We start our fall trip by coming to the greater Los Angeles area which gave us an opportunity to visit sites that have been on our list for a long time. Anna Lee has wanted to go to the Norton Simon Museum for decades (really). We spent our first afternoon there.
Simon was a very wealthy industrialist who discovered art in his forties. Not a man to deny himself, he first immersed in learning about art then in acquiring whatever pieces he desired. His collection spans six centuries and includes almost all the great painters of each era. He also collected sculpture. The following are samples of our favorite pieces.
Assembly of Sea Forms by Barbara Hepworth. The back row is the sea mother and sea king, the middle row the shell, seaform and young and rolled seaform, the front row is embryo and seabird.
Edgar Degas: The Tub
Edouard Manet: The Ragpicker. As the sign explained, this life-size painting represents the 19th century equivalent of today’s homeless man.
An Indian Chess Set (chess was invented in India).
Indian Alterpiece with multiple Jinas (someone who has achieved spiritual enlightment).
We were ready for dinner and Jerry found Gyu-Kaku, a fabulous Japanese/Korean BBQ. Plates of vegetables and meats were set before us. We munched on appetizers while grilling our dinner. Just in case we were still hungry, the waitress brought us a bowl of bulgogi (Korean meat and rice) that was as good as any we had in Korea.
Continuing to use our grill, we toasted marshmallows for our s’more dessert.
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