Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute

I was in Utica, NY yesterday, the city of my birth and first 12 years of my life. While I was there I stopped in on The Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute. I was with a friend wanted to show me some famous paintings by Thomas Cole. I don't frequent art museums, I really do enjoy myself whenever I am in one and wish I did it more often. My favorite artist remains William Bouguereau. Below is some of the marvelous eye-candy he has created. L'admiration (The Admiration) is a celebration of love. The women are enthralled with the irresistible Cupid. Original sketches by the artist showed that he sketched it several times with one showing the woman clipping the Cupid's wings to attempt to hinder him doing his work, and another with Cupid on a pedestal (Wissman, Fronia E. Bouguereau. Pomegranate Books: San Francisco. 1996.) L'admiration. 1897. By William Bouguereau.