This is "Young Woman with Peonies" by Bazille. It's one of my very favorites of the day. I would have bought a print of it if the gift shop would have had one.
This is "Lorette with turban, yellow jacket" by Henri Matisse. She looks like a no-nonsense kind of lady. Another one of my favorites.
Amber liked the more abstract artists.
Such as this from Alfonso Ossorio called "Perpetual Sacrifice"
We both especially enjoyed the temporary exhibit by Richard Misrach titled "At the Beach". Here is one of those photos.
![Image: Richard Misrach, Untitled 1132-04 [Flippers], 2004](http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2008/misrach/images/misrach_flippers.jpg)
Another temporary exhibit was "Afghanistan Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" Here's just a bit about that exhibit from the National Gallery of Art web site.
"Some 228 extraordinary artifacts unearthed in modern Afghanistan—most on view for the first time in the United States—attest to the region's importance as a vital and ancient crossroads of trade routes known as the Silk Road, which stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean. Many of the objects were long thought to have been stolen or destroyed during some 25 years of conflict until they were dramatically recovered from a vault under the Presidential Palace in 2004. Dating back 2,000 years and more, the works belong to the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, whose motto is "A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive." The exhibition, which begins its U.S. tour at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, explores the cultural significance of the treasures and illustrates the story of their discovery, excavation, and heroic rescue."
When we first started learning about artists, one of our favorites became Mary Cassat. We saw several of her paintings on this visit. Here is one of our favs.
"Little Girl in a Blue Chair"
We couldn't help but enjoy Monet
And Renoir
We had a great time and would love to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. One day!
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