点评:My wife and I are seasoned travellers from the UK who regularly take holidays specifically to visit museums and art galleries around the world. When I mentioned to an Ohioan work colleague that we were intending to visit the Carnegie in Pittsburgh and the Museum of Art in Cleveland, he suggested we also visit the Butler in Youngstown. We are so glad he did. The collection is both extensive in its scope and strong in its collection offering at least one piece by all the main artists we were expecting including those from the Hudson River School and contributions from the American impressionists. As well as these more well known artists, we were introduced to a number of artists we had never heard of before. The combination of art we know with art we don't is what we hope for when we visit galleries and the Butler exceeded expectations in this respect. We particularly enjoyed the western gallery with the portraits by Elbridge Ayer Burbank. We appreciate that this work needs to be presented with sensitivity and we noted the sign saying this work is being re-interpreted. That is fine but this work, in terms of both its artistic merit and as a reflection of the history of the USA, deserves to be shown. The museum has a relaxed feel and we were able to enjoy a leisurely feel without feeling rushed. In fact we enjoyed it so mush we actually visited on two consecutive days. In summary, this museum is a gem and it deserves to be much better known. I owe my work colleague a very great debt of gratitude.
翻译:我和妻子是来自英国的经验丰富的旅行者,我们经常在假期专门参观世界各地的博物馆和艺术画廊。当我向一位来自俄亥俄州的同事提到我们打算参观匹兹堡的卡内基和克利夫兰的艺术博物馆时,他建议我们也去参观扬斯敦的巴特勒。我们很高兴他这么做了。该馆藏品范围广泛,藏品丰富,至少有一件我们期待的所有主要艺术家的作品,包括哈德逊河派的作品和美国印象派的作品。除了这些更知名的艺术家,我们还认识了一些我们以前从未听说过的艺术家。我们参观画廊时希望看到的是我们所知道的艺术与不了解的艺术的结合,巴特勒在这方面超出了我们的预期。我们特别喜欢西部画廊,里面有埃尔布里奇·艾尔·伯班克的肖像画。我们意识到这幅作品需要敏感地呈现,我们注意到标牌上写着这幅作品正在被重新诠释。这很好,但就其艺术价值和对美国历史的反映而言,这件作品值得展示。博物馆给人一种轻松的感觉,我们能够享受悠闲的感觉而不感到匆忙。事实上,我们非常喜欢它,以至于连续两天都参观了它。总之,这个博物馆是一颗宝石,值得被更多人知道。我非常感谢我的同事。