El Paso Museum of Art
In downtown El Paso, Texas just a couple of blocks off of I-10 near the convention center and the Plaza Theatre there are several nice museums.
The El Paso Museum of Art does not have any of the big name paintings that you normally expect to see in any properly endowed and funded art museum, such as the suicidal lunatic from Holland Vincent Van Gough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gough Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin, Rembrandt, Marc Chagal, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, or any of the truly excellent Spanish artists like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, or Juan Miro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miro
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I have been to the Louvre in Paris probably ten
or 15 times, the Prado in Spain, and various other excellent art museums in Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, The Hague, Frankfurt, Berlin, Brussels, Liege, Brugge, Rome, Florence, London, Edinburg, Dublin, Copenhagen, Houston, New York City, and Buffalo. Even though the El Paso art museum doesn't have paintings and sculptures from many of the really famous artists, it is very well 
done and honestly is well worth going out of your way to visit.
The El Paso Museum of Art does not have any of the big name paintings that you normally expect to see in any properly endowed and funded art museum, such as the suicidal lunatic from Holland Vincent Van Gough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gough Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin, Rembrandt, Marc Chagal, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, or any of the truly excellent Spanish artists like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, or Juan Miro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miro
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I have been to the Louvre in Paris probably ten
or 15 times, the Prado in Spain, and various other excellent art museums in Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, The Hague, Frankfurt, Berlin, Brussels, Liege, Brugge, Rome, Florence, London, Edinburg, Dublin, Copenhagen, Houston, New York City, and Buffalo. Even though the El Paso art museum doesn't have paintings and sculptures from many of the really famous artists, it is very well 
done and honestly is well worth going out of your way to visit. -
The museum is properly airconditioned, and there is covered parking nearby too, which sure helps when you come back outside into the intense high desert sunshine.
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Right now there is an exhibit of air brush paintings of Caesar Chavez done by Gaspar Enriquez that is excellent.
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Right now there is an exhibit of air brush paintings of Caesar Chavez done by Gaspar Enriquez that is excellent.
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As you walk in the museum there is a very large and well sculpted bust of the Spanish Conquistador whose name must not be mentioned (Don Juan de Onate). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_de_Onate_y_Salazar
On the second floor be certain not to miss the very timely painting of the El Paso Smelter done in 1919 by Fremont Ellis.
There are some truly excellent late 1800's cowboy and American Indian paintings which you certainly won't see in most art museums.
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Pretty much every decent art museum anywhere in the world has a very similar classical painting of Venice to this one. But I never tire of seeing them. I just love these classical, highly realistic paintings.
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Hirsi Ali and I have both recently moved away from Holland. A friend that I worked with there in Europe retired about the same time as me. He has also left Holland. He is an American and was raised in Washington state. Now he has gone to Venice (his Dutch wife is from there originally). Whereas here in the high desert I bought a Corolla to get good fuel economy on the incredibly long journeys that one has to take to get almost anywhere, a Toyota 4-wheel drive car to get into the outback, and a cute little moped for running around town while getting 70 mpg fuel economy, my friend had to buy a small boat so that he could get around Venice. 
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There are some nice religious icons and classical paintings on the second floor of the museum, and some excellent works from the local artist Tom Lea. http://www.tomlea.net/
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The Dick Mithoff room is well worth visiting. I want to thank Dick. Other successful El Paso natives should think about following his excellent example. A sure pathway to one very sure form of immortality.
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