Ringling Museum - Sarasota

[Elizabeth Schott]

Julie and Mike, after I finished my BFA, I decided to go for an Advertising/graphics concentration and it was between Ringling and the Art Institiute of Fort Lauderdale. Well being in my early twenties, hummmm ... Lauderdale? Sarasota? Yes I went to the Lauderdale.

I had no idea they had such a lovely place, wow!

Mike if you like Rosa Bonheur's, I have just fallen in love with Anton Mauve. My favorite (of what I have seen) is in our Taft Museum, Cincinnati:

[Julie Deane]

Hi Mike -

Funny! I don't remember seeing these when I was there two summers ago. I do recall that they used to have a statue graveyard in a back area. It was weird seeing arms, legs, torsoes etc of statuary laying around in a pile.

Have you visited the Cah D'ZHan (Ringling mansion)? There's a wonderful over-lifesize full-length figurative by Robert Henri in (I think )the dining room - called "Salome". Very dramatic and beautifully done.

[Steven Sweeney]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike McCarty
I suppose this would work just as well if you were having trouble with your bull.

[L.B. says:]
Mike, isn't the last word in this sentence supposed to be 'man'?

Suddenly I feel an urge to go out and get into trouble.

Under circumstances I cannot reveal without killing myself, I drove past the Ringling site on a frenzied foray to Sarasota (Clearwater, the actual destination). I could not, at the time, imagine that it was "serious," but then, neither was I, back then. I regret my youthful indiscretion. Perhaps I should use atonement as an excuse to get back to the Sunshine State's Gulf coast. There aren't any hurricanes on the way, are there?