Eighteen years ago today 13 pieces of priceless artwork were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Here is a recent Boston Globe article about it.
I just don't understand where you would hide stolen paintings by Vermeer and Rembrandt or sketches by Degas? I have some artwork stashed behind my TV cabinet but it's not stolen.
I thought of you today when the trees began to blossom. I remembered three years ago, being desperate to move away from the freezing weather and snow, and you brought pics of tree blossoms from your trip to Oregon for me. Now I'd send a picture to you, but I am not nearly the photographer you are! Happy spring-to-be!
Have you been there? Because of a clause in Mrs. Gardner's will, they can't change anything in the museum permanent collection. Therefore, they have the frames empty where the paintings were stolen with a little note of explanation. It is very sad to see.
I was born and raised in Van Nuys, California. I moved to Boston sight-unseen and have loved living in New England since that day when I said, "this apartment is OLD". My hobbies are antiquing, reading books and magazines (bring back Blueprint and Domino please), sewing, quilting, sightseeing, watching movies, and photography. I love the color red and have a retro red refrigerator (and kitchen aid mixer and ice cream maker and toaster and...) to prove it! I live in a converted high school and love decorating my loft condo (w/ 18 foot ceilings) that was formerly the auditorium. I have 3 brothers, 11 nieces and nephews, and a bus fleet of friends.
6 comments:
i've really got to go to that museum; i've heard it's amazing!
Wow! What an amazing story... Where DO you hide a Vermeer?
I'd love to go to that museum too! Sounds like a fun girls' outing.
I'll check my pockets.
I thought of you today when the trees began to blossom. I remembered three years ago, being desperate to move away from the freezing weather and snow, and you brought pics of tree blossoms from your trip to Oregon for me.
Now I'd send a picture to you, but I am not nearly the photographer you are!
Happy spring-to-be!
Have you been there?
Because of a clause in Mrs. Gardner's will, they can't change anything in the museum permanent collection. Therefore, they have the frames empty where the paintings were stolen with a little note of explanation. It is very sad to see.
This is how you would find a Vermeer.
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