Today I went to the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, NY. It is a museum that has an extensive collection of American paintings, primarily from 1860–1940, as well as historical exhibits about the history of the Mohawk River Valley and of the Beech-Nut babyfood company.
The Canajoharie Library was founded in 1924, and a gallery was added in
1927. The museum was originally built to house copies of European
masterpieces and original 19th-century American paintings collected by
Bartlett Arkell, then the town's leading industrialist.
The permanent collection includes twenty-one paintings by Winslow Homer,
works by all members of The Eight, and paintings by leading American
Impressionists such as Childe Hassam. George Inness and Ralph Blakelock
are also well represented by several
works in this impressive collection. American paintings from the 20th
century include realist and regionalist works by Paul Sample, Ogden
Pleissner and Thomas Hart Benton.
I got a postcard of this Winslow Homer called
The Pumpkin Patch. It reminds me of living here in the Mohawk Valley.
This was another of my favorite Winslow Homer paintings. It's hard to
tell from the photo, the the actual painting was wonderful!
On the drive home we headed over to Palentine Bridge and saw some Amish horse and buggies.
I live in an incredibly beautiful part of upstate New York. And it is at it's most glorious in the Fall!
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