June 23, 2008 - September 21, 2008
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Visit with Works by Monet, Picasso and More
The UMFA is privileged to be one of only four North American venues selected to host this marquee international touring exhibition. With more than 70 paintings and sculptures Monet to Picasso showcases key examples from the European Modernist movement and reveals a period of artistic innovation that profoundly changed the course of European art.
The works in Monet to Picasso, created by luminaries of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Dadaism, Cubism, and Surrealism, represent the core of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection of nineteenth- and twentieth- century European art—one of the most significant collections in the world.
Highlights include: Claude Monet’s (French, 1840–1926) The Red Kerchief: Portrait of Mme. Monet (1868–78); Vincent van Gogh’s (Dutch, 1853–1890) Poplars at Saint-Rémy (1889); Auguste Rodin’s (French, 1840–1917) Heroic Head of Pierre de Wiessant, One of the Burghers of Calais (1886); Amedeo Modigliani’s (Italian, 1884–1920) Portrait of a Woman (c. 1917–18); Henri Matisse’s (French, 1869–1954) Festival of Flowers, Nice (1923); Paul Gauguin’s (French, 1848-1903) In the Waves (Dans les vagues) (1889); Pablo Picasso’s (Spanish, 1881-1973) Harlequin with Violin (“Si tu veux”) (1918).
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Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890).
The Poplars at Saint-Rémy (Les peupliers sur la Colline), 1889. Oil on fabric; 61.6 x 45.7 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.32. © The Cleveland Museum of Art
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