RAOUL DUFY:
A CELEBRATION OF BEAUTY
A new international traveling exhibition, Raoul Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty about the French artist, Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), and his far-reaching influence as a painter, textile designer, and printmaker is now being made available for presentation at museums worldwide. The exhibition was organized by the Humanities Exchange, Montreal, Canada. In 2006 it successfully toured museums in Japan, including: the Daimaru Museum, Osaka; the Iwaki City Art Museum; the Shizuoka Art Gallery and the Daimaru Museum, Tokyo. Attendance averaged 1000 visitors per day. The exhibition includes over 100 paintings, watercolors, drawings and woodcuts from European private collections -- the great majority never exhibited before -- and over 75 original fabric projects presented from the archives of Bianchini-Ferier, in Lyon, France, offering an unprecedented view of the oeuvre of Dufy. This exhibition acknowledges the universal character of his work, the astonishing range of his creative energy, and his eminent place in the history of art. The exhibition is a re-appraisal of the work of Dufy and covers his long career from about 1900 until 1953.
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GASTON LACHAISE:
SCULPTURE & DRAWINGS
International Traveling Exhibition
The GASTON LACHAISE: SCULPTURE & DRAWINGS Exhibition is returning from a highly successful tour of museums in Europe. It is currently scheduled for presentation at the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas in the Fall of 2007. The exhibition includes a total of 75 sculptures, including 7 monumental works by Lachaise never before exhibited together at one time, and 20 drawings. Lachaise, born in France, is best known for his interpretations in bronze of the female form, and is considered to be one of the most significant sculptors to have worked in the US during the early part of thie 20th Century.  His sculptures are included in the collections of MOMA, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; The San Francisco Museum of Art, UCLA; the Chicago Art Institute; The Hirshhorn Museum, Wash., DC; and numerous others. A special catalogue is planned for the exhibition.
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LYNN CHADWICK: IN CONTACT
Sculpture from the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College
One of several talented British sculptors who burst upon the international art scene in the late 1950s, Lynn Chadwick helped establish an entirely new vocabulary for this form of art. Inspired by the career of Henry Moore, Chadwick's work exhibits a fascinating evolution of personal images; a series of animals, birds, imaginary beasts and rhythmic double and/or triple figures characterized by their thrusting energy. Other more static forms called "Watchers" or "Strangers" stand alone or in totemic groups, expressing a monolithic power. The 40 medium and small sculptures, and 5 lithographs in the exhibition are drawn from the permanent collection of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College which includes 137 works spanning the years of 1954 to 1984.
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RICHMOND BARTHE:
HIS LIFE IN ART
Richmond Barthé (1901-1989) is recognized as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. Following his graduation from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1928, Barthé moved to New York and established a studio in Harlem where he became associated with the Harlem Renaissance. He is also known for his many public works. The exhibition is curated by esteemed art historian, Samella Lewis, Ph.D., in conjunction with the publication of her new extensive biography Richond Barthé, His Life In Art. Included in the exhibition are 30 sculptures plus 10 photomurals of Barthe and his public works. The exhibition tour will begin in the Fall of 2009 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of Arfrican American History, Detroit, MI and will then be available for scheduling beginning in 2010 through 2012. The exhibition is being organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions.
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PABLO PICASSO:
ETCHINGS 1966-1971
Forty rare “before steel facing” etchings by the 20th century master, Pablo Picasso, are featured in a new exhibition organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions. Picasso follows Rembrandt, Durer and Goya, in extending and developing the etching tradition. Etching was the favorite printmaking method of these masters, and was especially favored by Picasso. The Picasso engravings in the exhibition were done between 1966 and 1971 are rare “before steel facing” proofs. They are early proofs printed long before their respective editions were pulled, and are richer in contrast than the regular editions. They were kept by Picasso for his personal collection in the course of creating his 60, 156 and 347 Series. The works in this exhibition come from the collection of Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.
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EMOTIONAL IMPACT:
FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM AMERICAN STYLE
From the Kresge Art Museum,
East Lansing, MI
In America, starting in the 1950s--the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and New York’s takeover of the center of the artworld – a number of artists, in New York, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and around the country, decided to return to the figure. But as they were profoundly committed to the energetic Abstract Expressionist way of painting that had been formative of their styles, they would not give it up, choosing instead to adapt it to their equally profound need to paint recognizable imagery.The 50 paintings, works on paper and graphics of more than 30 major American Figurative Expressionists have been organized by Kresge Art Museum Curator April Kingsley into an exhibition which will open at the Kresge Art Museum in fall/winter 2010 and then be available to travel to other venues starting in 2011. The catalogue, published by the Michigan State University Press, will have approximately 200 pages
and 50 color reproductions. Artists include: Robert Beauchamp, Miriam Beerman, Nell Blaine, Nanno de Groot, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Robert de Niro, Sr., Richard Diebenkorn, Sherman Drexler, Louis Finkelstein, Sideo Fromboluti, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Robert Henry, Oliver Jackson, Lester Johnson, Wolf Kahn, Vera Klement, Irving Kriesberg, Nicholas Marsicano, George McNeil, Jay Milder, Nathan Oliviera, David Park, Joan Savo, Nora Speyer, Bob Thompson, Selina Trieff, Hiram Williams, Paul Wonner.
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herbert bayer
bauhaus & beyond:
a life of art & design
Sculpture, maquettes, drawings, photo-montages, prints posters and tapestrys, by the Bauhaus-trained artist whose European avant-garde art influenced post-war American art and design. 75 works in total
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Elizabeth Catlett

Al Loving

WPA GRAPHIC WORKS:
FROM THE AMITY ART FOUNDATION COLLECTION
40 lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts by artists who worked with the printmaking programs of the Federal Arts Project of the WPA.
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VISIONARY ART:
FROM FANTASTIC REALISM TO PSYCHEDELIC
100 paintings, 100 posters, from the Viennese School of Fantastic Realism, to the psychedelic school of the 1960’s and 1970’s, to the present, from the Dworken and Aberbach Collections and others
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WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE HARMON AND HARRIET KELLEY COLLECTION OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
Esteemed art historian, David Driskell, Professor of Art at the University of Maryland at College Park, calls the Kelley Collection "one of the finest that has been assembled tracing the history of African American art." The 68 Works in the exhibition date from 1910 to 2002, and represent just a fraction of what is contained in one of the country's major collections of African American art.
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©2007 The Ansel Adams
Publishing Rights Trust.

©2007 The Ansel Adams
Publishing Rights Trust.

ANSEL ADAMS:
MASTERWORKS
47 framed photographs from a series that Adams himself selected as representative of his best work, from the collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration Center, Redding, CA
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©2007 The Ansel Adams
Publishing Rights Trust.

WATSON FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHERS:
L.A. STORIES
50 framed photographs, four generations of press photography through the lens of one family spanning the 20th Century. In less than a century, Los Angeles grew from a coastal enclave to one of the world’s most influential cities. The Watson Family of photographers recorded it all – big disasters, small everyday triumphs, world leaders, petty con men, sports legends and infamous trials.  Across four generations, a Watson photographer (or two) has been present at most of the significant events in Southern California , and on occasion through-out the world. Spanning the entire 20th Century, the exhibition presents more than a historical chronology. It also illustrates how advances in photo-technology changed the texture of news photography.  The Watson family’s tradition of technical innovations (dating to the early 1910’s in both the motion picture and still photography) are highlighted throughout the exhibition.
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LEGACY:
THE ART OF BARBARA NATOLI WITT
75 necklaces, plus display stands, audio-visual presentation. Witt is a contemporary artist with the rare distinction of having created her own medium. Her unique necklaces blend tapestry techniques to form intriguing webs of colored threads, ancient beads, and gem stones which capture at their centers precious sculptured pieces, artifacts, and heirloom treasures. LEGACY is a retrospective exhibition tracing 4 decades of Witt’s career. Peripheral themes relate to the cultural symbolism found in adornment across time and place.
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FORMULATION: ARTICULATION
SERIGRAPHS BY JOSEF ALBERS
66 works in 39 frames, plus analytical statements culled from Albers' extensive writings and text panels. Josef Albers was one of the 20th Century's most influential and articulate artist/ theorists. Formulation: Articulation is an overview of Albers' life-time oeuvre. Published in 1972 by Harry N. Abrams, New York, the works were chosen by Albers himself and produced in silk-screen under his supervision by Ives-Sillman. Two text panels are also included: an introduction to and a chronology of Albers by noted author, art historian and independent curator, Gerald Nordland. 
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A NATION’S CONSCIENCE:
PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM GROPPER
30 paintings,10 cartoons and text panels. Gropper’s best-known subject matter is the satiric caricature of America's wealthy and powerful, of politicians, and moguls of business and industry. His first work as a political cartoonist was at the New York Tribune. His prints and paintings were featured IN one-man shows throughout the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased two of his paintings. He was also commissioned to paint murals for the Interior Building in Wash., D.C., the State of Pennsylvania and a post office in Detroit.
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