20111218 Dreams and Reality

National Museum recently had a exhibit Dreams and Reality, which features paintings, drawings and photography from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

And mommy brought Kathleen along when she found out that Passioncard holders are entitled to free entry during a particular 2 week period.

Here are some pictures especially for those who missed it (hardly any publicity or am I really out of touch with this country's happenings?).

Will try to label them correctly but pardon me if they are wrong as most of the photos that I have taken of the description turned out blur due to my lousy hp camera and the dimly lit venue (for ambience, I suppose).

This gorgeous huge picture was one of the first to greet us upon entry.

Young woman on the beach/Jetty - Philip Wilson Steer (1860 - 1942)

Spring - Jean-Francois Millet (1814 - 1875)

Needs no introduction. Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh

Summer Night - Winslow Homer

The Young Girl and Death - Marianne Stokes

Some other exhibits in the National Museum.

I enjoyed that silent hour or so inside the exhibit, and the booklet that the museum printed with simple explanation on impressionism does help for a newbie for me.  There is even simple questions inside for older children, and an area at the end of the exhibition for children to doodle (with colour pencil and paper provide) and books provided for the visitors to read more about the artists.

While Kathleen did not run around screaming (she does talk too loudly once in a while), she was pretty bored and pretend to read 'The 3 little pigs' from the exhibit booklet. :P  Her favourite?  The Knight of the flowers, by Georges Rochegrosse, I think mainly because it is one of the most colourful painting in the whole exhibition.