While You Are Home

May 6, 2020 A Periodic Publication From Trinity School at Meadow View

Try This At Home

Use your imagination and assemble household items to recreate a famous work of art. The J. Paul Getty Art Museum in Los Angeles, California, was the first major museum to offer the challenge to patrons. For inspiration, we have included below a few of their submissions. More information about the Getty Museum challenge may be found at this link: The Iris. During this unusual time of distance learning, Jon Balsbaugh, president of Trinity Schools Inc., offers enrichment activities for students and teachers. The goal is to fill some of the gaps in our school culture created because we are apart. The "Getty Challenge" mentioned here is part of a competition introduced to the three Trinity School campuses last week.

Irises , 1889, Vincent Van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 × 37 1/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 90.PA.20. Re-creation via Twitter DM by Cara Jo O’Connell and family using Play Doh, carrot slices, and wooden beads (Source: The Iris , the blog of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles.)

Nicolaes Pickenoy’s “Portrait Of A Young Woman.” On the right, a recreation of the 1632 painting, with a toilet paper collar. Painting courtesy of J. Paul Getty Museum. Photo recreation by Bryan Beasley. (Source: pbs.newshour/arts)

Lot and His Daughters , about 1622, Orazio Gentileschi. Oil on canvas, 59 3/4 × 74 1/2 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 98.PA.10. Recreation on Twitter by Qie Zhang, Erik Carlsson, and their daughters with sheet and yellow dress. (Source: The Iris , the blog of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles.)

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