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The New York Public Library watercolor I painted last week for Museum Week inspired an oil on canvas version. The well-named 109 year-old Patience is reading “Beloved”. Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel was inspired by the life of Margaret Garner, a fugitive African American slave who killed her child rather than have her taken back into slavery. In 1993, Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Oil on canvas, May 2020, 18 x 22 inches. #newyorkpubliclibrary #patienceandfortitude #nypl #nypl125 #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #CultureInQuarantineMW #beloved #tonimorrison #nobelprize #w42st #5thAvenue #nycart #newyorkcityart #coronavirusart #oilpainting #fredericlere #jardinsjeudi (at NYPL The New York Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcjCERH22e/?igshid=gnn5d9637xs1

Patience and Fortitude, who have guarded the New York Public Library since May 1911, celebrated their birthday yesterday. They got their names in the 1930s from Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Those were the qualities New Yorkers needed then to survive the Great depression, and are still very much need today as the city is under coronavirus quarantine and its cultural institutions remain closed. Watercolor, May 2020. #newyorkpubliclibrary #patienceandfortitude #nypl #nypl125 #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #museumweek #CultureInQuarantineMW #w42st #5thAvenue #nycart #newyorkcityart #coronavirusart #aquarelle #watercolor #fredericlere (at NYPL The New York Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAFzjejHg4C/?igshid=145yle94819hg

Urban Oasis #bryantpark #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #josephineshawlowellmemorialfountain #water #illuminated #tree #saturdaynight #cityscape #architecture #landmark #touristattraction #publicart #midtownmanhattan #newyorkcity #usa #tree #lawn #urbanoasis (at Bryant Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsduIKijuaA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f7g81d20sy0p

Light #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #architecture #interior #mcgrawrotunda #lamp #luster #lightandshadow #newyorkpubliclibrary #mainbranch #centralbuilding #midtownmanhattan #newyorkcity #usa #landmark #touristattraction #summer2018 #vacation #travel #nofilter #electriccandle (at New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoCVIIRDHPj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rwts2xl5sc9b

Summer Evening #newyorkpubliclibrary #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #nightshot #josephineshawlowellmemorialfountain #thelawn #water #charlesadamsplatt #architecture #cityscape #illuminated #evening #tree #skyline #skyscraper #manhattan #newyorkcity #usa #travel #vacation #summer2018 #bryantpark #fountainterrace #manhattanstownsquare (at Bryant Park)

New York Public Library Rose Main Reading Room - NYPL ................................................#nypl #rosereadingroom #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #architecturephotography #architecture #nycmainlibrary #manhattanlibrary #verticalpanorama #newyorkpubliclibrary #library #nypubliclibrary #nycarchitecture (at NYPL The New York Public Library)

#newyorkpubliclibrary #stephenaschwarzmanbuilding #librarylions (at New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)