It was flower parade season in
Nederlands, and we began with the
Varend Corso or Westland Parade just south of Den Haag. This is a flower parade where the floats really float, as they perform for spectators lining the banks of the river:
Afterwards, we checked out the scene at
Scheveningen:
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| sculpture by Tom Otterness |
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| Jaume Plensa at Beelden aan Zee |
But, before we could get too settled in Nederlands, we were off for a few days in
London. We planned to visit lots of museums, so we began with the
National Gallery at Trafalgar Square.
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| Portrait of a Lady by Alesso Baldovinetti, c 1465 |
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| Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli, about 1485 |
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| Ophelia among the Flowers by Odilon Redon, c1905 |
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| Two Crabs by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889 |
And, of course, there is art all over London:
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| Sitting Couple on bench by Lynn Chadwick, 1990 |
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| Sir Joshua Reynolds by Alfred Drury, 1931 |
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| Time Life Building screen on Bond St. by Henry Moore, 1952-3 |
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| Monument to the Unknown Artist - Do Not Applaud, Just Throw Money (kinetic) by group called Greyworld. |
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| Anna Pavlova by Frank Matcham, 1911 |
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| Whippet Good by Delve and Dragonsmoke Construction, 2019 |
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| Hodge, Sam Johnson's Cat (1709-1784) |
We caught an intimate band concert at the College Green, deep within
Westminster Abbey.
When we emerged from the ancient complex, we found another band marching down the street.
Nearby is much less recognizable
Westminster Cathedral, the mother church of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
The Neo-Byzantine style cathedral was completed in 1903 and accordingly made almost entirely of brick, without steel reinforcements. But with mosaics.
We saw a display by
France-Lise McGurn at the
Tate Britain.
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| Sleepless by France-Lise McGurn, 2019 |
As well as other women artists:
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| Scylla by Ithell Colquhoun, 1938 |
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| Studland Beach by Vanessa Bell, c 1912 |
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| Children at Chess by Mary Sargant Florence, 1903 |
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| Self-portrait by Gwen John, 1902. |
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| Volendam, Holland from Zuitende by Elizabeth Forbes, c. 1897 |
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| Percy Shelley by Amelia Robertson Hill, 1882 |
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| The Flowering of the English Baroque - memorial to Henry Purcell by Glynn Williams, 1995 |
The
Natalia Goncharova show at the
Tate Modern would have been sufficient reason to go to London.
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| Self-portrait with Yellow Lillies by Natalia Goncharova, 1907-08 |
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| The Evangelists by Natalia Goncharova, 1911 |
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| Cyclist by Natalia Goncherova, 1913 |
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| Costume from L'Coq d'Or by Natalia Goncharova, 1937 |
There was so much more Art to see:
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| Paris by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1951 |
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| Chloe Boughton-Leigh by Gwen John, 1904-8 |
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| The Autobiography of an Embryo by Eileen Aggar, 1933-34 |
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| Still Life with Sheep by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, 1938 (Amsterdam) |
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| Transference by Leonora Carrington, 1963 |
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| Gothic Landscape by Lee Krasner, 1961 |
While on the south side of the Thames, we visited the
Borough Market, a markethall in Southwark, on the south side of London Bridge. One of the largest and oldest in London, there has been a market on the site dating back to at least the 12th century. The present buildings were erected in the 1850s.
Then on to see Street Art in East London - Brick Lane, Shoreditch, Spitalfields.
And back to Broadgate Circle, which had a lot of sculpture. We walked and walked finding the addresses of the famous Londoners in Bloomsbury, Belgravia, Chelsea, and more. Walked Old and New Bond Streets where the art galleries are disappearing. Covent Gardens, Hyde Park and the Serpentine Gallery. So many streets, I cannot list them all.
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| Broadgate Venus by Fernando Botero, 1989 |
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| Rush Hour by George Segal, 1987 |
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Day by Jacob Epstein
for Underground head office, 1929, 1st skyscraper |
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| West Wind by Henry Moore, 1929 |
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| Knife Edge, Two Piece by Henry Moore, 1962-65 |
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| Wind Sculpture by Yinka Shonibare, 2014 |
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| Lioness and Lesser Kudu by Jonathan Kenworthy |
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| Harrod's fixtures by Dale Chihuly |
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| Harrod's Egyptian Hall |
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| Rush of Green by Jacob Epstein, 1961 |
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| Horse's Head by Nic Fiddian-Green, 2011 |
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| Sitting on History by Bill Woodrow, 1995 |
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| William by Rebecca Warren |
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| Three Synchronized Divers by Rudy Weller |
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| Conversation with Oscar Wilde by Maggi Hambling, 1998 |
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| Young Dancer by Enzo Plazzotta, 1988 |
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| Wooden Boat with Seven People by Kalliope Lemos, 2011 |
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| Vortex by Barbara Sandler, 1999 |
Up to
Camden Town for a boat ride on the Regent Canal over to "Little Venice," or so Robert Browning named it.
We left town after visiting
Abbey Road Studios, where Sir Edgar Elgar, composer of
Pomp & Circumstance recorded in 1931. Isn't that why its famous? It was time to return to the Continent.
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