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Exhibition Review
Modernités suisses
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1073-1075
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Reviewer:
Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Amiet, Cuno / Hodler, Ferdinand / Segantini, Giovanni / Giacometti, Giovanni / Böcklin, Arnold / Righini, Sigismund / Vallet, Edouard
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
places:
Switzerland
subjects:
Swiss art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Modernités suisses Edited by Paul Müller and Sylvie Patry. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Flammarion and Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2021), €45. ISBN 978–2–08–020547–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Apple tree, by Cuno Amiet. 1907. Oil on canvas, 100 by 100.5 cm. (Kunstmuseum Solothurn; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. Sunday morning, by Édouard Vallet. 1908–09. Tempera and oil on canvas, 105 by 105 cm. (Kunsthaus, Zürich; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
8. Swiss artists at the Académie Julian. 1891. Photographer unknown. (Zentral und Hochschulbibliothek, Luzern; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Book Review
Migrating Art Historians on the Sacred Ways: Reconsidering Medieval French Art through the Pilgrim’s Body
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 383-384
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Reviewer:
Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
places:
France / Switzerland / Italy
subjects:
Pilgrimages / Relics / Ecclesiastical / Buildings / Medieval architecture / Pilgrimage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Migrating Art Historians on the Sacred Ways: Reconsidering Medieval French Art through the Pilgrim’s Body Edited by Ivan Foletti, Katar na Kravč kov , Adrien Palladino and Sabina Rosenbergov . 468 pp. incl. 179 col. + 24 b. & w. ills. (Masaryk University, Brno, and Viella, Rome, 2018), €70. ISBN 978–88–331–3105–4. | :
Exhibition Review
Im Herzen wild: Die Romantik in der Schweiz
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 361-364
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Reviewer:
van der Meij, Lorenz (van der Meij, Lorenz)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Fuseli, Henry / Fuseli, Henry / Calame, Alexandre / Wolf, Caspar / Koch, Joseph Anton / Blechen, Carl / Turner, Joseph Mallord William / Friedrich, Caspar David / Carus, Carl Gustav / Oehme, Ernst Ferdinand
museums and institutions:
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland
styles:
Romanticism
subjects:
Swiss School / German art / British art / Austrian School
subjects:
Mountains
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Im Herzen wild: Die Romantik in der Schweiz Edited by Jonas Beyer and Esther Braun-Kalberer. 288 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft / Kunsthaus Zürich and Prestel, Munich, London and New York, 2020), €49. ISBN 978–3– 7913–5988–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Passage of Mount St Gotthard from the centre of Teufels Broch (Devil’s Bridge), by J.M.W. Turner. 1804. Watercolour on paper, 101 by 68 cm. (Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lakeland Arts; The Morse Bequest, 1972; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich).
Attributed works:
13. Summit in the clouds, by Alexandre Calame. 1861. Charcoal and graphite, heightened with white chalk and gouache on blue paper, 15.9 by 23.7 cm. (Musées d’art et d’histoire, Geneva; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich).
Attributed works:
14. The three witches, by Henry Fuseli. 1783. Oil on canvas, 65 by 91.5 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich).
Exhibition Review
Picasso: Blue and Rose Musée d’Orsay, Paris; The Young Picasso: Blue and Rose Periods. Fondation Beyeler, Basel
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 154-156
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Reviewer:
Cowling, Elizabeth (Cowling, Elizabeth)
Subjects
art literature:
Daix, Pierre / Richardson, John
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sculpture / Prints / Photographs / Radiographs / Documents / Pastels / Terracottas
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France / Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
France / Paris / Switzerland / Basel
subjects:
Spanish painting / Portraits / Self-portraits / Caricatures / Style
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Woman in blue, by Pablo Picasso. 1901. Canvas, 133 by 100 cm. (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
19. The embrace, by Pablo Picasso. 1903. Pastel on paper, 98 by 57 cm. (Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
20. Absinthe drinker, by Pablo Picasso. 1901. Canvas, 81 by 60 cm. (Kunstmuseum, Basel; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
21. La coiffure, by Pablo Picasso. 1906. Canvas, 174.9 by 99.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Publication Received
Sculpture on the Move 1946–2016. Edited by Bernhard Mendes Bürgi
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 987
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo / Brancusi, Constantin / Bourgeois, Louise
dates:
1900-1999 / 1950-1999 / 2000-2099
media:
Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Europe / Switzerland / Basel
subjects:
Modernism / Exhibition catalogues / Surveys
Exhibition Review
A Taste for the Exotic: European Silks of the Eighteenth Century. Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 960-962
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Reviewer:
Browne, Clare (Browne, Clare)
Subjects
art literature:
Slomann, Vilhelm
artists:
Leman, James
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Silks / Textiles / Costume
museums and institutions:
Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / Riggisberg
subjects:
Dress / Fashion / Exoticism / Pattern / Ornament / Colour / Style / Symmetry / Damask / Design / Chinoiserie / Orientalism / East-West trade
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
13. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1700–10, 259 by 226 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Western art unattributed:
14. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1725–30, 99 by 77.5 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Western art unattributed:
15. Woven silk, Amsterdam. c.1735, 143 by 52 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Exhibition Review
Georg Baselitz at eighty
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 766-771
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Reviewer:
Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
Subjects
artists:
Baselitz, Georg / Schönebeck, Eugen / Friedrich, Caspar David / Richter, Ludwig / Pforr, Franz / Kiefer, Anselm / Nolde, Emil / Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig / De Kooning, Willem
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland / Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, United States / Galerie Werner & Katz, Berlin, Germany
places:
Switzerland / Basel / United States / Washington DC / Germany
subjects:
German painting / Beauty / Romanticism / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Figure paintings / Nudes / World War (1939-1945) / Nazism / Politics / Brücke / Expressionism / Neo-Expressionist / Carving (processes) / Colour / Polychromy / Brushwork / Style / Influence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Man in the moon – Franz Pforr, by Georg Baselitz. 1965. Canvas, 161.9 by 129.9 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Attributed works:
2. Opposite The naked man, by Georg Baselitz. 1962. Canvas, 114 by 146 cm. (Private collection, Seattle; exh. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Attributed works:
3. Meissen woodsmen, by Georg Baselitz. 1969. Canvas, 250 by 200 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Attributed works:
4. Orange eater IX, by Georg Baselitz. 1981. Oil and tempera on canvas, 146 by 114 cm. (Skarstedt, New York; exh. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Attributed works:
5. Below The Brücke chorus, by Georg Baselitz. 1983. Canvas, 280 by 450 cm. (Private collection; exh. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Attributed works:
6. My new hat, by Georg Baselitz. 2003. Cedarwood and oil paint, 310.5 by 83.5 by 107 cm. (Pinault Collection, Venice; exh. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Attributed works:
8. Dystopian couple, by Georg Baselitz. 2015. Canvas, 400 by 600 cm. (Courtesy the artist and White Cube; exh. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
7. Georg Baselitz’s studio, Ammersee. (Photograph courtesy Georg Baselitz Archive, Munich).
Book Review
Gurlitt: Status Report. With contributions by Matthias Freher, Georg Kreis, et al.
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 436-437
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Reviewer:
Chojnacka, Monica (Chojnacka, Monica)
Subjects
artists:
Grosz, George / Nolde, Emil / Munch, Edvard / Beckmann, Max / Manet, Edouard / Delacroix, Eugène / Seurat, Georges / Rodin, Auguste / Dürer, Albrecht / Gauguin, Paul / Maillol, Aristide / Kokoschka, Oskar / Forain, Jean Louis
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland / Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn, Germany
places:
Switzerland / Bern / Germany / Bonn
subjects:
Nazism / Entartete Kunst / Provenance / Restitution / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Sea in stormy weather, by Edouard Manet. 1873. Canvas, 55 by 72.5 cm. (Kunstmuseum Bern).
Book Review
Alexei Jawlensky. Edited by Vivian Endicott Barnett
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 434-435
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Jawlensky, Alexej von / Repin, Ilya / Werefkin, Marianne / Münter, Gabriele / Matisse, Henri / Kandinsky, Wassily / Corinth, Lovis / Munch, Edvard / Gogh, Vincent van
dates:
1880-1889 / 1890-1899 / 1900-1949
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Neue Galerie, New York, United States
places:
Russia / Germany / Munich / Switzerland / United States / New York
subjects:
Russian painting / Expressionism / Colour / Influence / Entartete Kunst / Religious art / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Meditation: My spirit will live on, by Alexei Jawlensky. 1935. Oil on cardboard, 20 by 15 cm. (Museum Wiesbaden; © 2016 Artists Rights Society, New York).
Exhibition Review
Francis Picabia. Zürich and New York
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 428-430
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Reviewer:
Stark, Trevor (Stark, Trevor)
Subjects
artists:
Picabia, Francis
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / United States / Zürich / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
84. Udnie (young American girl; dance), by Francis Picabia. 1913 (Art Institute of Chicago; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Attributed works:
85. Parade amoureux, by Francis Picabia. 1917 (Neumann Family collection; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Attributed works:
86. L'Oeil cacodylate, by Francis Picabia. 1921 (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Attributed works:
87. Spanish woman (Spanish woman with cigarette), by Francis Picabia. 1922 (Private collection; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Attributed works:
88. Women with bulldog, by Francis Picabia. c.1941 (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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