Skip to main content

Court to Café: Three Centuries of French Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum



Court to Café, on view October 27, 2013–February 9, 2014, at the Denver Art Museum, features 50 masterpieces from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Conn. The artworks visually unfold the richness of French painting, ranging from the 17th through the early 20th century and include religious and mythological subjects, portraits, landscapes, still lifes and genre scenes.

Nicolas Poussin, François Boucher, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Claude Monet are among the masters represented.

This exhibition tour is the first time that all of these works have been shown as a group. The exhibition is accompanied by



an exhibition catalogue titled Masters of French Painting, 1290-1920: At The Wadsworth Atheneum, by Eric M. Zafran.

Following the social history of French art, the exhibition will take viewers through six themed sections. Each area reveals the cultural shifts of the period and how they were reflected in art from the time of the absolute monarchy to the café society of Paris.



Claude Monet, The Beach at Trouville, 1870. Oil on canvas; 21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.



Paul Cézanne, House in the Country, about 1877-79. Oil on canvas; 23-1/2 x 28-7/8 in. Wadsworth Atheneum; Anonymous gift.



Louis Anquetin, Avenue de Clichy (Street – Five O’clock in the Evening), 1887. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas; 27-1/4 x 21 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund. Endowed in memory of Louis M. Beckstein by the Beckstein Family.



Edgar Degas, Double Portrait—The Cousins of the Painter, about 1868-70. Oil on canvas; 23-5/8 x 28-3/4 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.



Claude Monet, Nympheas (Water Lilies), 1907. Oil on canvas; 31-7/8 x 36-1/4 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; Bequest of Anne Parrish Titzell.



Eugene Delacroix, Bathers, 1854. Oil on canvas; 36-3/4 x 31-1/4 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.



Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil, 1873. Oil on canvas; 18-3/8 x 23-1/2 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; Bequest of Anne Parrish Titzell.



Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril Leaving the Moulin Rouge, 1892. Essence on board; 33-3/4 x 27-1/2 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; Bequest of George Gay.



Louis-Rolland Trinquesse, An Interior with a Lady, her Maid, and a Gentleman, 1776. Oil on canvas; 38-1/8 x 50-7/8 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

(Sức khỏe mỗi ngày) Top 5 loại hoa quả giúp phát triển trí não cho trẻ, cha mẹ nên nhớ

Cam Cam là loại trái cây chứa nhiều vitamin C nhất cùng với hàm lượng vitamin A, B1, khoáng chất tốt cho trí não. Mỗi ngày uống một cốc nước cam ép hoặc 1 quả cam sẽ giú cơ thể minh mẫn, tăng cường sức đề kháng để giảm căng thẳng và mệt mỏi, ăn trực tiếp rất tốt bởi trong xác cam chứa nhiều chất xơ tốt cho hệ tiêu hóa. Chuối Quả chuối quen thuộc và bổ dưỡng đối với tất cả chúng ta. Các nhà khoa học đã chỉ ra chuối có chứa nhiều serotonin có khả năng truyền tín hiệu nhanh đến não giúp phản ứng kịp thời và nhanh nhậy trước mọi tình huống. Trong quả chuối chứa vitamin C, E,… giúp não bộ sản sinh ra các chất điều hòa làm điều hòa giấc ngủ sâu và ngon hơn. Mỗi ngày bạn chỉ nên ăn 1 quả là đủ cho não bộ và cơ thể, nhưng ăn quá nhiều dễ bị tiêu chảy không tốt cho sức khỏe. Ảnh minh họa Táo Táo là trái cây của sức khỏe không chỉ tốt cho tim mạch, đường ruột,… nó còn đáp ứng được nhu cầu dinh dưỡng cần thiết cho não bộ. Với hàm lượng chất chống oxy hóa cao giúp tăng acetycholine chất ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Degas/Cassatt at the National Gallery of Art

Mary Cassatt , Little Girl in a Blue Armchair , 1878 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Edgar Degas's (1834–1917) influence on fellow impressionist Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) is widely known, but her role in shaping his work and introducing him to American audiences is fully examined for the first time in Degas/Cassatt . On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington—the sole venue worldwide—from May 11 through October 5, 2014, the exhibition includes some 70 works in a variety of media. Groundbreaking technical analysis is presented by conservators and scientists who examined key works by both artists. "Despite differences of gender and nationality, Degas and Cassatt forged a deep friendship founded on respect and admiration, and we are delighted to share the results of this relationship with our visitors. The Gallery is particularly well suited to the exploration of this subject because of the exceptional ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings

All works: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York All works, unless noted, photography: Graham S. Haber Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum January 17–May 11, 2014 explores the shifting roles and attitudes toward the art of drawing in Spain, as well as the impact of the Catholic Church and the nightmare of the Inquisition on Spanish artists and their work. It is the first exhibition of Spanish drawings ever to be held at the Morgan Library & Museum, whose holdings in this area are relatively small but strong. The exhibition features more than twenty drawings spanning the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Works by well-known artists such as José de Ribera, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Francisco Goya are presented alongside sheets by equally talented but less familiar artists, including Vicente Carducho, Alonso Cano, and Eugenio Lucas. Complementing the drawings is a display of contemporary Spanish letters and...
Post a Comment
Read more