The girls and I recently tagged along on one of Jim’s work trips
to Chicago. He loved having the four of us there as he worked. He acted like he
didn’t love it, but I know he did.
One of our first stops, naturally, was the Art Institute of
Chicago. Dreamy! I had only been there once before (in high school) to see a
visiting Degas exhibit, and that was all we got to see. I didn’t know that ALL
the amazing things were there!!! Name an artist. Go on and name one. Not
DaVinci. Another one. That one had art there!! Thankfully my daughters’ art teacher
is incredible and has introduced them to artists I didn’t have the slightest
clue about at their ages. Picking a favorite is too overwhelming, even though I
forced the girls to do it (sometimes motherhood means being a hypocrite) and here
are their picks.
Molly picked Monet’s Water
Lily Pond, because duh. Last year this was their main art project at school,
so she was pretty familiar with it and pumped to see it in real life. I sang
Jessie J’s “Price Tag” the rest of the day. (“It’s not about the Monet, Monet!”)
Adrienne was super excited when she learned the museum was home to
The Wave by Katsushika Hokusai.
Unfortunately, it turns out it’s almost never on display it because it is so
old and so fragile. I’m going to write about it more tomorrow because it really
is beautiful. Happily, A is also a giant fan of Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte because ohmygoodness, how can you not
be?!
CeCe loved the Degas ballerina statue, (Me too.
That ribbon in her hair about does me in, I love it so much.) but somehow, we didn’t get a picture of that one so here
are the girls playing air guitar in front of The Old Guitarist by Picasso.
This last one is a pictures Mols took on the sly and later showed
to me proclaiming this is what I look like before my coffee in the morning.
Funny girl, that one.
We can’t figure out who painted it though! Do you know? If
so, clue me in!
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