{"id":5209,"date":"2019-10-08T11:53:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2019-10-08T11:53:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:53:47","slug":"new-milwaukee-art-museum-exhibition-features-masterworks-by-monet-van-gogh-and-picasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2019\/10\/new-milwaukee-art-museum-exhibition-features-masterworks-by-monet-van-gogh-and-picasso\/","title":{"rendered":"New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition Features Masterworks by Monet, van Gogh and Picasso"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>&nbsp;The exhibition showcases 50 iconic paintings from The Phillips Collection, America\u2019s first museum of modern art.&nbsp; &#8211;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 October 8, 2019 \u2013<\/strong> Iconic paintings by some of the most famous modern European artists\u2014including Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso\u2014will be showcased in a new exhibition at the <strong>Milwaukee Art Museum<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening <strong>Nov. 15, 2019<\/strong>, <strong><em>A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from The Phillips Collection<\/em><\/strong> will feature 50 paintings by towering figures of modernism like \u00c9douard Manet, Gustave Caillebotte, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Vincent van Gogh, Paul C\u00e9zanne, Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard, Wassily Kandinsky, Amedeo Modigliani, and Pablo Picasso. The collection of paintings reflects the vision of Duncan Phillips, the founder of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., America\u2019s first museum of modern art.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Phillips Collection is one of those unique institutions, with a collection that was groundbreaking in its day, and is full of singular paintings that exemplify the very best of each artist that Duncan Phillips collected,\u201d said <strong>Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art, Milwaukee Art Museum<\/strong>. \u201cAt the same time, the collection is deeply personal, not only because it is Phillips\u2019s own vision of modernism, but also because it retains an intimacy that derives from its presentation in the childhood home of its collector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon starting the institution, Phillips set for himself the task of defining modern art and its origins, starting with 19th-century sources and collecting across its developments through the years. He fostered close relationships with young artists and was one of the earliest figures to introduce modern art to the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cArt offers two great gifts of emotion\u2014the emotion of recognition and the emotion of escape. Both take us out of the boundaries of self,\u201d said Duncan Phillips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Phillips Collection, along with other notable collections formed by individuals\u2014including the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s own Bradley Collection\u2014has helped shape how Americans view and understand the development of modernism. Additional materials will allow visitors to explore the connections between The Phillips Collection and the collection of Peg Bradley, an influential local collector, whose gifts helped form the backbone of the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s modern art collection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether someone has already fallen in love with The Phillips Collection or is excited to see paintings by van Gogh and C\u00e9zanne, as well as additional works in the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s collection by Kandinsky, Picasso and Monet, this exhibition\u2019s visit is a gift to Milwaukee\u2019s art lovers,\u201d said <strong>Amanda C. Peterson, Senior Director, Audience Engagement, Milwaukee Art Museum<\/strong>. \u201cWith the paintings, the artists, the events around the exhibition, and the stories around the collectors, we know this is an exhibition our visitors will love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An accompanying catalogue, <em>Master Paintings from The Phillips Collection<\/em>, will be available for purchase from the Museum Store. <br><br><em>A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from The Phillips Collection<\/em> is organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. <br><br>The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.<br><br>This exhibition is also supported by Presenting Sponsor Johnson Financial Group; Leadership Sponsor Wendy Sleight; Supporting Sponsors Kenneth R. Treis and Four-Four Foundation; and Contributing Sponsors Sotheby\u2019s and Suzy B. Ettinger Foundation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibitions are made possible by the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s Visionaries Debbie and Mark Attanasio, Donna and Donald Baumgartner, John and Murph Burke, Sheldon and Marianne Lubar, Joel and Caran Quadracci, Sue and Bud Selig and Jeff Yabuki and the Yabuki Family Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Programming<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Events listed are free with Museum admission, free for Members.<strong><br><\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Gallery Talks<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Tues, 1:30 p.m.<br>Nov 19, Dec 17, Jan 14, Feb 11, March 17<br>With Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art<br><br>Sat, 1:30 p.m.<br>Feb 1 (in French)<br>With B\u00e9atrice Armstrong of the French Institute of Milwaukee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Express Talks<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Thurs, noon and 5:30 p.m. <br>Dec 5, Jan 2, Feb 6, March 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Modern Vision Concert Series<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Sat, Nov 23, 2\u20133 p.m. <br>Thurs, Jan 16, 5\u20136 p.m.<br>Thurs, March 12, 5\u20136 p.m. <br>Enrich your experience of the exhibition with these musical performances in Windhover Hall, highlighting different artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture on Bonnard<\/strong><br>Thurs, Feb 27, 6:15 p.m.<br>Lubar Auditorium<br>With Dita Amory, Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Optional dinner after the lecture in Caf\u00e9 Calatrava, $55\/person. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Catherine Sawinski, 414-224-3293.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;The exhibition showcases 50 iconic paintings from The Phillips Collection, America\u2019s first museum of modern art.&nbsp; &#8211; Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 October 8, 2019 \u2013 Iconic paintings by some of the most famous modern European artists\u2014including Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso\u2014will be showcased in a new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum.&nbsp; Opening <a href=\"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2019\/10\/new-milwaukee-art-museum-exhibition-features-masterworks-by-monet-van-gogh-and-picasso\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition Features Masterworks by Monet, van Gogh and Picasso<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1501,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5210,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions\/5210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}