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This is located just north of down-town one block across the Allegheny river. It is quite difficult to spot the location even when driving in a car. Finding a free parking lot is even worse. We were lucky and got the last space into which we could just squeeze our car. What was said about prices for gasoline previously does not count for parking fees. We had to pay 6 USD for less than two hours parking. Unfortunately a Dali exhibition had just left the Museum (but come to the Dali Museum in Figueres in Spain to experience the real amusement of Dali´s impressive art-work). Andy Warhol is a painter who was born and educated (Carnegie Institute of Technology) in Pittsburgh , but he spent most of his career in New York City. His technique is basically detailed paintings on photographic prints (pop art). One example is shown on this picture. The Heinz products in fact also originate from Pittsburgh. Other of his well-known works include painted portraits of celebrities such as Jacqueline Kennedy and Marylyn Monroe (see below).Warhol also made films (The Chelsea Girls, Lonesome Cowboys, and more), photography, sculptures and he was even an editor of the Interview magazine with illustrated articles about contemporary celebreties.The museum in Pittsburgh is the largest single-artist museum in the USA.
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One of the brochures we received at the Pittsburgh Visitor Center described a Harvest Celebration in Summerset in the Laurel Hills about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. Tasting of local harvest was announced and the place was described as an open air museum with running activities. This sounded very appealing to us, so we planned a round trip for Saturday when Michael could join us. The museum was situated in a protected state forest area. On the walk through the forest (see picture) from the parking lot to the museum we saw for the first time a "groundhog" (woodchuck), which is a marmot, just a few feet away. Unfortunately the picture we took was not detailed enough so we hope to repeat this encounter on another visit. We arrived around noon and there were a lot of exhibitions, entertainment and tasting. Our tasting included home made apple cider (very sweet) and tasty burgers.
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From Summerset we continued southwest through the forested Appalachian Mountains to Fallingwater situated close to the village Mill Run. A house, designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wrigth (Guggenheim Museum, New York, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo and many more), sitting on a natural waterfall was the attraction. The house was completed in 1939 for the prosperous merchant family Kaufmanns of Pittsburgh. It was used as a weekend home for the Kaufmanns family until 1963 when it was given to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The entrance fee for the house was 12 USD pr person. This included a guided tour but seemed far too expensive to us, so we decided for a visit to the gardens which are very beautifully situated in a small canyon and we had a close look at the Fallingwater house from the outside including the creek and the water falls. Not very impressive considering the high entrance fees (we had to pay 5 USD pr head).
