UMFA

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, UT
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4/8/18
MY FAVORITES…
BY: CELIA MELDRUM
ART 1010

 I loved that the entrance to each new exhibit had the

name of the exhibit, what the art was about, and a
UMFA stamp on the floor.
 SEER BONNET X, XI, AND XII
LOVELY BONNETS, MADE WITH CORSAGE PINS.

 These actual head sized bonnets were made by Angela

Ellsworth in 2010. I love to create things, and I hadn’t
really thought of my creations as ART until this class. The
crafty bonnets spoke of pioneer times, too bad they aren’t
able to be worn.
 PERIPHERY, 2013

 This beautiful oil painting (appx 24 x32) by Lynette

Yiadom-Boakye had such a peaceful feel. I love its name
and that it seems like a shadow or a far-a-way memory…
 This picture reminded me of ‘optical color’ technique used
by Monet in Rouen Cathedral (and others).
LOOKOUT - OFFERS A PLACE TO SIT, REVIEW THE ART ON DISPLAY,
RE-CHARGE YOUR ELECTRONICS OR JUST TAKE A REST BREAK.

 Not ‘art’, but I

thought it was fun
that it says
Meldrum
Foundation
along the top/side
– as that is my
last name! It runs
from floor to
ceiling and has
this crazy looking
guy standing in
the center of the
‘area’
FISHER FOLK BY PHILIP LODEWIJK JACOB FREDERIK SADEE,
DUTCH (NO DATE)

 This heart wrenching oil on canvas

(appx 25x42), shows 2 women and
a child who look to be discussing if
they can afford to buy a fish to eat.
The ship in the background adds
to the appearance of a hard life for
the fisherman – and his family.
This artist does a great job
creating the illusion of space and
also of making you feel like you
are actually standing on the shore
in the sand.
 W.C.T DOBSON – THE FERN GATHERER, 1865

 Oil on canvas (appx. 22x30) of a darling little ‘working class girl’ with
a basket of ferns on her back, apparently many girls sold ferns door to
door, in Victorian England. She looks so sweet, I can’t imagine
anyone being able to say no to her. I felt that the artist did a great
job with his linear perspective in this picture.
 MOSAIC PAVEMENT PANEL

 I knew when I saw the pavement panel (pictured on left, appx 32x47)
that it had to be Roman. I took the picture on the right at the
restored home of Axel Munthe in San Michele – one of the most
beautiful places I saw on the entire visit. The floors, the tables, and
even some walls were patterned with this type of very detailed,
intricate mosaic work.
 FRANCOIS YKENS, FLOWER STILL LIFE, 1644

 This beautiful oil painting (appx 23x35) of a bouquet

of many types of flowers, seemed to me to be such
vibrant colors and so realistic that it’s as if the flowers
grew in the garden exactly as they are in the vase.
This still life
 ANTHROPOID COFFIN

 This coffin from the Egyptian 26th dynasty, 664-525 BCE, (appx 72x30) was made for
Padiusir, of wood, gesso, and paint. The many colors symbolized things like immortality,
protective forces, and nourishment in the afterlife. The items pictured show what they
would use to wash the body and preserve body parts – amazing what they knew and
created so many hundreds and hundreds of years ago.