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29392
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This exhibition will feature forty-five works by major figures in the German avant-garde during the early 20th century. Artists represented include Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Lyonel Feininger, Emil Nolde, and most importantly, Max Beckmann. Half of the exhibition is devoted to Beckmann who has been described as the greatest German painter of the 20th century. The exhibition is previewed with particular attention given to Beckmann, his biography, his paintings, and his style.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Spring 1986, p6-8
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29405
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A selection of 9 prints by 5 German artists will be exhibited in the Twentieth Century Gallery conjunction with the Modern German Masterpieces from the Saint Louis Art Museum exhibition. Max Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Kathe Kollwitz, and Georg Schrimpf will have their prints displayed. The graphic arts were of major importance to the Germans and helped to develop their individual styles of their paintings. The prints are known for their high emotional content and are among the group’s greatest accomplishments.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Spring 1986, p13-14
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29410
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Some of the country’s finest selections of French painting will be on display this summer in the Main Exhibition Gallery. The paintings are on loan from the Chrsyler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. The works range from the seventieth through the twentieth century. Artists included are Chardin, Boucher, Gros, Delacroix, Rousseau, Daubigny, Manet, Renoir, Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, and Matisse among other.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Spring 1986, p14-15
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29418
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One of the major goals of the Museum is to increase the public’s knowledge of the major art collections of the Southeastern United States through exhibitions. In attempting to accomplish that goal, the Museum will exhibit 45 paintings by French artists from the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. The paintings date from the seventieth through the twentieth centuries. Examples of the periods of realism, the French Baroque, rococo, romanticism, impressionism, and post-impressionism are all represented.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1986, p6-8, il
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29473
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Seven prints from Georges Rouault’s Miserere series are being exhibited in the Twentieth Century Gallery this summer. The paintings portray the sufferings and hopes of the modern man. Rouault is known for his skills as a printmaker and painter and as one of the most significant religious painters of the twentieth century. Rouault’s biography, his artistic style, and the religious symbolism in his work are detailed.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1986, p13-14
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29480
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To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of its opening, the Museum will present an exhibition of fort-five seventeenth-century Dutch paintings from its collection. This collection is considered one of the finest in the United States and will be paired with approximately thirty etchings and copper plates by Rembrandt lent from the collection of Robert Lee Humber. The history of Dutch art in the seventeenth century is discussed in depth and is unlike art from other European countries during the seventeenth century. The Dutch art from the time period is characterized as being more human and natural, reflecting contemporary life.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Autumn 1986, p4-7, il
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29499
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Dutch, Flemish Paintings Treated for Exhibition The Museum’s conservation staff have been performing conservation treatement on Dutch and Flemish paintings selected for display as part of the upcoming “Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt” exhibition this fall. These works immediately became top priority after the exhibition was scheduled. Originally treated in 1982, the conservators referred to that survey to guide them toward troublesome areas for each painting. The process of restoration is described in detail with the work on the painting The Dentist by Dutch artist Jan Miensz Molenaer is of particular focus.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Autumn 1986, p17-19
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29505
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The new exhibit Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals and Their Contemporaries will be on display in the Meymandi Exhibition Gallery through January. This exhibition is the first ever to focus on small portraits by Dutch and Flemish painters from the seventeenth century. During the seventeenth century, portrait painting was not highly regarded, but the group of artists exhibited elevated the status of portraiture with their skill. The exhibition is previewed by describing the history of the period, describing portraits painted by Vermeer and Rembrandt , and describing the impact of masterpieces.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2014, p6-11
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29506
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Curator Dennis P. Weller of the North Carolina Museum of Art is interviewed about the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer’s work is featured in the new exhibition Small Treasures. Vermeer’s popularity, his skill, his style, and the importance of exhibiting his work in Raleigh are all discussed.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2014, p14-17, il
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29517
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The painting Lady Mary Villiers, Later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, with Charles Hamilton, Lord Arran (circa 1637) was recently restored by the Museum’s Conservation Lab. Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck’s portrait is considered a masterpiece, but suffered from discolored varnish, areas of retouching, and pentimenti. The cleaning and restoration process are described along with the quality and history of the painting.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2013, p22-23, il
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29519
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The exhibition Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print is currently on display and focuses on the idea of death in sex. Munch believed that in love, individuals lost their personal identities and this idea is seen in this collection of prints. His complicated prints of relationships and feelings between men and women often convey anguish, despair, lust, and passion. Munch’s personal experiences and a preview of the exhibition are detailed.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2013, p14-17
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29606
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A new exhibit showcasing still-life paintings will be on display at the Museum on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition is centered on the idea of looking and looking at objects closely, slowly, and thinking about them. To preview the exhibition, the history of the form of still-life painting is explored and some of the more famous and interesting works by Paul Cezanne, John Frederick Peto, Auguste Renoir, and Girorgio Morandi are profiled.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2012, p6-11
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29607
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The Museum will display a selection of prints by Edvard Munch which focus on the symbolism in his work. Munch was a Norwegian artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints draw the viewer into his inner world of raw emotion and anxiety. Munch explored themes such of love and jealousy, loneliness and anxiety, and sickness and death in his work through symbolism. This exhibition looks at Munch’s achievement as a printmaker and was one of the most influential and prolific printmakers of the modern era.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2012, p14-17
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29697
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Gerrit Berckheyde’s The Fish Market and the Grote Kerk at Haarlem is described in detail. Part of the Museum’s European Gallery, Berckheyde’s painting of Harlem’s main square is characteristic of cityscapes from the period. The piece was painted in the 1670s and the movement to paint cityscapes was motivated by civic self-awareness and an awakening national pride in Holland. They style of the painting, its composition, and criticism is described.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Jan/Feb 2007, p10-11
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29737
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The removal of a painting for conservation has opened the opportunity for 13 Dutch Kabinet paintings from the 17th century to be displayed. These small, finely crafted paintings would have displayed in the Dutch home in the 17thcentury. The collection includes still-lifes, history scenes, landscapes, and scenes of everyday life and are among the most important treasures at the Museum.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 2007, p10-11