Sargent, Sickert, Spencer
dal 7/12/2009 al 4/4/2010
Segnalato da
7/12/2009
Sargent, Sickert, Spencer
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Hidden Depths. An exhibition focused on 3 of the most original painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 70 works, from landscapes and portraiture to interiors and nudes, and including little-seen sketches and studies, the show examines what divided these painters stylistically, and what united them artistically. Their works will also be juxtaposed with others from the museum's collection including drawings by Charles Keene, Degas's depiction of Lyon Cathedral, and sermons by artists.
An exhibition that focuses on three of the most original
painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert and Stanley Spencer.
Drawn from The Fitzwilliam Museum’s holdings of paintings, watercolours and drawings by these three
artists, which are amongst the finest in the UK, this exhibition offers the chance to explore the ‘hidden
depths’ of the Museum’s world-class collections.
At first glance, the lives and careers of these artists appear disparate. Sargent
(1856-1925), an American based in Europe, was one of the leading portraitists of
his day, whose suave society paintings appeared in sharp contrast to the darker
his contemporary, the German-born ‘London Impressionist’
Sickert (1860-1942) – and even further from the naïve visions of Spencer’s (1891-
1959) native Berkshire. Yet, as this exhibition shows, their lives and careers
intersected in a number of ways.
Presenting over seventy works, from landscapes and portraiture to interiors and
nudes, and including little-seen sketches and studies, Sargent, Sickert, Spencer examines what divided these painters stylistically, and what united them
artistically.
The exhibition will explore a number of themes:
Artists on the move: an exploration of these artists’ travels, with images
depicting locations as diverse as Jerusalem, Corfu, Sicily and Majorca
(Sargent), Paris, Dieppe, London (Sickert) and Sarajevo (Spencer), with
particular focus upon Sargent’s and Sickert’s views of Venice
War zones: depictions of soldiers and military life by Sargent and Spencer
and their friends and associates, including Henry Tonks and Muirhead Bone
Music, music halls and theatres: surveying Sickert’s images of music and performance, set in Paris, London and Dieppe
Landscapes: a genre each of these artists embarked on with relief or
resignation, from Sargent’s Olives in Corfu (1909) to Spencer’s Landscape in
North Wales (1938)
Interiors and the nude: reviewing images such as Sickert’s Mornington
Crescent Nude (1907) and Spencer’s Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece
models
Spencer, God and love: an examination of Spencer’s overarching themes, as
explored in such visionary masterpieces as Love Among the Nations (1935-1936) and Love on the
Moor (1949-1954)
These works will also be juxtaposed with others from the Museum’s collection, including drawings by
Charles Keene, Degas’s depiction of Lyon Cathedral, and Sermons by Artists, a collection of writings by
Spencer, Paul Nash and others.
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