I was told yesterday that management at the museum are trying to bring the artist in residence program to an end. There is not much space in the museum for new artwork - Isabella stipulated everything be left in its original positioning after her death. Her collection is like a personal installation of her life and personality. Can't help but admire her influence (money helps), but she still was a woman of the late 1800s.
Finally made it to this museum and it was an example of extreme extravagance of the late 1800s, opened 1903. We were not allowed to take any photographs. There is a courtyard closed in with a glass roof in the centre of the building, four storeys high with orange nasturtiums cascading from the windows that apparently flower only two weeks of the year amongst many different blooms. We were lucky enough to be here at the right time. Isabella was from a wealthy family and she married more money. There was pictures in the collection by Rembrandt, Degas, Botticelli and even a portrait of her done by John Singer Sargent. Every surface was artwork and adorned with more.
I was told yesterday that management at the museum are trying to bring the artist in residence program to an end. There is not much space in the museum for new artwork - Isabella stipulated everything be left in its original positioning after her death. Her collection is like a personal installation of her life and personality. Can't help but admire her influence (money helps), but she still was a woman of the late 1800s.
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