Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has announced the opening of Alfred Maurer: Art on the Edge, on
view October 10, 2015, through January 4, 2016. The exhibition brings
together 65 works by American artist Alfred Maurer, a prolific artist of
the twentieth century and among the first Americans to embrace
avant-garde styles such as Cubism, Fauvism, and abstraction.
The exhibition features works by Maurer from the Crystal Bridges’ collection, including
Jeanne, ca.1904 (oil on canvas)
and Fauve Landscape with Red and Blue, ca. 1909 (oil on board).
Jeanne, ca.1904 (oil on canvas)
and Fauve Landscape with Red and Blue, ca. 1909 (oil on board).
Considered one of the first Americans to
adopt French Fauvism and one of the most versatile American Modernists,
Alfred H. Maurer (1868–1932) tirelessly pushed the boundaries of
artistic expression throughout his career. Maurer spent nearly 17 years
in Paris, where he was introduced to French avant-garde art through his
friendships with major collectors, dealers, and artists. Throughout his
long career he maintained a steady interest in formal experimentation
with color, form, and abstraction. The exhibition surveys Maurer’s
career from fin-de-siècle figure paintings, scenes of
contemporary leisure, Fauvist works, landscapes and florals, heads and
figures, and still lifes, to late Cubist abstractions. The diversity and
virtuosity of the works illustrate the extent to which Maurer was a
formidable creative force in expanding the potential for artistic
expression in American art.
Alfred Maurer: Art on the Edge was organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.
For more information and images from the exhibition: http://arthistorynewsreport.blogspot.com/2015/05/alfred-maurer-at-vanguard-of-modernism.html
For more information and images from the exhibition: http://arthistorynewsreport.blogspot.com/2015/05/alfred-maurer-at-vanguard-of-modernism.html
