Crocker Art Museum

Crocker Art Museum – Sacramento

/ Bulldog Travels / 6 Comments

The Crocker Art Museum is a downtown Sacramento staple.  Every school age child comes here at least once.

The Crocker family earned their money from the railroad.  They parlayed that money in to many other things ultimately affording the family to build a legacy Sacramentans will be forever grateful for.  The Crocker’s showed interest in art and began collecting personally specifically Asian art and ceramics.  Eventually the beautiful house and the art collection were gifted to the City of Sacramento for the purposes of creating culture in an early Sacramento.

The original house has been enlarged during the Crocker’s time there and recently underwent the building of a world-class architecturally modern wing added in 2010.  I hadn’t visited since this beautiful wing was added and took the summer heat wave as an opportunity to enjoy their art & air conditioning.

Highlights of the exhibits are the house itself, outside large public art installations on the grounds, early California paintings, ceramics, Oceana exhibits, and a broad grouping of Asian art from the Middle East, India, Japan, China, and beyond.

Some would call art like this garbage but I have always been drawn to masses of color put together like this
The precision here is lovely
I remember thinking as a child how beautiful this house was and how wealthy its owners must have been
The Crocker family gifted their house and their art collection so Sacramentans could have a place of culture and we are so grateful they did
Garden Art
One of the lovely sun rooms with collections of ceramics
Flowers are in bloom
Iconic marketing image
Our door art looking over the River
How I feel in the morning sometimes
Alien?
Yikes
Napa must represent in the art of California exhibit
I new immediately this was an impression of our beautiful California Bay Area
Harder than it looks to make art like this friends
Images of the California Country would not be complete without Poppies and Lupines
The Crocker has a pretty extensive Asian Art collection originally started by the Crockers themselves
Images of the California Country would not be complete without Poppies and Lupines
The Crocker has a pretty extensive Asian Art collection originally started by the Crockers themselves
The iconic front staircase
As one who dabbled in ceramics this is not easy to do
Perfection
OK making one, maybe but two exactly alike it impressive
Animal print anyone?
Anyone else see The Beatles here?

 

 

Foggy Sacramento Morning

/ Bulldog Travels / 27 Comments

Greetings from a foggy Sacramento morning. Typically the weather turns for us here around Halloween. I feel likes it’s only just starting now a bit late. Running errands in Sacramento today made it feel like winter especially stumbling upon workers getting the Christmas tree ready for the tree lighting at the state capitol.

The capitol sits on a splendid park which I need to properly photograph for you one of these days. I’ve photographed countless weddings here and photoshoots on the capitol steps. I suppose because of that I never head down for fun to shoot the park.

Workers setting up for the tree lighting at the capitolThe tower bridge is an icon of Sacramento. Its beautiful golden color shines bright day and night. Foggy morning over the Tower bridgeThe Crocker Art Museum is a world class art museum which has grown leaps and bounds over the years. It’s a must visit location when in Sacramento. Stroll along the river walk when you are done and finish at one of the wonderful eateries in historic old town Sacramento. The Crocker Art museum has changed so much since I was a kid but it remains a Sacramento icon and travel staple

Happy Fall and early Winter everyone. Stay warm!