The Convent School and The Tower of Las Damas

This was originally published in June 2013. However I love the paintings so much and treasure the memory of the show so much that I am sharing it again, 9 years later. Thursday nights at the museum are still free and it remains relatively unknown.

Martín Rico y Ortega (Spanish, 1833-1908), The School Patio, 1871

We saw this charming painting last night at one of Dallas's best kept secrets, the Meadows Museum at SMU. They are hosting "Impressions of Europe: 19th-Century Vistas by Martin Rico.

I'd never heard of this artist but Thursday nights are free and Tom and I made a date of it. It was really enjoyable, just the right size for an evening's art appreciation to take you out of the everyday world.

Of course, this blog post can't possibly convey the charm of the actual painting, where one is free to examine it closely, seeing the textures and expressions the artist included.

Here is another painting, just to try to lure any Dallasites to the exhibit before it closes on July 7.

Martín Rico y Ortega (Spanish, 1833-1908),
The Tower of Las Damas at the Alhambra, Granada, 1871.