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23/6/2010

American Moderns: Masterworks on Paper

Portland Museum of Art, Portland

This summer the Portland Museum of Art will present an important and visually stunning exhibition of works on paper from nationally recognized artists such as Edward Hopper, John Marin, and Rockwell Kent. American Moderns: Masterworks on Paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1910-1960, on view June 24 through September 12, 2010, will be the first in-depth examination and presentation of the Atheneum's American modernist works on paper a collection recognized as one of the nation's finest. It will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see paintings by Edward Hopper depicting scenes of Maine in the state.

American Moderns will feature more than 100 works of art, including watercolors, pastels, pen & ink, and graphite on paper. The exhibition provides a groundbreaking new look at the diverse directions pursued by modern artists in America. The exhibition will also highlight the Wadsworth's role at the forefront of American modern art through its acquisition of works by artists like Edward Hopper, Charles Demuth, Salvador Dali, and Ellsworth Kelly.

The exhibition will present watercolor as an essentially American medium that was well suited to the restless, spontaneous, and confident American spirit. The inclusion of works by both the Neo-Romantics and the surrealists who came to the United States in the 1930s, in addition to that of native-born American artists, gives the exhibition a world context. The diversity of styles in the early 20th century, specifically the tension between modernism and anti-modernism is also explored.

The exhibition will begin with sections on the Ashcan school, including works by John Sloan and William Glackens, and then traces the emergence of American modernism and the circle of Alfred Steiglitz. The American modernism section will feature works by Charles Burchfield, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Edward Hopper, and John Marin, where there is tremendous depth in the collection. The Atheneum's collection also includes Social realism, represented by Reginald Marsh and Ben Shahn; Regionalism by Thomas Hart Benton and Jacob Lawrence; rich examples of Surrealism and Neo-romanticism, highlighted by Salvador Dalì­ and Pavel Tchelitchew, and drawings by modernist sculptors such as Alexander Calder, Gaston Lachaise, and Theodore Roszak. The exhibition will conclude with strong examples of postwar realism and abstraction as seen in works by Ellsworth Kelly and Andrew Wyeth.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue published by Yale University Press, January 2010. The catalogue includes scholarly essays by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Chief Curator and Krieble Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and Carol Troyen, Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and artist biographies and entries on each object. The catalogue will be available in the Museum Store this summer.

This exhibition has been organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. Made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius and the Henry Luce Foundation.

The Portland Museum of Art, Maine's largest art museum, showcases fine and decorative arts from the 18th century to the present. From Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth to Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet, the Museum features three centuries of art and architecture.

Image: Edward Hopper, Captain Strout's House, Portland Head, 1927, watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.

Press contact: Kristen Levesque
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
(207) 775-6148, ext. 3223 klevesque@portlandmuseum.org

Opening June 24 2010

The Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square downtown Portland Maine 04101
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