Post 510: PWAS Field Trip to the National Gallery of Art Part 2

PWAS Field Trip to the National Gallery of Art Part 2

Saturday, October 26, 2024. The Prince William Art Society group (PWAS) met at the Tall Oaks Community Center on Cotton Mill Drive at 9:45am along with a few members of the Manassas Art Guild (MAG) to take a little trip to DC. The Destination? When you get a bus load of artists in the Northern Virginia area together, where else (?) but the National Gallery of Art.

More National Gallery of Art Pictures

If you click on the picture, you can enlarge it and possibly see the art label. I wonder how many you can name the artists and/or title without peeking?

 

Crazy bit of trivia on this one, the artist painted this in ONE outdoor session - in one day.

 

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This one was made up of crazy spots and dots of paint. The detail on so much of the artwork, a big "Wow". Seeing them in person will blow your mind. And occasionally the size of them will too. I wondered what the size of the artwork was as that is not noted on the works. Some are so large, how did they get it in the building? While a few other easily recognizable works seem smaller than you imagined them to be.

 

A few displays had one in the front and another piece back to back with the other, displayed together in a glass case. There's a story there.

 

The gallery winds its way all around info various gallery spaces for different periods of times and various countries and more. Just looking through a door or hallway can be breathtaking too as you gaze across. The place is much like a maze.

And finally we end up back where we came in at. It was a great trip.

Back to the bus parked in front of the Sculpture Garden and back to the Tall Oaks Community Center by about 3:30pm.

The Master Artists

A who's who of artists: Manet, Monet, Da Vinci, Sargeant, Seurat, Renoir, Homer, Whistler, Dietrich, Heade, Chase, Church, Bierstadt, Pissarro, Degas, Morisot, Duez, Bouguereau,  Gerome, Cabaillot-Lassalle and so very many more. I do believe we all enjoyed the adventure and appreciated not only the art and artists, but a big thanks to the Prince William Art Society for sponsoring this great trip! 

See Part 1 of our Field Trip to the National Gallery of Art

What was your favorite artwork? Drop it in a comment below. I hope you enjoyed this post too!

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Donna Liguria

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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