The Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
21 May - 16 Sep 2011
Henri Matisse
Blue Nude: Memory of Biskra, 1907
The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection
© 2011 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Mitro Hood
Blue Nude: Memory of Biskra, 1907
The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection
© 2011 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Mitro Hood
The Steins Collect
MATISSE, PICASSO, AND THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE
21 May – 16 September, 2011
American expatriates in bohemian Paris when the 20th century was young, the Steins — writer Gertrude, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael's wife, Sarah — were among the first to recognize the talents of avant-garde painters like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Through their friendship and patronage, they helped spark an artistic revolution. This landmark exhibition draws on collections around the world to reunite the Steins' unparalleled holdings of modern art, bringing together, for the first time in a generation, dozens of works by Matisse, Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and many others. Artworks on view include Matisse's Blue Nude (Baltimore Museum of Art)and Self-Portrait (Statens Museum, Copenhagen), and Picasso's famous portrait Gertrude Stein (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
MATISSE, PICASSO, AND THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE
21 May – 16 September, 2011
American expatriates in bohemian Paris when the 20th century was young, the Steins — writer Gertrude, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael's wife, Sarah — were among the first to recognize the talents of avant-garde painters like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Through their friendship and patronage, they helped spark an artistic revolution. This landmark exhibition draws on collections around the world to reunite the Steins' unparalleled holdings of modern art, bringing together, for the first time in a generation, dozens of works by Matisse, Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and many others. Artworks on view include Matisse's Blue Nude (Baltimore Museum of Art)and Self-Portrait (Statens Museum, Copenhagen), and Picasso's famous portrait Gertrude Stein (Metropolitan Museum of Art).