EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

A recent visit to the Meadows Museum has DH contributing editor Peggy Parker reeling:
Went museum hopping yesterday and fell in love with the “Fortuny to Picasso” exhibit. The Fortuny in question is not the fabric and fashion designer whose lustrous pleated gowns were knocked off by Mary McFadden, but his father.

Papa Fortuny was a master painter of the modern Spanish school, and a collector of ancient oriental tissues – thus the son came by his passion naturally. The senior Fortuny’s works, along with some not-oft-seen pieces by Picasso such as La Celestina (The Procuress, to you, pictured above), and the positively incandescent paintings of Sorolla comprise a fabulous art genealogy. Stay in the mood by lunching on Paella Valenciana at The Gates, the Meadow’s café.