{"id":3766,"date":"2012-07-25T17:08:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T01:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2012-07-27T04:59:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T12:59:55","slug":"did-one-of-tvs-friends-have-a-painting-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/07\/25\/did-one-of-tvs-friends-have-a-painting-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Did One of TV’s Friends Have a Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: One of TV’s Friends had a painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/p>\n

Friends was one of TV’s most popular sitcoms, playing on Thursday nights for NBC from 1994 until 2003, for a total of ten seasons. The finale in 2003 was the fourth most-watched series finale in television history.<\/p>\n

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But was one of the actors who played the “friends” an artist?<\/p>\n

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The answer is a surprising yes. One of the actors who portrayed one of the friends on the show has a painting of theirs featured in an exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.<\/p>\n

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But which one? \tJennifer Aniston? Courteney Cox? Lisa Kudrow? Matt LeBlanc? Matthew Perry? David Schwimmer?<\/p>\n

The answer, perhaps surprisingly enough, is Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n

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The young Aniston was the daughter of actor John Aniston (nee Yannis Anastassakis) and actress Nancy Dow. As a child, living in New York City with her parents, she soon became interested in their profession. For elementary school, she attended the Rudolf Steiner School in her pursuit of a career in acting. The school featured a multi-disciplinary arts-based curriculum that includes visual arts, drama, artistic movement, vocal and instrumental music, and crafts.<\/p>\n

Even though Aniston attended the school specifically for acting training, she picked up a number of other artistic skills, including an interest in painting. <\/p>\n

When she was 11, one of her paintings was exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I presume it was a special “young artists” exhibit, but still, that’s extremely impressive, nonetheless.<\/p>\n

The legend is…<\/p>\n

STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n

Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is bcronin@legendsrevealed.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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