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The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, prints became widely available to growing and increasingly enthusiastic audiences throughout Europe and the United States. The Enchanted World of...
View ArticleDelacroix and the Matter of Finish
Eugène Delacroix, The Fanatics of Tangier, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 _ x 22 1/16 in. Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario (62.5).Eugène Delacroix, Collision of Arab Horsemen (Collision of Moorish Horsemen),...
View ArticleHotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) Manhattan II, 1940. Oil on canvas. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Anonymous GiftIn commemoration of the 5oth...
View ArticlePicasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art
Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends appeared at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University February 18–June 20, 2004....
View ArticleSurrealism and the Dream: Salvador Dalí, Paul Delvaux, René Magritte, Max Ernst
From 8 October 2013 to 12 January 2014, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting the first monographic exhibition on Surrealism and the Dream. Including a total of 163 works by the great Surrealist...
View ArticleAntiquity Unleashed: Aby Warburg, Dürer and Mantegna
Antiquity Unleashed: Aby Warburg, Dürer and MantegnaThe Courtauld Gallery 17 October 2013 to 12 January 2014On 5 October 1905 an audience of some 300 people attended a lecture at Hamburg’s concert hall...
View ArticleTwo Van Gogh Exhibitions: Van Gogh in Paris; Van Gogh at Work
Van Gogh in ParisEykyn Maclean, London, presents Van Gogh in Paris26 September – 29 November 2013, a landmark exhibition exploring the years 1886 to 1888 when the artist was living and working in...
View ArticleFRIDA KAHLO - A Life in Art
Frida Kahlo is one of the most striking artistic figures of the 20th century. She became a pioneer by incorporating herself in her art in a new, active way. With self-portraits and intimate depictions...
View ArticleCézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) September 14, 2006 – January 7, 2007,the Art Institute of Chicago,February 17—May 12, 2007,...
View ArticleRed Grooms: Larger than Life at Yale Art Gallery
Red Grooms: Larger than Life at Yale Art Gallery Friday, August 30, 2013–Sunday, March 9, 2014.For over fifty years, American artist Red Grooms (born 1937) has used his brush to capture the great...
View Article1970s Photorealism at the Yale University Art Gallery
Still Life: 1970s Photorealism, at the Yale University Art Gallery: August 30, 2013–March 9, 2014 presents works from the Yale University Art Gallery by artists such as John Baeder and Robert...
View ArticleFrederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American...
From January 30 to May 4, 2008, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presented “Frederic Church, Winslow Homer and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.” The exhibition explored...
View ArticleTiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings
The eighteenth century witnessed Venice’s second Golden Age. Although the city was no longer a major political power, it reemerged as an artistic capital, with such gifted artists as Giambattista...
View ArticleAlbrecht Dürer: His Art in Context
From 23 October 2013 to 2 February 2014, Frankfurt's Städel Museum, will present a comprehensive survey of the work of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).The exhibition will encompass a total of more than 250...
View ArticleImpressionism: Sensation & Inspiration: Favourites from the Hermitage
From 16 June 2012 to 27 January 2013, the Hermitage Amsterdam presented Impressionism: Sensation & Inspiration: the world-famous Impressionist paintings from the vast collection of the State...
View ArticleChagall: Love, War, and Exile
From September 15, 2013 through February 2, 2014, The Jewish Museum in New York will present Chagall: Love, War, and Exile which, for the first time in the U.S., explores a significant but neglected...
View ArticleOn Photography: A Tribute to Susan Sontag
A major force in New York intellectual life for more than 40 years, the novelist, essayist, and critic Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was renowned for her brilliant and impassioned writing on photography....
View ArticleAmericans in Paris, 1860–1900
In the late 19th century, American artists by the hundreds – including such luminaries as James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, and Winslow Homer – were drawn...
View ArticleGoltzius and His Circle
The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presented two exhibitions that focus on the work of Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617). “Hendrick Goltzius: Promised Gifts from the Kirk Long...
View ArticleWilliam Trost Richards—True to Nature: Drawings, Watercolors, and Oil...
The exhibition “William Trost Richards—True to Nature: Drawings, Watercolors, and Oil Sketches at Stanford University” opened June 23, 2010 and continued through September 26, 2010 at the Cantor Arts...
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