In the Membership of My Days (Kay O'Rourke)
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In the Membership of My DaysFor an event with the Spokane Symphony artists were asked to listen to Pictures at an Exhibition* and create a painting that reflected what they felt. "This painting reflects the rhythm of the music and a day I spent with my aunt Eileen and two friends on my grandparents farm...I always use images I relate to…During the 1980s my paintings were dense with imagery, almost like Russian novels." *Modest Mussorgsky (1833-1887), pronounced Muss-org-sky, was a Russian romantic composer perhaps best known for Pictures at an Exhibition, a piano suite in ten movements. Frederick Weisman believed in the cultural value of art and understood the importance of both the individual artist and the creative process. An arts philanthropist, he helped the Museum acquire several paintings during the 1980s and 1990s including this one. Learn more about him and his foundation at www.weismanfoundation.org. |