On the event of its third anniversary, the Museu del Modernisme Català is inaugurating its new permanent collection on 14 March. In its resolve to continue promoting and disseminating Catalan Modernisme, the museum has added almost thirty new works by the most significant artists in our cultural legacy.
Among the recent additions, highlights include two drawings in charcoal and pastel by Ramon Casas, one of which is a portrait of his model, lover and wife Júlia Peraire, in which the fashion tastes of the early twentieth century predominate. Also exhibited is the escritoire from the long-gone Casa Trinxet, a building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch (located at Còrsega, 268, on Balmes corner, next to the railway line linking Barcelona and Sarrià). Its Solomonic-styled legs are striking, matching as they do the same style of columns in the house´s entrance hall and sitting room.
One of Gaspar Homar´s remarkable pieces is the spectacular, large umbrella stand with magnificently worked marquetry that decorates most of this piece of entrance hall furniture. Another skilled cabinetmaker and decorator, Joan Busquets, is the creator of a settle bench of exquisite refinement, which furnished the study of the famous photographer Pau Audouard, occupying the ground floor of Casa Lleó Morera in Passeig de Gràcia (today the Loewe store).
Another notable piece of artwork is the poster for the 3a Exposició internacional de Belles Arts de 1896 (3rd International Fine Arts Exhibition, 1896) by Alexandre de Riquer. It is of large dimensions and considered to be the first Modernista poster. Closing this selection of works is the delicate set of silver cups from the workshop of the Masriera brothers, the result of exact and meticulous silversmithing.
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The New Permanent Collection of the MMCAT
Barcelona, 04.03.2013 | Published by Museu del Modernisme Català (MMCAT)
Recuperat "El jardí" de Matisse, robat a Estocolm fa 25 anys.
Barcelona, 07.02.2013 | Published by coupDefouet
'Le Jardin' ('El jardí'), oli del pintor francès Henri Matisse (1869-1954), que va desaparèixer del Museu d´Art Modern d´Estocolm l´11 de maig de 1987 (ara fa 25 anys), s´ha retrobat a Londres.
La obra impressionista, en la que es representa un jardí amb flors blanques en un primer plà i un pont al fons amb arbres té un valor aproximat de 766,760 euros.
La dificultat de vendre un producte tan car en un mercat il·legal, ha fet possible el seu retrobament.
Temporary closure of Gaudí House Museum
Barcelona, 08.01.2013 | Published by Gaudí House Museum
The Gaudí House Museum, located in Park Güell, will remain closed to the public for renovation from 27 December 2012 to 10 March 2013.
For more information visit the website: www.casamuseugaudi.org
The Metamorphoses of Egon Schiele. New Permanent Exhibition at the Leopold Museum
Leopold Museum, Vienna, 08.05.2012 | Published by Leopold Museum
Metamorphoses: Schiele transformed his own figure into various shapes
The main focus of the exhibition, which comprises some 20 paintings as well as documents and autographs, is on the artist´s self-portraits. Since the Renaissance the self-portrait has been a central theme for many artists, including Albrecht Dürer, Anthonis van Dyck and Rembrandt. Schiele, however, transformed himself in his self-portraits. "Schiele often used himself as a model, changing and transforming his body into various shapes", explains Elisabeth Leopold. These transformations could best be described as "metamorphoses". The intensity with which Egon Schiele used body language as a medium of expression is largely unprecedented. According to Elisabeth Leopold "the depicted becomes a symbol of the dying man who becomes a hermit, naked and levitating".
The Mucha Foundation Launches a New Website to Celebrate Alphonse Mucha
London, 25.04.2012 | Published by The Mucha Foundation
The Mucha Foundation, an independent, non-profit making charity founded to preserve, conserve, and promote the works of Alphonse Mucha, the pre-eminent exponent of Art Nouveau, is announcing the launch of their new, fully re-designed website at www.muchafoundation.org.
The Mucha Foundation´s website has been rebuilt from the ground up as a comprehensive source of information for all things Alphonse Mucha. This new interactive portal includes a gallery that features over 300 pieces from the Mucha Trust Collection, the largest collection of works by Mucha in the world. In the gallery, the visitor will find not only Mucha´s well-known and beloved lithographs, but also a broad range of his oil paintings, sketches, sculpture, and jewellery. The online gallery will develop and expand to reflect the breadth of the collection, offering our visitors an encyclopaedic experience of Mucha´s achievements.
The site features a dynamic, image-rich timeline of Mucha´s life within the context of contemporary historical and artistic events and shows how his artistic legacy has been protected and promoted by his family, leading to the establishment of the Foundation and its ongoing mission to celebrate his life and work.
Visitors will also be able to learn more about the Foundation´s research and preservation work; future, current, and past exhibitions; and news of the Foundation´s efforts to promote and protect Mucha´s artistic achievements.
Currently, the Foundation is organising an exhibition at the National Czech & Solvak Museum & Library in the United States, continuing to advocate for the conservation of Mucha´s masterpiece the Slave Epic as the dispute over the permenent exhibition space with the city of Prague rages on (The Newspaper, 5 April 2012), and is in talks with city officials to open a museum in Paris (Le Journal des Arts, 13 April 2012).