend I visited the de Young in San Francisco to see a French impressionism exhibit from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.  Needless to say I was excited and completely overwhelmed when I was there, walking around over 100 amazing paintings close enough to see each detail and brushstroke.  There was one painting I was particularly delighted to see by my favorite artist from this time period, Edgar Degas.  The Dancing Lesson was in the last room we walked through and worth the wait.  After viewing so many pictures and reading about his work, seeing the actual canvas was incredible and I had to stand there for a long time to take it all in.  There were also paintings by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Caillebotte, Sisley, Cézanne, and a very special and famous work by Whistler (even though he is American, he traveled and painted in France during this time.) After the museum we walked around Golden Gate park to the Dahlia garden and had lunch in a room with windows for walls by the foggy beach. A day I'll never forget.  

The Dancing Lesson, Edgar Degas (85x75cm)

(some photos of the garden, so many pretty dahlias.  I think my favorites are the ones called so happy)

xoxo,

C