Friday, March 23, 2007

New banner

Curator's Corner, the web blog for the Georgia Museum of Art, now has a header with images.

So...what is on the header?


Starting at the top left and moving down the first column:

1. George Cooke's Tallulah Falls, 1841. Oil on canvas, 35 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; gift of Will Moss. GMOA 1959.646. Cooke's painting was the subject of a presentation and essay at the museum's Second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts. You can read that essay [here].

2. Art Rosenbaum, and curator of exhibitions at GMOA, Dennis Harper. Rosenbaum's art was recently the subject of an exhibition, curated by Harper.

3. Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain, 1896-1976), Martha at Thirteen, 1943-44. Oil on canvas. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; gift of Martha R. Daura. Established at GMOA with a gift from Ms. Daura in honor of her father, the Pierre Daura Center contains a collection of paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures by the Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura, who co-founded the artists' group Cercle et Carré.

4. A student enjoying one of GMOA's podguides.

5. Richard Weisman in front of the portrait Andy Warhol painted of Mr. Wesiman...at GMOA last April.

6. Lamar Dodd (American, 1909-1996), Copperhill, 1938. Oil and egg tempera on linen canvas. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from the University of Georgia Foundation, gift of Mary and Lamar Dodd. GMOA 1974.3F. The School of Art at UGA is named for Dodd.

7. Cheever Meaders (American, 1887-1967), face jug, ca. 1920s. Stoneware and quartz. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; gift of Roy Ward. GMOA 2006.131.

Moving to the right-hand column...

8. Detail of J. Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919), Farm in Winter, 1895. Oil on canvas. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from the collection of Jason Schoen, Miami, Florida. GMOA 1998.13E.

9. Curator of decorative arts, Ashley Callahan, working on the exhibition Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz.

10. Curator of European art, Giancarlo Fiorenza, working in his office.

11. Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929), Sissy, 1924. Oil on canvas. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Eva Underhill Holbrook Memorial Collection of American Art, gift of Alfred H. Holbrook. GMOA 1947.103. One of the more popular paintings at GMOA.

12. Curator of American art, Paul Manoguerra, in the Dodd Gallery.

13. John H. Twachtman (American, 1853-1902), The Little Bridge, c.1896. Oil on canvas. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Eva Underhill Holbrook Memorial Collection of American Art, gift of Alfred H. Holbrook. GMOA 1945.90.