Our destination today was the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

It was phenomenal and beautiful. Here are a few photos:





Georgia O'Keefe was the artist:



A work by Alexander Calder:



A work by Alexander Stirling Calder:



Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens:



Panther by Alexander Phimister Proctor:



The Broncho Buster by Frederic Remington:



The Sergeant by Remington:



Edward Weston's work:

[usonian]

1. Good For You!

I remember when museums wouldn't let you take photos. even without flash in ambient light.

A curator or guard at the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum gave me grief for having a camera.

TOTALLY COINCIDENTALLY, the largest art theft in US history happened there, some years later. $500 Million? Wow.

More likely "Good Fellas" than "Bad Karma".

Enjoy!! You get to keep the memories.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I remember those days too, my dear usonian! I'm so glad they're gone.

And keeping the memories is exactly why I take them. Also, I like having great art around where I can readily see it.

Thanks for having a look!

[Patterson]

3. That is a great place. I nearly knocked a Picasso off the wall there.

“Man Smoking Pipe.”

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. It's really great, my dear Patterson!

We saw only a little bit, but it was so beautiful! Our visit was pretty uneventful thank goodness!

[Bayard]

4. Really nice, Peggy

I adore O'Keefe. Is that the original Bronco Buster?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thank you, my dear Bayard!

I don’t know if that’s the original Bronco or not. I was greatly impressed by it nonetheless.

[yellowdogintexas]

10. it is the original. There are a number of Remingtons there nt

[MagickMuffin]

5. How long are ya gonna be in Fort Worth?

The Kimball museum is also a wonderful place to visit and right across the street is the Modern Art museum.


I live in Tarrant county so I hope you enjoy your visit.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I'm going home on Saturday.

We might get to one of those before I leave.

I’ve had a terrific time!

[yellowdogintexas]

11. Definitely do visit the Kimbell and the Cowgirl Hall of Fame

I hope you are enjoying the Gateway to the West! Fort Worth is a great city.
What other things are you planning to do while you are here?

[yellowdogintexas]

14. If you have time, visit the Sid Richardson Museum downtown

309 Main Street in Sundance Square

https://sidrichardsonmuseum.org/

[yellowdogintexas]

15. so glad you are having fun in Texas!!

I hope you have been able to see big fields of bluebonnets! You should have when traveling from Galveston.

[MagickMuffin]

20. I'm glad you're enjoying your time here.

I love your pics. It was late when I saw your post.

Amon Carter used to be a big influence in the city. He owned the Fort Worth Star Telegram. His family didn't want to continue with the paper so they sold it. He apparently had a huge influence and impact on the whole state from Universities TCU & Texas Tech, to Big Bend national park, among other achievements.


Get Set Shoot.

[BrightKnight]

9. The Ft. Worth arts district was far better than Dallas but now we

have two excellent resources. Dallas is far from lagging behind its neighbor anymore. It took decades and massive investment to catch up.

[flying_wahini]

12. Hey I live spitting distance from here! If you like museums, you've come to the right place.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. so true so true Flying_wahini!

Are you in FW? I am in the SW section of the city.

We definitely have a great museum district!!

[yellowdogintexas]

13. don't forget this one: The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakin

https://www.cartermuseum.org/collection/swimming-1990191

This painting was at The Modern Art Museum and was in fact the first work of art acquired by the Friends of Art, Fort Worth Art Association in 1925.

Some fool at the Modern thought they needed to sell it. You would have thought it was the end of the world! Several foundations fronted the money for the Amon to purchase it from the Modern.

You do not mess with the art in Fort Worth!

Calder's Eagle lived in front of one of our downtown buildings for years (it was owned by the bank which occupied the building) When the bank sold the Eagle, the figure was moved out in the dead of night! I think it is in Minneapolis now.

[MagickMuffin]

19. The Eagle is now a resident of Seattle

I was so hurt by the sale and removal of the Eagle. I loved the abstract look and hung out there. It was sold for $10,000,000

There was an art exhibit for area high schools that were displayed there. I received an Honorable Mention for an abstract weaving I did. So naturally I went and saw it.


Another trivia sidenote: that is also the building that got hit by a tornado several years ago. It was also the first all mirror glassed building.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

17. Wow!

It looks like you're having a wonderful vacation.

[George McGovern]

18. Very eye-catching Peggy. Love your selections!