{"id":8722,"date":"2021-04-13T11:01:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2021-05-02T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T11:44:33","slug":"more-from-the-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=8722","title":{"rendered":"More from the Met"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In celebration of the 151st anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> in New York, a delightful Google Doodle to wake up to this morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google Doodle April 13, 2021, 151st Anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And here is a direct link<\/a> to an overview of the art objects featured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self-portrait, Samuel J. Brown, Jr., ca. 1941 (Open Access)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One of these that I would particularly like to mention is the above self portrait by Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr<\/a>. , a Black artist that The Met states to have “gained international acclaim”<\/em>, which may very well be so, but I do wonder why that doesn’t run to having a Wikipedia entry, and biographical information elsewhere in the internet seems to be scant – there is this 1982 speech at Howard<\/a> by an admirer and this at the University of Kentucky library<\/a> and obituary pieces in the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em> archive that I can’t access. I should say, my interest was sparked by Brown being of the same generation as Alice Neel (see previous post<\/a>), both having received their art education in Philadelphia and both involved in the Public Works of Art Project<\/em> and WPA<\/em>, and it seems to me at approximately the same time. The possibility of paths crossing always interest me. [Postscript May 2, 2021: Have I read about Black under-representation in Wikipedia? The J. Clay Smith, Jr. who wrote the above mentioned Howard speech on Brown warranted this Washington Post obituary<\/a>, for obvious reasons, and is also absent from Wiki! ]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these times dominated by the corona pandemic and all the restrictions that implies, I have been wondering about the viewing possibilities in the greater worlds’ museums and galleries, so it is heartening to know that The Met’s doors are at least ajar, allowing for limited access. And irrespective, for those (very many) of us who probably wouldn’t be able to get there anyway, the online offerings at least allow us a glimpse behind even closed doors – and to dream on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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