{"id":3176,"date":"2013-01-03T18:46:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T00:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2014-12-02T14:10:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T20:10:52","slug":"final-days-of-rembrandt-van-dyck-gainsborough-the-treasures-of-kenwood-house-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2013\/01\/final-days-of-rembrandt-van-dyck-gainsborough-the-treasures-of-kenwood-house-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Days of “Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Old Masters leaving Milwaukee soon<\/strong>
\nRembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London<\/em>\u00a0closing January 13<\/p>\n

Milwaukee, Wis.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London<\/em>, an exhibition of forty-eight masterpieces on tour from the Iveagh Bequest collection, is on view through January 13, 2013 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Most of the paintings have never traveled to the States before, and many of them have rarely been seen outside London\u2019s Kenwood House. The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and English Heritage.<\/p>\n

A magnificent painting collection known as the Iveagh Bequest resides at Kenwood House, a neoclassical villa in London that Scottish architect Robert Adam remodeled in the eighteenth century. Donated to the nation by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847\u20131927) and heir to the world\u2019s most successful brewery, the collection was shaped by the tastes of the Belle \u00c9poque\u2014Europe\u2019s equivalent to America\u2019s Gilded Age\u2014when the earl shared the cultural stage and art market with other industry titans such as the Rothschilds, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick. The earl\u2019s purchases, made mainly between 1887 and 1891, reveal a taste for the portraiture, landscape, and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish works that could typically be found in English aristocratic collections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an honor to collaborate with Kenwood House and with the American Federation of Arts, to host this exquisite collection of masterworks,\u201d said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. \u201cThis priceless collection holds significance the world-over, and again, it speaks volumes about our Museum, and the reputation it has established internationally, that\u00a0Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London<\/em>\u00a0is coming to Milwaukee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the works on view include Rembrandt’s sublime\u00a0Portrait of the Artist<\/em>\u00a0(ca. 1665), Anthony van Dyck\u2019s\u00a0Princess Henrietta of Lorraine Attended by a Page<\/em>\u00a0(1634), Thomas Gainsborough\u2019s\u00a0Mary, Countess Howe<\/em>\u00a0(ca. 1764), Frans Hals\u2019s\u00a0Pieter van den Broecke<\/em>\u00a0(1633), and Joshua Reynolds\u2019s\u00a0Lady Louisa Manners<\/em>\u00a0(1779).<\/p>\n

\u201cThese artists were inspired by Europe\u2019s rich seascapes and landscapes and aristocratic elegance,\u201d said Keegan. \u201cThe works are exceptional, sumptuous, and speak to the heart of the eighteenth-century Golden Age.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the exhibition is on tour, Kenwood House is being refurbished; the villa will reopen in late 2013.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is curated by Susan Jenkins, together with her colleagues at English Heritage, the government’s lead advisory body for the historic environment in England.<\/p>\n

An exhibition catalogue, published by the American Federation of Arts, accompanies the exhibition.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, with additional funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. In-kind support is provided by Barbara and Richard S. Lane.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is presented at the Milwaukee Art Museum by BMO Harris Bank, with additional funding from Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.<\/em><\/p>\n

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM<\/strong>
\nThe Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s far-reaching holdings include more than 30,000 works spanning antiquity to the present day. With a history dating back to 1888, the Museum houses a collection with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, American decorative arts, and folk and self-taught art. The Museum includes the Santiago Calatrava\u2013designed Quadracci Pavilion, named by Time magazine as \u201cBest Design of 2001.\u201d For more information, please visit\u00a0www.mam.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

ABOUT AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS<\/strong>
\nThe AFA is a nonprofit institution that organizes art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues and develops educational materials and programs for children and adults. The AFA\u2019s mission is to enrich the public\u2019s experience of art and understanding of culture by organizing and touring a diverse offering of exhibitions embracing all aspects of art history. The AFA has organized or circulated approximately 3,000 exhibitions with presentations in museums in every state, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa that have been viewed by more than 10 million people. For more information about its exhibitions, publications, artist talks (ArtTalks), membership, cultural travel program (ArtScapes) and online resources, including family guides and podcasts, see\u00a0www.afaweb.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

ABOUT ENGLISH HERITAGE<\/strong>
\nEnglish Heritage is the government’s lead advisory body for the historic environment in England and is responsible for the national collection of historic sites and monuments, as well as their contents and archives. The collection comprises more than 400 historic places and spans 5,000 years of architecture, from prehistoric sites to nuclear bunkers. It includes Stonehenge and much of Hadrian’s Wall, the ruins of the greatest medieval abbeys, the world’s first iron bridge, Charles Darwin’s diaries and the Duke of Wellington’s boots.\u00a0www.english-heritage.org.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n

ABOUT KENWOOD HOUSE, LONDON<\/strong>
\nSet in beautiful landscaped parkland in the midst of Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House is one of the most magnificent visitor attractions in London. This elegant villa, remodeled by Robert Adam in the eighteenth century, houses a superb collection of paintings that includes masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner and Gainsborough, as well as the Suffolk collection of rare Jacobean portraits. While the exhibition is on tour, Kenwood House will be undergoing a major repair and conservation program. The work will make the roof wind and weather tight\u2014protecting the magnificent interior and important art collection from serious leaks and damp\u2014and will also repair and revive Kenwood’s beautiful exterior. The project will be complete in 2013.<\/p>\n

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