Enjoying DC

To add a sweet touch to Pesach (Passover), Bennett and his Bubbie made Carol’s Pesach Brownies.  Bennett did an excellent job of mixing all the special ingredients

and making sure the results were delicious.

The next day we explored The National Museum of Women in the Arts, a private museum dedicated to four centuries of women artists.  The museum is housed in a renovated Masonic Hall, a beautiful building in which to view this special collection.

 Women had an almost impossible time gaining training, most of which came from their fathers if they grew up in an artistic family.  They were restricted to portraits because they were not considered capable of landscapes.  In spite of the limitations placed upon them, a few rose to prominence including the artist who painted Marie Antoinette and a couple who were admitted to the Paris Salon.  Elisabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun was sought after by royalty in Europe and Russia because of her skill with texture.

This modern photograph is a composite of two women so well blended as to not know what each individual looks like.

This sculpture is by the actress Sarah Bernhardt. 

The special exhibit is entitled She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World.  It focused upon life in the Middle East and the conflicts that are part of everyday life.

 We do not have photos of the most captivating series, those of a mother and daughter ranging from clad in all black with sad eyes peering out through gradual changes up to colorful clothing with smiling faces.