A Taste for Modernism at de Young Museum

A selection of major works from The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York will be on view at the de Young (San Francisco, USA) September 15 through December 30, 2012. The Paley Collection is a markedly personal one, reflecting the broad tastes of a singular art collector, rather than one unifying historical period or theme. The work selected for the exhibition, The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism, focuses on the extraordinary French School and School of Paris, late 19th- and early 20th-century artists who, like Paley, helped redefine modernism.

The selection of Paley’s collection hosted by the de Young is particularly rich in the works of Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, with significant works by Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, Georges Roualt, and Andre Derain. Among the pieces offered are Gauguin’s The Seed of the Areoi (1892) from the artist’s first visit to Tahiti, Degas’ large-scale pastel and charcoal Two Dancers (1905), Picasso’s celebrated monumental painting, Boy Leading a Horse (1905–1906), Derain’s vibrant Fauve painting Bridge over the Riou (1906), and Matisse’s Odalisque with a Tambourine (1925–26).

Dates: from September 15 to December 30.
Location: de Young Museum. Golden Gate Park. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive. San Francisco, CA 94118. USA.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.30am to 5.15pm.

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