I was surprised to see one of the Still Life paintings by Giorgio Morandi. The small-scale still life has quiet personality. The tall slender bottles are lined up near the center of the painting. The muted color palette consists of mixed grays and whites, using minimal brush strokes to describe bottles that hover in the center of the painting.
The painting entitled, Tugboat on the Siene by Pierre Bonnard is a landscape painting that is in the same room as the Morandi still life. It is painted in a somewhat impressionistic style, using the least possible brush strokes to describe the scene. In comparison to his other works, the color palette is more realistic, consisting of mostly greens and grays.
In the center of the room is Auguste Rodin’s sculpture in marble, Danaid. The glossy mound of marble stood out in the center of the mostly grey room. It portrays an idealized nude male figure curled up and placed on top of a base. It is a small-scale sculpture, and fit in perfectly with the smaller sized paintings surrounding it.
The Princeton Art Museum houses many prestigious paintings. I'm not complaining about being surrounded by the likes of Monet and being overwhelmed by PAM's extensive collection of Greek Art (borderline crowded); however, it is quite obvious that you are in Princeton when you're standing in the museum. On that note, here are some other striking paintings from the collection:
Black Friday by Willem de Kooning, Oil and enamel on pressed wood panel, 1948 
Untitled by Ad Reinhardt, Oil on canvas, 1960 
Untitled by Philip Guston, Oil on particle board, 1973
To see the complete collection at the Princeton Art Museum, visit:
http://artmuseum.princeton.edu
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