While visiting Stockholm, Sweden, we explored a couple of its 14 islands (50 bridges connect them) and visited the Moderna Museet, housing masterpieces by Picasso, Pollock, Matisse (and others).
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| “Siphon, Glass, Newspaper, and Violin” (1912, or later) |
Apparently, Picasso experimented with mixed media collage at one point in his career as he began to explore Cubism.
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| "The Wooden Horse: Number 10 A" (1948), Pollock |
I was pleasantly surprised to find this piece by Jackson Pollock, an unusual 3-dimensional oil painting using canvas, wood, and masonite.
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| "Apollo" (1953), Matisse |
But the star of the show was this large composition by Henri Matisse using his famous cutout shapes. In 2011, I was lucky enough to visit the Matisse Museum in Nice, France.
To end our day in Stockholm, we took an hour-long boat ride before returning to the ship. In the distance, you can see Gröna Lund Amusement Park, on Djurgården Island.
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