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Picasso's Guernica Tapestry THE MAGAZINE OF THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART SUMMER 2012 Picasso’s Guernica Tapestry Director’s Letter 2011–2012 ON THE COVER Board of Trustees Guernica (detail) OFFICERS After 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso Mrs. Karen Hixon, Mr. John Eadie, Treasurer (Spanish 1881-1973) Chairman Mr. W. Richey Wyatt, Woven in 1955 by René and Jacqueline de la Ms. Claudia Huntington, Secretary Baume Dürrach Hundreds of loans add Vice Chairman Wool tapestry VOTING TRUSTEES On loan from Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller, L.2011.18 Mrs. Martha S. Avant Mrs. Janey B. Marmion © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Ms. Janet L. Brown Mr. Bruce Mitchell Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Mrs. Stephanie Cavender Mr. Gilbert Lang Mathews 2 to SAMA’s treasures Mr. Jorge Del Alamo Mrs. Peggy Mays This is the season of shared treasures! of civilians. Picasso commissioned a pair Mr. John Eadie Mr. Andrew Novak Mr. Thomas Edson Mr. Thomas I. O’Connor All of SAMA is enlivened and invigorated of Parisian weavers, Rene and Jacqueline Mr. Anthony Edwards Col. William Rasco Picasso’s by the addition of literally hundreds of de la Baune Durrbach who had trained at Mrs. Claire Golden Mrs. Elizabeth McAllen loans to the San Antonio Collects series the famed Aubusson workshops, to create Roberts Mrs. Marie Halff of exhibitions. Besides the treasures on the Guernica Tapestry, a direct copy of the Mrs. Emory Hamilton Mr. William Scanlan, Jr. Guernica Mrs. Rose Marie Hendry Mr. Banks M. Smith view from local collections in our three painting. Picasso worked closely with the Mrs. Karen Herrmann Mrs. Beth Smith main exhibitions, San Antonio Collects: Durrbach’s to change the color palette of Mr. Christopher C. Hill Mrs. Nancy Steves Tapestry African American Art (on the 3rd floor in the tapestry away from the harsh grays and Mrs. Ruth Eilene Sullivan Mrs. Karen Hixon the American department), San Antonio blacks into a softer mélange of toffees, cara- Ms. Candace Humphreys Mr. Rich Walsh Ms. Claudia Huntington Mrs. Sonya Medina Collects: Gentilz (in the focus gallery) and mels and coffee colors. Nelson Rockefeller Williams Ms. Carol L. Karotkin San Antonio Collects: Contemporary (in the bought the tapestry in 1955 from Picasso, Mr. Kenneth L. Wilson Mrs. Harriet Kelley Mr. W. Richey Wyatt Cowden exhibition hall), our curators have and for many years it hung at the United Carol Lee Klose Mrs. Karen Lee Zachry also asked many local collectors to share Nations in New York City at the entrance Mrs. Rosario Laird What’s in Mrs. Kim Lewis works of art from their personal collec- to the Security Council as a reminder of the tions to enrich the permanent collections. evils of war. LIFE TRUSTEES Mrs. Lenora Brown Mrs. Betty Kelso Spectacular works of art from all over the At SAMA, it is hanging in the Mr. Walter F. Brown, Sr. Mrs. Patsy Steves 7 world that are in private collections here Rockefeller wing in the The Robert J. ADVISORY TRUSTEES in San Antonio are interwoven into the Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Gallery Ms. Margery Block Mr. James Letchworth permanent galleries of the museum. Each with a group of Latin American modern- Mr. Henry E. Catto, Jr.* Mrs. Katherine Moore McAllen Gallery Spotlight work of art on loan to the museum is iden- ist paintings that are equally vocal about Mr. Dale F. Dorn Mrs. Chave Gonzaba Mr. Henry R. Muñoz, III tified with a label that says San Antonio the perils of war. Save it for last on your Mr. Friedrich Hanau- Dr. Raul Ramos Sublime Light: A Survey of Collects. On your next visit, use these hid- treasure hunt. Schaumburg Mr. Epitacio Resendez V den gems as an excuse to devise your own If you are exhausted after looking for, Mr. Edward A. Hart Mrs. Lisa Swann American Photographs from Mr. Peter M. Holt Mr. Patrick B. Tobin treasure hunt. and finding, so many exceptional works Mrs. Sandi Kolitz the Permanent Collection One of the biggest treasures to arrive of art in SAMA right now, make sure to NATIONAL TRUSTEES at SAMA this spring and summer is the stop by the “Scene at SAMA” for a signa- Mrs. Lila Cockrell Mr. John J. Roberts exceptionally beautiful and important ture cocktail and cool jazz on the second Mrs. Eva Garza Lagüera Mr. Nelson A. Guernica Tapestry made for Pablo Picasso Friday of every month. Remember too, Rockefeller, Jr. Mrs. Marian Harwell* in 1955. The Rockefeller Family has agreed that the café is open for dinner on Friday Ann R. Roberts Mrs. Marie Schwartz David Halliday (born 1958) Bread House, 2007 to place their Guernica Tapestry, the first of and Saturday evenings, and every Friday HONORARY TRUSTEES 8 Mr. H. Rugeley Ferguson Dr. Ricardo Romo Archival inkjet print three tapestries made for Picasso, at SAMA features a live jazz performance. Mrs. Edith McAllister Gift of the artist and for an extended loan period. See you at SAMA! Arthur Roger Gallery Picasso painted his Guernica in response EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE Aphrodite and the 2010.9 Katherine C. Luber, Ph.D. to the aerial bombing of the Basque town of Sincerely, *deceased Guernica by the German allies of the fascist Gods of Love rebel General Franco during the Spanish Renowned works from the SPECIAL INSERT Civil War. Guernica masterfully depicts the horrors of war, especially the suffering Museum of Fine Arts, Boston EventGuide / TourGuide Katherine C. Luber, Ph.D. VIEW Magazine is a membership publication of the San Antonio Museum of Art. 5 ArtScene Editor Tatiana Herrera-Schneider Design 10 Membership & Texas Creative Development Photography Greg Harrison Justin Parr Peggy Tenison 13 Shop Talk / Café Corner Head of Aphrodite (Bartlett Head) Greek (Athens), late Classical or Early Hellenistic period, 330-300 BC Marble; h. 11 5/16 in., w. 7 1/8 in., d. 9 3/4 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900, 03.743 200 West Jones Avenue • San Antonio, Texas 78215 (210) 978-8100 • www.samuseum.org SUMMER 2012 1 Feature Feature merica’s much celebrated family, the Rockefeller actively collected art throughout his life. His tastes were Guernica Family was once compared to the Medici of focused in three areas: “primitive” art, modern art, and After 1937 painting by Pablo Renaissance Italy. And Governor Nelson A. Mexican folk art. Most of Rockefeller’s “primitive” col- Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973) A Woven in 1955 by René and Rockefeller (1908-1979) was once referred to as the lection was given or bequeathed to the Met and is now Jacqueline de la Baume “Cosimo d’Medici” of the Family, because of his life- housed in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, named after Dürrach Picasso’s long devotion to the arts. He served on the boards of the Nelson’s son who was lost in New Guinea. His modern Wool tapestry Met, MoMA, and other prestigious museums and, while collection was given or bequeathed to Kykuit, the family On loan from Governor of New York, he established the New York estate in North Tarrytown, NY and to New York City’s Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller L.2011.18 Council for the Arts, the first of its type in the United Museum of Modern Art, founded by Nelson’s mother © 2012 Estate of Pablo States. Nelson Rockefeller, like other members of his Abby Aldridge Rockefeller. The majority of his Mexican Picasso / Artists Rights Guernica Tapestry family, was passionately involved in the visual arts and folk art collection was given to the San Antonio Museum of Society (ARS), New York 2 SUMMER 2012 SUMMER 2012 3 Feature ArtScene Art by his oldest daughter Ann Rockefeller Roberts and the to rest at the Museum of Modern Art collection is now located in SAMA’s Nelson A. Rockefeller in New York, where it remained for Mays Free Sundays starts June 3; Café extends hours Center for Latin American Art. While his Mexican collec- over 30 years. Franco died in 1975, and tion was among his earliest and most cherished art collec- the Guernica painting returned to Spain The San Antonio Museum of Art is pleased to tions, Rockefeller also had a strong passion for the work of after the dictator’s death, as Picasso had announce Mays Free Sundays starting June 3. Admission European pioneers of modern art, such as Braque, Leger, directed in his will. It was hung in the to the museum will be free to the public between the hours Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Gris, and others. Picasso was Prado, Spain’s greatest museum, and of 10:00 am and 12:00 pm every Sunday. To coincide with clearly Rockefeller’s favorite. because passions about the civil war were the extended hours, Café des Artistes will be opening at still deep, the painting was installed well 10:00 am for brunch on Sundays. Additionally, on June behind bullet-proof glass and flanked by 3 our First Sundays for Families will begin at 1:00 pm, “Of all of them, Picasso was always security guards. Later, it moved to the providing the perfect opportunity for the public to spend my favorite. His restless vitality and Museo Reina Sofia, Spain’s most impor- the day enjoying SAMA’s treasures. constant search for powerful new tant 20th century art museum, where it A special thank you to the Mays Family Foundation resides today. for helping SAMA be free to the community on Sundays. forms of expression, combined Guernica is one of the most important Remember that the museum is also free every Tuesday with his superb craftsmanship and paintings of the modern era and is visited from 4:00 to 9:00 pm thanks to H-E-B.
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