Jenny and I just returned from North Carolina for a MO/MHFC Reunion (see previous posting dated April 13, 2010) and for a visit with family in Johnston County, NC. We normally drive down, but we try to visit other cities on our way down and on our return. This trip we made a stopover in Philadelphia for three days, primarily to visit the PAFA and the Philadelphia Museum. We had visited the Philadelphia Museum before but not the Academy.
Since we had visited Philadelphia several years ago, we didn’t do the “history” tours, although as usual our first day we did hit the streets and walked around the city. The second day was spent in the Academy. We had heard there were many of Thomas Eakins’ paintings there, but as it turned out there are more of his paintings in the Philadelphia Museum. We miss The Gross Clinic, but we did see The Agnew Clinic at the Philadelphia Museum. The Academy’s staff said The Gross Clinic was at the Philadelphia Museum and the staff at the Philadelphia Museum said it was at the Academy! I think that it just wasn’t on display or traveling!
The Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art school and museum in the country. Some of the artists trained at the PAFA: Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, Charles Demuth and Charles Harnett. The current building opened in 1876 was designed by Furness and Hewitt and has been designated as a National Historical Landmark.
The building in the center is the PAFA.
Inside the Museum. It is a beautiful building!
Jenny soaking it up!
Of course we had time to eat! This is The Fish restaurant; the food was very good.
fun! the building that houses the fish restaurant looks amazing, especially with the red door! :)
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