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Permanent Collection Displays 2008-09
AMERICAN MODERNISM
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Featuring three works on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Yellow Calla; Stuart Davis’ Waterfront Landscape; and Elie Nadelman’s Dancing Figure.
A new selection of works from the Naples Museum of Art’s American Modernism Collection will be on display throughout the season. This permanent collection of approximately 300 paintings and works on paper represents all of the important movements in American art during the first half of the 20th century and includes works by Jackson Pollock, Oscar Bluemner, Alexander Calder and others. The Naples Museum of Art is the only museum in the country whose modernism collection is installed in rooms reflecting gallery design at various times in the 20th century. For instance, works of art by John Marin, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove and Charles Sheeler can be seen in a gallery reminiscent of Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 (c. 1917). A recreation of Hilla Rebay’s Museum of Non-Objective Painting (c. 1939), the forerunner of the Guggenheim Museum, includes paintings by John Sennhauser, Jean Xceron, Dwinell Grant and others.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
Featuring selected works made possible by William J. and Suzanne V. von Liebig
MODERN MEXICAN MASTERS
A PERMANENT COLLECTION INCLUDING THE POLLAK
COLLECTION AND WORKS FROM THE BRYNA COLLECTION
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This colorful and exciting reinstallation of the museum’s 20th-century Mexican art collection reflects the vibrancy, beauty and mystery of Mexico itself. The Naples Museum of Art houses the largest collection of Mexican art in the Southeast, featuring works by the great Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, along with several paintings by Rufino Tamayo. One of the centerpieces of the Mexican art collection is Tamayo’s monumental Figura Blanca Desnuda (White Nude), 1950, which was featured in the Tamayo exhibition that traveled in the United States in 2007. Other artists in the exhibition include Armando Amaya, Leonora Carrington, Miguel Covarrubias, Roberto Montenegro, Juan O’Gorman, Pablo O’Higgins and Olga Costa. This exhibition includes works from the Pollak Collection of Harry and Sharley Pollak and the Bryna Collection, which was donated to the museum in 2007 by Michael and Tanya Aranda.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009 |
Catalogue available at the Museum Store Online:
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20th-Century Mexican Art: The Pollak Collection, is a fully illustrated guide to the remarkable Mexican art collected over a 30-year period by Harry and Sharley Pollak. The Pollak Collection includes significant works from the masters of 20th-century Mexican art and reflects all of the major movements and developments of the time. Among the gems in this collection are Rufino Tamayo¹s monumental White Nude, José Clemente Orozco¹s The Red Curtain, Alfredo Zalce¹s Girl Selling Ducks and two works by Diego Rivera. 20th-Century Mexican Art: The Pollak Collection features full-color reproductions of all of the paintings, drawings and sculpture in the collection along with commentaries on the art and artists. |
MASTERS OF MINIATURE
THE KUPJACK ROOMS AND KAYE COLLECTION
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Some of the world’s most remarkable miniatures will be on display this season as part of the museum’s Masters of Miniature exhibition. Featured works in this fascinating collection of miniature rooms include the majestic Roman Triclinium, the Napoleonic Anteroom and the Louis XV Petit Salon. Other rooms include a delightful American diner, Art Nouveau Shop, Chinese Laundry and Artists’ Garret. Many of these miniature environments were created by the late Eugene Kupjack, widely regarded as the pioneer in the field, and his son Henry. One of the highlights of the collection is the exquisite, incomparable miniature of Louis XV’s famous Bureau du Roi, created by Denis Hillman, the leading artist of Louis-period furniture. Masters of Miniature features some of the finest examples of this magical, increasingly popular art form, offering esoteric glimpses into faraway times and places.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
IN THE PHILHARMONIC GALLERIES
