George T. M. Shackelford

I missed seeing this exhibit at my local museum and I’m afraid I might also miss the Obama portraits too. I haven’t renewed my museum membership. I’m kind of depressed. I saw the exhibit Monet: The Early Years at the sister museum and loved it. I own that exhibit catalog book. This book is a borrowed library book. I would have enjoyed seeing this one too. Pandemic living is starting to really get to me but I’m not going to be a covidiot. I know so many people getting the virus right now, most of them boosted, some of them even previously infected. It’s something I want to avoid, at least until we’ve made a bit more progress: with treatment drugs, better longer tasting vaccines, more knowledge. It’s amazing we’ve got as much as we have against a novel virus less than two and a half years old but however frustrating we’re not where we need to be and I’m still being cautious. If they bring back the mask mandate I’ll be back at the museums. Thank goodness for exhibit catalogs. No, it’s not the same but being able to see the art is still enjoyable, even if on a page vs. on a wall in person.

I don’t think I enjoyed this book as much as the Early Years one. I haven’t looked at that one recently though. This one was interesting. It’s as much a biography as it is an art book. I loved seeing the art of other artists and was delighted when I turned a page to see some lovely Tiffany glass art.

It is a lovely book and I spent a lot of time reading it and perusing the art on the pages, but I’m fine with returning it to the library.

4-1/2 stars… (meer)

I saw the exhibit at San Francisco's Legion of Honor FAMSF several times and wish I’d gone even more often. This is an excellent exhibit catalog. Every painting from the exhibit is in the book, along with other paintings not included at the museum, and it also has lots of text, much more than is in the exhibit itself.

I read this over a long period of time. When I first got it I was thrilled and loved it. I still do and I will continue to enjoy its art but I admit that now that the exhibit is closed and I can’t get to the museum to see the art full size on the walls in person, these pages have lost a bit of their luster, and aren’t quite as appealing. I’m still very grateful to have the book. I do love art books.

This book was a gift from a friend. When I have to cull books, and that’s asap, it’s going to be hard to cull any art or vegan books, and this one might survive the cut; it will depend on the circumstances.… (meer)