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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553340860102977212noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3063618491900597591.post-58745749311788346612014-07-10T16:52:00.000-07:002014-07-10T16:52:46.411-07:00Matisse in NiceOn Saturday we had big plans of making another museum marathon, three in one day, this time in the South of France. We headed by train to Nice, to visit the <a href="http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/" target="_blank">Museé Matisse</a>.<br />
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Like many of the other museums this too was in a beautiful building set high on a hill. </div>
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Matisse is one of our favorite artists and this museum had a wonderful collection of his drawings, </div>
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paintings, sculpture, collages as well as some of his personal collection of furniture and accessories from his home and studio. Many items displayed you could find in his drawings and paintings. There were three floors to discover and view and we took all morning and into the afternoon enjoying Matisse's beautiful works. </div>
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We decided to head to the city center and check out Matisse's old stomping ground and explore the southern light that Nice is known for. As we waited for the bus to take us back down the hill, we enjoyed this view.</div>
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As we walked through the city, we were greeted by brightly colored beautiful old buildings and a bustling city. There was an electric energy between the bright sun, patterns on the pavements and boldly colored architecture. </div>
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We made our way to the coast and could understand the draw of this city for Matisse. The sky and water were the bluest of blues and the sun glistened off of the stones on the shore. As we walked along the shore and took in the sites we decided the other two museums would just have to wait another day, we were spending the afternoon in this beautiful city by sea. We stopped and enjoyed the view by the shore and then made our way to Old Town Nice, where ate a delicious dinner as a jazz band played. I think we may have some seascapes to paint this year.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553340860102977212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3063618491900597591.post-12869649599968271242014-07-05T14:39:00.000-07:002014-07-05T14:39:03.813-07:00Following Cezanne in Aix en Provence The city of <a href="http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/en/#" target="_blank">Aix</a> in the Provence region of France is known as the city of fountains and for it's most famous son, Paul Cezanne.<br />
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We were able to follow in the footsteps of Cezanne and get a feel for the city where he was born, raised, worked and eventually died. We traveled down the main boulevard in Aix and came across the house he was born.<br />
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...where we found <a href="http://www.atelier-cezanne.com/anglais/visites.htm" target="_blank">Cezanne's studio</a>.</div>
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We were not able to take any pictures inside, so check out the link above to see what it looks like. Everything was left as it was when he had last used it, we could just imagine him there painting at his easel. It was so peaceful and the building and gardens were beautiful. We decided it would be a great spot for a quick watercolor painting.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553340860102977212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3063618491900597591.post-37892860015820638182014-07-04T00:50:00.002-07:002014-07-04T00:50:12.434-07:00Committing Ourselves to the VanGogh ExperienceToday we moved our home base to the south. We are staying the next few nights in a little town, <a href="http://www.saintremy-de-provence.com/home.html" target="_blank">St. Remy de Provence</a>. Where Van Gogh was treated in a hospital for a year and created <a href="http://www.vggallery.com/painting/by_period/st_remy.htm" target="_blank">142 paintings</a> during his time here. <a href="http://www.saintremy-de-provence.com/sites_and_museum/6/131/Saint-Paul-de-Mausole.html" target="_blank">Saint-Paul-de-Mausole</a> was the monastery where <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Vincent van Gogh stayed from May 1889 to May 1890. We </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">visited here and toured the building where there was a reconstruction of the artist’s room and the Van Gogh Field, where we saw 20 large-scale reproductions of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings on the site where they were created. We visited late in the day and there were not many visitors so it was very peaceful. We found it interesting that it still functions as a psychiatric hospital today, although this building has been turned into a museum.</span><br />
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Today we took a train to Auvers sur Oise, where Vincent Van Gogh spent his final weeks and made over 70 paintings in his short time there. We were greeted at the train station by this mural as we passed under the tracks.<br />
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Our first stop was Auberge Ravoux, which is where Vincent rented a rom while in Auvers.<br />
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Across the street we saw the the Auvers Town Hall which you an see has not changed much since Vincent painted it in 1890.<br />
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Throughout the town their were reproductions of Van Gogh's paintings on signs next to where he painted. We were following in his footsteps throughout the town of Auvers. At times it felt like we were standing in one of his paintings. As we made our way through the town, we came across Le Parc Van Gogh where there is a statue of Van Gogh. You may notice there is a group of children in the park who were there on a field trip, school is still in session here in France!<br />
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Further down the road, we passed the Notre Dame D'Auvers, the Gothic church that he painted.<br />
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Just up the hill from the church is the cemetery where Vincent and his brother Theo are buried. Both graves are together at the back of the cemetery.<br />
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On our path we came across the spot where Van Gogh painted what many people believe was his last painting, Wheat Field with Crows.<br />
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Standing here in the middle of the wheat fields with the clouds swirling in the sky, we decided this would be the perfect spot to set up our easels.<br />
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We had such a wonderful time painting there on the same spot that Van Gogh had painted so long ago. Although not a Van Gogh masterpiece, our paintings will be a reminder of the day we followed in the great master's footsteps through the town of Auvers.<br />
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Today we took a train to Vernon where we rented bikes and rode to Monet's home and gardens at Giverny. The beautiful views as we rode our bikes through the little towns of Vernon and Giverny were enchanting.<br />
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As we rode through the small village of Giverny we could understand why Monet choose this as his home and artists' commune, beauty and inspiration were around every turn as we made our way<br />
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The Siene river flows right through the epicenter of Paris. For centuries, poets, painters, philosophers, and novelists have been inspired by the river.<br />
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There are 32 bridges that connect the Left and Right Banks of Paris and together they constitute one<br />
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We took a workshop through <a href="http://www.studiopessemier.com/tours-workshops/" target="_blank">Studio Pessemier</a> and painted with Blair and Laurie Pessemier who helped us understand how to set up our supplies and the correct technique for plein air painting, which is painting outdoors. Plein air painting was started by the Impressionist artists and is a popular style of painting for many artists still today.</div>
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After our paintings were finished we walked over the Pont de Arts, which is a very popular bridge in Paris because couples come here to put a lock with their names on it from all over the world. The bridge sections get so heavy from all the locks that they break. They take down the panels when that happens and replace them. So, what happens to all those locks, well, Paris is known as the city of love and they couldn't possibly get rid of those couples' locks, so they store them in a warehouse forever. </div>
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Next we took a boat tour along the Siene and can understand the artistic draw of this river. It was a beautiful day and the Parisians were out sitting along the river, eating their lunches, going for strolls along the river and sunning on the banks. We took many photos of the bridges so get ready, there just may be a "bridge" project of some sort in your future.</div>
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We started our day at the most famous art museum in the world...<a href="http://www.louvre.fr/en" target="_blank">The LOUVRE</a> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s11">to compare the Classical painters of the 19</span><span class="s12" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span><span class="s11"> century with the precur</span><span class="s11">sors to Impressionism</span><span class="s11"> then </span><span class="s11">we walked through the <a href="http://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71304/Jardin-des-Tuileries#" target="_blank">Tuileries Garden</a> </span><span class="s11">to <a href="http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/" target="_blank">Musée de l'Orangerîe</a> </span><span class="s11">where a</span><span class="s11"> collection of Impressionists paintings are housed. </span><span class="s11">Next, we c</span><span class="s11">rossed the river to the <a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html" target="_blank">Musée d'Orsay</a></span><span class="s11">; here, the world’s finest collection of Impressionism as well as important precursors such as Courbet and Millet are displayed.</span><span class="s11"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After a very wonderful but tiring day, we ended in the perfect, peaceful spot, sitting on the lawn in a park, eating a baguette, under the Eiffel Tower.</span><br />
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We meandered through the streets of this beautiful arts district taking in all of the beautiful sights as we made our way to the <a href="http://www.museedemontmartre.fr/museum-gardens" target="_blank">Montmartre Museum</a>.</div>
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This was the home and studio of the Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The house is surrounded by beautiful gardens in the center of Montmartre and being there made us feel like we had entered one of his canvases.</div>
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Everywhere we went today we were surrounded by French sights and sounds. Listening to the French language is magical, so we have decided to add a French phrase of the day to each blog, and since Mrs. Aromy and Mrs. Cook neither one speak any french our first phrase is </div>
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ps...As we were falling asleep last night we heard a lullaby of a Parisian song being played on an accordion from the street below our room, and we wandered if we were dreaming, if so, please don't wake us. Stay tuned...</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553340860102977212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3063618491900597591.post-11014479130624221892014-06-24T11:43:00.000-07:002014-06-24T11:43:12.466-07:00Au RevoirMrs. Cook and Mrs. Aromy were very excited to see an OKE Koala at the Houston airport before we caught our plane to Paris on Monday. We saw Ferdinand and his family as they were heading to Norway for a visit back home. Wishing everyone safe travels this summer, stay tuned.....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553340860102977212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3063618491900597591.post-23486474004045340712014-06-22T09:31:00.001-07:002014-06-22T09:33:02.305-07:00Have paint, will travel.We are one day away from our departure! We are busy packing our bags and getting ready for France.<br />
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I've got all the necessary art supplies packed and ready to go, but wait, where am I going to fit my clothes? Stay tuned as our adventure begins tomorrow...</div>
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We attended the Fund for Teachers orientation and celebration last Thursday evening in Houston and had a wonderful time. We got to meet other 2014 Houston area fellows and hear about their upcoming travels, received some important information and of course, got our checks! And if that wasn't enough, we were greeted by former fellows for a celebration. Thanks so much to Mrs. Childs and Mrs. Dufrene for coming out to celebrate with us.</div>
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We are so ready to be on our way to France, 27 day until take off"</div>
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