National Gallery of Art Drawing in Britain 1700-1900

When I think of the National Gallery of Art, the Impressionism paintings are my favorite. But I also think of oil paintings. So when we went to visit the other day there are a few new exhibits we wanted to see. One of them is called Drawing in Britain 1700-1900. The exhibit is in the west building tucked away in a corner. A lot of the main galleries are being renovated and several of the very familiar images have been moved to the lower level - including Bonaparte. We tried to get in to the East Building yesterday but it was closed down because the First Lady was showing the South Korean president’s wife some of the art there. Luckily we didn’t mind because we go there often enough. But it could be very annoying if you were visiting from out of town. So we made our way through the sculpture section and early American furniture and found the space. What I was surprised to see were watercolors and pen and ink sketches. I used to do a lot of watercolor as a youngster and also took up pen and ink and charcoal as a hobby in college. So it was a great deal of interest to see these images. They were rather intricate and really lovely. There are always rotating exhibits at the gallery which makes it always interesting. This one I liked a lot.