Saturday, May 7, 2016

2016-03-01: Tel Aviv art museum

After a day of R&R in Palmachim, we went to visit the wonderful Tel Aviv art museum, which was notable not only for its collection but its stunning architecture. Toward the end of today's entry are the first few pieces of a show of portraiture by Russian & USSR-born artists.

Your guess is as good as mine

A gift from Dad.

Art museum exterior







Museum mural

This is the beginning of the Russian show

Bakst portrait of Valentin Zetlin from the collection of
the Museum of Russian Art (they apparently
don't have their own website.




Repin portrait of pianist Sophia Menter,
from the Sara and Moshe Mayer collection






Leonid Pasternak portrait of Dr. illegible, sorry

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