Banksy at the Moco Museum

Photo by Patrick Jones. Girl with Balloon by Banksy. Moco Museum, Amsterdam.

While in Amsterdam over the weekend I was able to visit the Moco Museum's exhibition Banksy: Laugh Now. In my years of photographing street art around the world I have yet to run across any of Banksy's works. These are usually picked up quickly and fall into private collections. So I was really excited to see the exhibition at the Modern Contemporary (Moco) Museum, a fairly new space located in the historic Villa Alsberg next to the Rijksmuseum.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Painting & stencil by Banksy.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Leopard by Banksy. Moco Museum. 18 Mar 2017.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Swat Van by Banksy.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Swat Van by Banksy. Moco Museum Amsterdam.

The exhibition runs through 31 May 2017 and is currently paired with a Salvador Dali exhibition. It includes about 90 pieces of Banksy's artwork. Tickets were 12.50 Euros.

Walking where they walked almost 400 years ago

Photo by Patrick Jones. Amsterdam, 17 Mar 2017.

Back in January, I wrote about Philippe Du Trieux and Susanna Du Chesne, my 10th-great-grandparents. They were married in 1621 and lived on Runstraat, a nice little street in Amsterdam between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht canals. Over the weekend I had an opportunity to visit Amsterdam after meetings in Copenhagen. The photo above is from a little bridge where Runstraat goes over Prinsengracht. The next photo shows the street sign on the corner of Keizersgracht and Runstraat.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Runstraat, Amsterdam.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Runstraat, Amsterdam.

Photo by Patrick Jones. 10 Runstraat.

The street now has shops on the ground level and homes or apartments on the upper levels. It is nice to see the neighborhood where they lived nearly 400 years ago. The next photos are of the Prinsengracht canal. While the buildings may have changed from their day, the canals are in the same place, and this gives me a good sense of their neighborhood.

Photo by Patrick Jones. End of Runstraat. 17 Mar 2017.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Prinsengracht, Amsterdam. 17 Mar 2017.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Mural by the London Police. 18 Mar 2017.

The photo above was taken further up the Prinsengracht canal, with a mural by artists the London Police behind a row of houseboats. I've captured art by the London Police in Dubai and Miami, so this was a nice find in Amsterdam.

Treasures from the National Gallery of Denmark

Photo by Patrick Jones. Virginie by Albert Edelfelt, 1883.

On Saturday I had the opportunity to walk through the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK, Statens Museum for Kunst). I was not sure what to expect, but I was really impressed. This is one of the better national art museums I have seen in a while. The photo above is from the Japanomania exhibition, by Albert Edelfelt. The painting of Virginie really draws you in. I don't capture it well enough on my phone. Really a captivating painting. Along with the painting below by Erik Henningsen of a marching band in Denmark. Below that, the painting of the runners during a full moon. We had a full moon on Saturday after I left the museum.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Changing of the Guard by Erik Henningsen, 1888.

Photo by Patrick Jones. C. W. Eckersberg.

Photo by Patrick Jones. C.W. Eckersberg, 

Photo by Patrick Jones. C.W. Eckersberg. 1824.

Two paintings by Vilhelm Hammershei were also quite stunning.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Vilhelm Hammershei. 1901.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Vilhelm Hammershei. 1905.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann, 1876-1878.

The painting above was one of my favorites from the Danish-Nordic permanent collection. This one by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann (1819-1881) has incredible detail, made during her travels through the Eastern Mediterranean and Ottoman Empire.

Nyhavn

Photo by Patrick Jones. Nyhavn, Copenhagen, 11 Mar 2017

I am currently in Copenhagen, Denmark for meetings this week. Yesterday afternoon I had some time to break away from the venue and wander around the picturesque city. These photos are from Nyhavn, a 17th Century waterfront with colorful buildings, restaurants and old ships. Our team had a wonderful dinner at Cap Horn, a restaurant in an old warehouse and former hotel.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Nyhavn, 11 Mar 2017

Photo by Patrick Jones. Nyhavn, 11 Mar 2017

Photo by Patrick Jones. Nyhavn, 11 Mar 2017

Photo by Patrick Jones. Nyhavn, 11 Mar 2017

Before dinner I visited the fantastic National Gallery of Denmark, and I will highlight this in a subsequent post.

Correcting errors

Painting by Frederick Whitaker. Saguaro Country, 1966.

A helpful researcher contacted me through Ancestry about a branch on my Campuzano side of the tree. This led to some back and forth email, and a realization that I had made an error in my documentation of the family of Juan Bautista Calles and Maria Antonia Campuzano. I have fixed this in my tree and on my blog entry from February 2016. I will take a moment to write about Ramon Calles, a son of Juan Bautista Calles and Maria Antonia Campuzano.

Ramon Calles was born 16 December 1870 in Hermosillo, Sonora. He was baptized on 24 January 1871. Ramon had at least two children with Maria Metzler.
- Abelardo Calles, born about 1896 in Hermosillo
- Maria Enriqueta Calles, born 10 January 1897 in Hermosillo

Ramon worked as a customs agent on the Mexican border in Naco and Agua Prieta, Sonora. His son Abelardo later took over this role.

At some point Ramon separated from Maria Metzler, and moved to Cananea. He started a family with Rafaela Corral, and they were later married on 1 March 1935. Ramon and Rafaela had at least the following children:
- Artemisa Calles, born about 1906
- Ernestina Calles, born 21 April 1909 in Cananea, Sonora
- Jesus Antonio Calles, born 25 October 1911 in Cananea, Sonora

They appear in the 1930 Mexico National Census in Nogales, Sonora.

In February 1923, Ramon crossed the border at Naco, Arizona, going to visit the family of his sister-in-law Domitila Corral de Moreno in Cochise County, Arizona.

Source: Ancestry.

The marriage record for Ramon and Rafaela lists Ramon's parents as Juan Bautista Calles and Maria Antonia Campuzano, and also includes Ramon and Rafaela's signatures.

Source: Ancestry. Image 684 of 995.