Fauvism to Fascism
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- *Santa Barbara Museum of Art*
- *July 8, 2018 - September 18, 2018*
- https://www.sbma.net/exhibitions/fauvismtofascism
The tumultuous period between the two World Wars is the backdrop for this
intimately scaled and timely exhibition, which explores the little
known relationship between modern art and totalitarianism in the work of
the French Fauves, Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) and André Derain
(1880-1954).
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Maurice de Vlaminck, *The Bridge (Le Pont) *(detail)ca. 1912. Oil on
canvas. SBMA, Gift of the Joseph B. and ... more »
Sotheby's Old Master & British Works on Paper sale in London on 4 July
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
This July, Sotheby’s will present at auction one of the greatest and most
beautiful watercolours by JMW Turner left in private hands.
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.,.*The Lake of Lucerne from Brunnen*,
Watercolour over traces of pencil, heightened with bodycolour , 308 by 469
mm. Estimate: £1,200,000 – 1,800,000.
Commissioned in 1842 , *The Lake of Lucerne from **Brunnen* is part of a
celebrated group of 25 ‘finished’ Swiss landscapes that Turner made during
the final decade of his life - a collection of works widely considered the
pinnacle of the artist ’ s achievem... more »
Picasso at Auction
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*Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June 2018 *
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Pablo Picasso,*Femme dans un fauteuil,* 1942, Estimate on Request
Pablo Picasso’s *Femme dans un fauteuil *of 1942, will be a leading
highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Saleon 20
June
2... more »
Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA*
*June 30, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018*
inSThis summer at the Legion of Honor,* Truth and Beauty: The
Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters* is the first major international
exhibition to assemble works by England’s nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood with the medieval and Renaissance masterpieces that inspired
them.
Through important loans of paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts
from international collections, as well as more than 30 works drawn from
the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the exhibition
will demonst... more »
Treasures of British Art 1400–2000: The Berger Collection
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
* Joslyn Art Museum *
*June 2 through September 9, 2018*
*Treasures of British Art 1400–2000: The Berger Collection* presents a rare
opportunity to view one of the most important collections of British art in
America. The paintings in this exhibition tell the complex history of Great
Britain and how matters such as religious conflict, the rise and fall of
the monarchy, industrialization, trade expansion, colonialism, and European
influences shaped British artistic identity. With such a breadth of
historical material and a diverse representation of subject matter, there
is something... more »
The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Los Angeles County Museum of Art*
* June 3, 2018–September 16, 2018 *
*National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.*
*October 14, 2018–January 20, 2019*
Displaying exquisite designs, technical virtuosity, and sumptuous color,
chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most striking prints of the Renaissance.
First introduced in Italy around 1516, the chiaroscuro woodcut, which
involves printing an image from two or more woodblocks inked in different
hues, was one of the most successful early forays into color printing in
Europe. Taking its name from the Italian for “light” (chiaro) and... more »
'Innovative Impressions': Prints by Cassatt, Degas, Pissarro
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa*
* Jun 10, 2018 - Sep 09, 2018*
This summer, Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, presents an original
exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking work of three legendary
Impressionist artists: Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro.
Featuring more than 90 prints and key paintings on loan from institutions
including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
and the National Gallery of Art. *Innovative Impressions* is the first
in-depth study to focus on the prints of these three artists together. It
explores their remark... more »
Christie’s Old Masters Evening Sale on 5 July
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
[image: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter
Clara Serena, ca. 1623 Private collection]
Christie’s will offer *Portrait of Clara Serena , the Artist's Daughte*r by
Peter Paul Rubens in the London Old Masters Evening Sale on 5 July, during
Classic Week (estimate: £3 - 5 million ).
Never intended for public display , this seminal work offers a rare glimpse
into the private life of the greatest artist of the Northern Baroque. The
portrait is on public view in New York until 5 May, later going on view in
Hong Kong from 24 to 28 May, before being exhibi... more »
Modern Wonder: The John Marin Collection
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine *
*June 5 to August 19, 2018.*
[image: John Marin, Stonington, Maine, 1923. Watercolor and charcoal, 21
3/4 x 26 1/4 in. Colby College Museum of Art. Gift of John Marin Jr. and
Norma B. Marin, 1973.047]
John Marin, *Stonington, Maine,* 1923. Watercolor and charcoal, 21 3/4 x 26
1/4 in. Colby College Museum of Art. Gift of John Marin Jr. and Norma B.
Marin, 1973.047
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*Modern Wonder: The John Marin Collection* opens at the Colby College
Museum of Art, in Waterville, Maine, from June 5 to August 19, 2018.
“*The life of today, ... more »
Rubens at Auction
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Stephan Welz & Co, Cape Town 2018*
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish 1577 - 1640), Portrait of a Gentleman. Oil
on oak panel 54 by 39,3cm.
This exquisite portrait by the most influential Flemish Baroque artist Sir
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) depicts a gentleman in a crisp white ruff
and black coat, with intricate black on black weaving on the shoulder and
chest of the coat. The face of the sitter stands out against the muted
greens on the background, the play of light and shade drawing one into the
portrait. The technique is elegant and the face of the sitter seems to
glows w... more »
Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman, Maurice Prendergast, Andrew Wyeth, Ernest Lawson, Winslow Homer, Gifford Beal or John Singer Sargent
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
Georgia Museum of Art May 12 through August 5 At the University of Georgia,
the Terry name is synonymous with UGA’s business school, but the influence
of C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry extends far beyond that, including to
the Georgia Museum of Art. Also on the campus of the university, the museum
is the recipient of 14 paintings and works on paper from the Terrys’
collection that will be on view May 12 through August 5 in the exhibition *“A
Legacy of Giving: C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry.”*
It would be rare and marvelous to receive a gift of a single work by Childe
Hassam,... more »
Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 19 June 2018
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Pablo Picasso, *Buste de femme de profil. Femme écrivant,* signed Picasso
(upper left), oil on canvas, 116.2 by 73.7cm., 45¾ by 29in. Painted in
April 1932. Estimate upon request. Courtesy Sotheby’s.
Painted during Pablo Picasso’s ‘year of wonders’, this monumental , yet remarkably
tender and intimate , painting o f Marie -Thérèse absorbed in the act of
writing evoke s a private moment from the artist’s clandestine
relationship with his most beloved muse. Awake or asleep, writing or
reading, Marie -Thérèse appears in manifold guises throughout Picasso’s oeuvre
. In... more »
Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*The Met Breuer*
*July 3-October 7, 2018 *
At the Met Breuer this summer, the exhibition *Obsession: Nudes by Klimt,
Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection* will present a
selection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Scofield Thayer Collection
of some 50 erotic and evocative watercolors, drawings, and prints by Gustav
Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Pablo Picasso, whose subjects, except for a
handful, are nudes. The exhibition will provide a focused look at this
important collection and mark the first time this brilliant group of works
are being s... more »
Monet / Boudin
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid*
*26 June to 30 September 2018. *
The monographic exhibition Monet / Boudin presented by the Museo Nacional
Thyssen-Bornemisza offers visitors the first opportunity to discover the
relationship between the great Impressionist painter Claude Monet (Paris,
1840 -Giverny, 1926) and his master Eugène Boudin (Honfleur, 1824
-Deauville, 1898), the most important representative of mid-19th-century
French plein airpainting.
This joint presentation of their work not only aims to cast light on
Monet’s formative years, in which Boudin played an important... more »
Merzbacher Collection comes to the Kunsthaus Zürich
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
The Kunsthaus Zürich is to receive the collection of Gabriele and Werner
Merzbacher as a long-term loan, one of the most important private
collections of modern art. A total of 65 works have been promised to the
Kunsthaus for at least 20 years. They include paintings by the great
masters of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Fauvism, members of the
‘Brücke’ and ‘Blauer Reiter’ groups, and many more. The cooperation, which
involves 65 paintings and a minimum commitment of 20 years, is a gesture of
gratitude to Zurich and Switzerland by Werner Merzbacher, who was born in
Oehring... more »
Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
[image: Albert Birkle The Acrobat Schulz V 1921]
Albert Birkle *The Acrobat Schulz V* 1921 The George Economou Collection ©
DACS 2018
This summer, Tate Modern will explore the art of the Weimar Republic
(1919-33) in a year-long, free display, drawing upon the rich holdings of
The George Economou Collection. This presentation of around seventy
paintings and works on paper will address the complex paradoxes of the
Weimar era, in which liberalisation and anti-militarism flourished in
tandem with political and economic uncertainty. These loans offer a rare
opportunity to view a rang... more »
Velazquez
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Master Paintings on 1 February 2018
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The February sale features a rare and striking portrait of Cristoforo
Segni, Maggiordomo to Pope Innocent X painted and signed by Velazquez and
Cremonese painter Pietro Martire Neri Martire (estimate $3/4 million).
Painted around 1650, during Velazquez’s second trip to Rome, the work is
one of a series of portraits painted for the Court of Pope Innocent X on
the occasion of his Jubilee, the most famous being Portrait of Innocent ... more »
"Courbet, Degas, Cézanne ... Realistic and impressionist masterpieces from the Burell collection" .
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 7 months ago
*Musée Cantini*,* Marseille*
*May 18th to September 23rd *
*For the first time in France,* the *Musée Cantini* presents, *from May
18th to September 23rd ,* the exhibition *"Courbet, Degas, Cézanne ...
Realistic and impressionist masterpieces from the Burell collection"* .
The works are from the Burrell Collection, an eclectic collection of art
acquired over many years by *Sir William Burrell* (1861-1958).
Sir William Burrell was an exceptional collector of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries with a collection of about *8,000* pieces from all eras
and from all continents. In... more »
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June 2018
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Pablo Picasso,*Femme dans un fauteuil,* 1942, Estimate on Request
Pablo Picasso’s *Femme dans un fauteuil *of 1942, will be a leading
highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Saleon 20
June
2018. One of a major series of full-scale portraits, painted during the
war,... more »
Canaletto and the Art of Venice
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
*The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse*
*Friday, 11 May 2018 - Sunday, 21 Oct 2018 *
The exhibition presents a spectacular selection of eighteenth-century
Venetian art, with Canaletto's greatest works shown alongside paintings and
works on paper by Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, Francesco Zuccarelli, Rosalba
Carriera, Pietro Longhi and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. The exhibition
explores the many delights of eighteenth-century Venice, from the
splendours of the Grand Canal and St Mark's Square to its festivals,
theatre and masked carnival, bringing the irresistible allure of... more »
Sotheby’s Old Master sales (4–5 July)
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens, *Portrait of a bearded Venetian nobleman, bust
length*, Oil on oak panel, 60 by 48 .6 cm. Estimated in the region of £3
million
Unseen on the market for 60 years, this remarkable depiction of a Venetian
Nobleman was almost certainly cherished by the artist who kept it until his
death in 1640. A cquired by the great Dutch co llector Hans Wetzlar in the
early 1950s , it has remained in the possession of his descendants ever
since . One of only a few portraits by the artist to come on the market in
recent years , it is estima... more »
Sotheby’s spring auction of American Art will be held in New York on 23 May 2018.
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
Sotheby’s spring auction of American Art will be held in New York on 23 May
2018. Led by 13worksby Norman Rockwell from all periods of the artist’s
decades-long career, the sale features 120+ lots that are together
estimated at more than $40million. The auction also includes exceptional
example by Frederic Edwin Church, N.C. Wyeth, Milton Avery, Albert
Bierstadt and Thomas Moran– many of which are from distinguished private
collections and are coming to auction for the very first time.
NORMAN ROCKWELL: AMERICA’S FAVORITE STORYTELLER
Leading the selection of works by [image: Ima... more »
The Morgan Presents First Survey of Wayne Thiebaud Drawings
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
[image: Nine Jelly Apples, 1964, watercolor and graphite. Yale University
Art Gallery, Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932. Photography by Tony De
Camillo, © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY]
*Nine Jelly Apples,* 1964, watercolor and graphite. Yale University Art
Gallery, Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932. Photography by Tony De
Camillo, © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Best known for his rich, colorful paintings of cakes, ice cream cones, and
candy counters, California artist Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) has been an avid
and prolific draftsman si... more »
The Huntington Acquires Two Italian Renaissance Paintings to Complement its “Madonna and Child in Glory”
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
Art Collectors’ Council purchases Cosimo Rosselli’s *Saint Ansanus* and *Saint
Anthony Abbot*, panels that once formed the lower third of an altarpiece
featuring the “Madonna”[image: Two newly acquired works by Cosimo
Rosselli—Saint Ansanus (left) and Saint Anthony Abbot (right), both painted
ca. 1470—rejoin Rosselli’s Madonna and Child in Glory (center) in The
Huntington’s collections. Saint Ansanus (36 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.), Saint
Anthony Abbot (36 1/4 x 19 3/8 in.), Madonna and Child in Glory (36 x 28
in.), tempera with gold leaf on poplar wood panel. The Huntington Library,
Art Col... more »
Chaim Soutine: Flesh
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
The Jewish MuseumMay 4-September 16, 2018The Jewish Museum presents an
exhibition of 31 paintings by Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), the Expressionist
artist known for his gestural and densely painted canvases, from May 4
through September 16, 2018. *Chaim Soutine: Flesh* highlights the unique
visual conceptions and painterly energy that the artist brought to the
tradition of still life. Soutine’s remarkable paintings depicting hanging
fowl, beef carcasses, and rayfish are now considered among his greatest
artistic achievements. These works epitomize his fusion of Old Master
influences ... more »
Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
National Gallery of Art, Washington July 1 through November 25, 2018
[image: Ludolf Backhuysen, Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, 1667, oil
on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund]
Ludolf Backhuysen, S*hips in Distress off a Rocky Coast,* 1667, oil on
canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
During the 17th century, the Dutch were a nation of merchants, engineers,
sailors, and skaters. Water was central to their economic prosperity and
naval prowess, essential as a means of transportation, and popular as a
site for r... more »
MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
In an international exclusive, The Museum of Modern Art and the National
Gallery of Victoria (NGV) present *MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and
Contemporary Art*, a major exhibition of modern and contemporary
masterworks from MoMA’s iconic collection, on view at NGV International in
Melbourne, Australia, from June 9 through October 7, 2018.
MoMA at NGV is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in
partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria, by Samantha Friedman,
Associate Curator, Drawings and Prints; Juliet Kinchin, Curator of Modern
Design; and Christian Rattem... more »
Monet & Architecture
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
National Gallery, London *9 April – 29 July 2018*
In a landmark show at the National Gallery in spring 2018 – the first
purely Monet exhibition to be staged in London for more than twenty years –
there is a unique and surprising opportunity to discover the artist as we
have never seen him before.
[image: Claude Monet The Grand Canal (Le Grand Canal), 1908 Oil on canvas
73 × 92 cm Nahmad Collection, Monaco © Photo courtesy of the owner]Claude
Monet The Grand Canal (Le Grand Canal), 1908 Oil on canvas 73 × 92 cm
Nahmad Collection, Monaco © Photo courtesy of the owner [image: Claude ... more »
Photography: “Not An Ostrich: And Other Images From America’s Library”
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
The Annenberg Space for Photography, a cultural destination dedicated to
exhibiting both digital and print photography, announced its next
exhibition – Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library. The
exhibition, running from *April 21 through September 9, 2018*, is a
collection of nearly 500 images – discovered within a collection of more
than 14 *million* pictures – permanently housed in the world’s largest
library at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Put together by the
distinguished photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker, the exhibition
features the image e... more »
More on Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale 14 May 2018
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
Amedeo Modigliani, *Nu couché (sur le côté gauche*). Signed Modigliani
(lower left). Oil on canvas, 35¼ by 57¾ in.; 89.5 by 146.7 cm. Painted in
1917. Estimate in excess of $150 million. Courtesy Sotheby’s.
[image: Amedeo Modigliani, “Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)," 1917.]
Amedeo Modigliani’s stunning* Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)* is estimated
to sell for in excess of $150 million in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern
Art Evening Sale on 14 May 2018 – the highest estimate ever placed on a
work of art at auction.
Painted a century ago, Nu couché is the greatest work from the ... more »
Christie's May 17 Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York
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Mark Rothko’s monumental canvas,
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Mark Rothko, No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954, oil on canvas, 90 ⅛ x 58 ⅝ in.
© Christie’s Images Limited 2018.
*No. 7 (Dark Over Light),* 1954, will highlight *Christie's May 17 Evening
Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York* (estimate in the region
of $30 million). At nearly eight feet tall, No. 7 (Dark Over Light) belongs
to a select group of canvases that were among the largest that Rothko ever
painted. Its grand scale is matched only by the emotional intensity of its
painted surface. Such a highly active painterl... more »
Update: Christie’s Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art May 15
Jonathan Kantrowitz at Art History News - 8 months ago
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Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition, 1916, oil on canvas. ©
Christie’s Images Limited 2018.
Kazimir Malevich’s* Suprematist Composition,* 1916, will lead Christie’s
Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art (estimate upon request).
Suprematist Composition is among the groundbreaking abstract paintings
executed by Malevich that would forever change the course of art history.
The present canvas was last sold at auction in November 2008, when it
established the world auction record for the artist, which it continues to
hold today.* One decade later, S... more »
