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SPRING / SUMMER 2014 DIRECTOR’S LETTER 2013–2014 ON THE COVER Henri Matisse Board of Trustees French, 1869–1954 The Yellow Dress, 1929–1931 OFFICERS Oil on canvas; Mr. John Eadie, Mr. Jorge del Alamo, Chairman Treasurer h. 39 9/16 in. (100.5 cm), w. 32 1/8 in. (81.6 cm) Ms. Claudia Huntington, Mr. W. Richey Wyatt, The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Vice Chairman Secretary Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss VOTING TRUSTEES Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA 1950.256 Mrs. Martha S. Avant Mr. Bruce Mitchell PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD Ms. Janet L. Brown Mr. Guillermo Nicolás ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / Mrs. Stephanie Cavender Mr. Andrew Novak ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK Mr. Jorge del Alamo Mr. Thomas I. O’Connor Mr. John Eadie Dr. Raul Ramos, M.D. Mr. Thomas Edson Col. William Rasco MATISSE Mr. Anthony Edwards Mrs. Elizabeth McAllen Roberts 4 Mrs. Barbara Gentry Mrs. Claire Golden Mr. William Scanlan, Jr. Mrs. Marie Halff Mr. Banks M. Smith LIFE IN COLOR Mrs. Beth Smith Matisse: Mrs. Emory Hamilton Mrs. Rose Marie Hendry Mrs. Nancy Steves Mrs. Karen Herrmann Mrs. Ruth Eilene Sullivan Life in Color Mr. Christopher C. Hill Mr. Rich Walsh Mrs. Karen Hixon Mr. Mark Watson III Masterworks from Ms. Claudia Huntington Mrs. Sonya Medina Williams Mrs. Harriet Kelley Mr. Kenneth L. Wilson The Baltimore Museum of Art The talk of the town this summer Mrs. Rosario Laird Mr. W. Richey Wyatt Mrs. Kim Lewis Mrs. Karen Lee Zachry Mr. Gilbert Lang Mathews DEAR MEMBERS, LIFE TRUSTEES Mrs. Lenora Brown Mrs. Peggy Mays Matisse! Everyone will be talking about our exhibition this summer. Mr. Walter F. Brown, Sr. Mrs. Patsy Steves promises to enrich our community and increase Mrs. Betty Kelso What’s in Matisse: Life in Color the national and international stature of the city of San Antonio as an ADVISORY TRUSTEES Ms. Margery Block Mrs. Katherine Moore important cultural destination. Mr. Dale F. Dorn McAllen Mrs. Chave Gonzaba Mr. Randall T. Mays 7 9 It’s a privilege to bring the world-renowned collection of The Mr. Friedrich Hanau- Mr. Henry R. Muñoz, III Baltimore Museum of Art to our city, state, and region. This is a once- Schaumburg Ms. Carol S. Olson in-a-lifetime opportunity! Mr. Edward A. Hart Mr. Epitacio Resendez V The Art Books Matisse Paints Mr. Peter M. Holt As a member, you can enjoy the exhibition often and for free. NATIONAL TRUSTEES Please note there will be timed tickets, so you need a reservation, Mrs. Lila Cockrell Ann R. Roberts of Henri Matisse the Town Mrs. Eva Garza Lagüera Mr. John J. Roberts available beginning in mid-May on our website or by telephone Mrs. Jane Macon Mr. Nelson A. at (210) 357-1899. Mrs. Janey B. Marmion Rockefeller, Jr. Mrs. Marie Schwartz 12 While Matisse’s work is accessible on the surface, it’s also complex. HONORARY TRUSTEES Expand your appreciation of the artist by taking advantage of our Mr. H. Rugeley Mrs. Edith McAllister lectures, classes, and events. Ferguson Dr. Ricardo Romo Glories of the Baroque See the calendar for our opening celebrations and look for a EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE At the Museum’s Gallery Gala in April with Trustee Betty Kelso. Dr. Katherine C. Luber 17th-Century European Art complete program mailer in June. And don’t forget May is Member Appreciation Month. Come let 13 Preview: Rockefeller’s Picassos us celebrate you at our Art Party on May 9.
14 Keeping Up With Jones Ave. See you soon on Jones Avenue, VIEW Magazine is a membership publication of the San Antonio Museum of Art. 15 Calendar Editor Magazine Design Cary Marriott Texas Creative 21 News and Notes Managing Editor Calendar Design Tatiana Herrera-Schneider Robert Salinas Katherine C. Luber, Ph.D Contributing Editor Photographers 22 New at The Museum Betsy Beckmann Stevan Starnes The Kelso Director Editorial Assistant Peggy Tenison 24 Education Amanda Thomas Parish Photo Henri Matisse 26 ArtScene French, 1869–1954 Icare (Icarus), plate VIII of XX from Jazz, 1947 Membership and Development Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper; 30 h. 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm), w. 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm) San Antonio Museum of Art BANK OF AMERICA COLLECTION ON THE BACK COVER 200 West Jones Avenue • San Antonio, Texas 78215 ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK Taking in a Second Friday Art Party in the Luby Courtyard. (210) 978-8100 • www.samuseum.org
SPRING /SUMMER 2014 3 enri Matisse (French, 1869–1954) was one Throughout his career, Matisse worked in many medi- OPPOSITE of the most important and influential art- ums, often simultaneously. In the Life in Color exhibition, Henri Matisse ists of the twentieth century. His paint- visitors will find more than eighty paintings, sculptures, French, 1869–1954 ings liberated color and line from being prints, and drawings, spanning six decades. Often Matisse Large Reclining Nude, 1935 Oil on canvas; h. 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm), w. Hpurely descriptive to becoming free and expressive— would engage in more than one medium to explore a single 36 3/4 in. (93.3 cm) suggesting emotion rather than simply documenting what artistic idea in various ways. Creating a sculpture in three The Baltimore Museum of Art: The the eye sees. “The challenge of seeing Matisse involves dimensions might inform a rendering of the same subject Cone Collection, formed by reconciling his obvious surface charm—the bright col- in a painting, while a drawing from a live model could Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA 1950.258 ors, the pleasing patterns, the agreeable subjects—with shed light on how to depict the same model in a painting PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD ©2014 his pictorial complexity and psychological subtlety,” or sculpture. SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY wrote Jack Flam in Matisse in the Cone Collection: The Matisse: Life in Color is organized thematically, with (ARS), NEW YORK Poetics of Vision. “The poetics of his work grows out of the sections devoted to land- way he reinvented what he saw as part of the process of scape, still life, room trying to perceive and record it in a meaningful way….” interiors, and nudes. Whether depicting a landscape, a still life, a room inte- Viewers will be able to rior, or a nude figure, Matisse animated his compositions discover stylistic shifts to express organic qualities—the freshness of air and the and developments within luminosity of light, the fragrance of a floral arrangement, each section. For exam- the liveliness of an exotic décor, or the sinuosity of the ple, in the early landscape human body. In so doing, he reconditioned cultural eyes to The Dam at Pont Neuf a new way of seeing, a direct appreciation of the interplay (1896), Matisse employed a of color, line, and shape for its pure delight and essential subdued palette to portray the beauty. According to Matisse, looking at art should be like River Seine on a gray day. sitting in an easy chair. By contrast, Festival of Flowers Matisse first tried his hand at painting in 1889. (1922) uses a deep perspective, a multi- While working as a court administrator he took ill, so colored palette, and quick, animated brush- his mother gave him an art kit while he was recuperat- strokes to capture the sparkling pageantry ing. Deriving so much enjoyment from the experience, of a Mardi Gras parade in the southern Matisse decided to enroll in art school. From 1904–08, French town of Nice, where Matisse he was associated with a group of artists dubbed the maintained residence. Fauves, or “Wild Beasts,” by an art critic who found their Of all his subjects, Matisse’s boldly colored, thickly textured works shocking in com- favorite was the female fig- parison to earlier art. ure. In many of his paintings
ABOVE Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954 Large Seated Nude, original model 1922–1929; this cast 1930 June 14 – Bronze; h. 30 3/16 in. (76.7 cm), w. 31 5/8 in. (80.3 cm), d. 14 in. (35.6 cm) September 7, 2014 The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Cowden Gallery Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA 1950.436 PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE MATISSE ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK LEFT Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954 LIFE IN COLOR Festival of Flowers, 1922 Oil on canvas; h. 25 7/8 in. (65.7 cm), w. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm) Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone Drawn from The Baltimore Museum of Art’s renowned Matisse collection, this sweeping of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA exhibition features more than eighty paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, spanning 1950.240 PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / six decades of the artist’s prolific career. ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK
4 SPRING /SUMMER 2014 SPRING /SUMMER 2014 5 BELOW Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954 Large Mask, 1944 Crayon transfer lithograph on chine collé; Sheet: h. 541 mm (21 5/16 in.), w. 381 mm (15 in.), Image: h. 384 mm (15 1/8 in.), w. 266 mm (10 1/2 in.) The Baltimore Museum of Art: Board of Trustees Fund, BMA 1955.104 THE ART BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK
of Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954 Henri Matisse La cheveiure (Hair), page 129, from Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé, 1932 etching; h. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), w. 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm) June 21–September 7, 2014 • Small Special Exhibitions Gallery BANK OF AMERICA COLLECTION ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK
eginning in the 1930s, Matisse devoted much of his time to printmaking and book illustration. Over two decades, he illus- trated a total of twelve books. The Art Books of Henri Matisse, a touring exhibition of four illustrated artist books on loan from Bthe Bank of America Collection, complements the Museum’s exhibition of Matisse: Life in Color, Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art. Matisse’s first illustrated book, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé (The ABOVE of room interiors, female models are shown dressed in Matisse: Life in Color is organized and circulated by The Poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé), 1932, includes fourteen images created Henri Matisse “exotic” clothing and surrounded by colorful tapestries, Baltimore Museum of Art. Prior to arriving at the San Antonio to accompany the works of the poet, a key figure among the French French, 1869–1954 rugs, and patterned wall coverings. In other paintings, Museum of Art, the exhibition was shown at the Indianapolis Symbolists, along with Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud. The Still Life, Bouquet of Dahlias they are unclothed and posed in the tradition of the odal- Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. and White Book, 1923 simple, delicate use of line in the illustrations for Poésies places them Oil on canvas; h. 19 7/8 in. isque, a term used loosely to refer to Western depictions of among Matisse’s most elegant works of art. (50.5 cm), w. 24 1/16 in. (61.1 cm) women, often shown nude or dressed in North African or The Baltimore Museum of Art: Middle Eastern clothing, who recline in ornately decorated The Cone Collection, formed interiors. In his sculptures of the female nude, such as by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Large Seated Nude (original model 1922–1929; cast 1930), Maryland, BMA 1950.249 Matisse carefully studied the reclining pose found in so PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD many of his paintings, examining the position from multi- ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK ple angles while emphasizing the supple, twisting lines of the female form. The moment I had this box of colors in my hands, I had the feeling that my life was there. … It was a great allurement, a kind of paradise, in which I was completely free, alone, tranquil. … Before, nothing interested me: after that, I had nothing on my mind but painting. – Henri Matisse The majority of the works in Life in Color are from the RIGHT Cone Collection. Claribel and Etta Cone, two sisters from Henri Matisse Baltimore, often made trips to Paris, where they befriended French, 1869–1954 Matisse and Picasso and purchased works directly from the Seated Odalisque, Left artists’ studios. Over the course of forty years, the Cone Knee Bent, Ornamental Pasiphaé—Chant de Minos (Les Crétois) (Pasiphaé—Song of Minos [The sisters filled their Baltimore apartments with the avant- Background and Cretans]), 1944, retells the story of Pasiphaé, wife of King Minos, and the Checkerboard, 1928 garde art that they brought back from France. Eventually, Minoan bull. For these illustrations, Matisse used linoleum engraving to Oil on canvas; the sisters acquired more than 500 works from Matisse, create white lines on a solid black background, suggesting ancient Greek h. 21 5/8 in. (54.9 cm), including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and illus- black-ground vase painting. w. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm) trated books. As a result of the generous donations by The Baltimore Museum of Continues next page the Cone sisters, The Baltimore Museum of Art today Art: The Cone Collection, Henri Matisse formed by Dr. Claribel Cone has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections French, 1869–1954 and Miss Etta Cone of of Matisse’s art in the world. Visitors to the San Antonio “…On dirait qu’elle ne m’a jamais vue…” from Baltimore, Maryland, BMA Museum of Art this summer will see one of the twentieth Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les Crétois), 1944 1950.255 century’s most complex and varied bodies of art work from Linocut on vélin d’Arches filigrané paper; PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD ©2014 h. 13 1/5 in. (33.5 cm), w. 20 3/16 in. (51.3 cm) SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS that rare artist whose late work was as original and vital as BANK OF AMERICA COLLECTION RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK his early innovations. ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK
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Jazz, published in 1947, is considered one of the great illustrated books of the twentieth century. Matisse created both the text and illustrations. Based on imagery from the circus and music halls, the boldly colored illustrations are derived from Matisse’s paper cutouts, shapes of colored paper carefully BROADWAY snipped out by hand and assembled as collages. Although he had devised the art form years earlier, Matisse perfected the technique in the final years of his long career when, confined to a wheelchair and suffering from arthritis, he found it difficult to paint. Flowing text written in a loose, playful hand accompanies the illustrations, expressing Matisse’s thoughts on the creative process and the inspiration of music. Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans (Poems of Charles d’Orléans), 1950, was published four years before Matisse’s death and fea- tures his fanciful, curvilinear designs and handwritten transcrip- JONES tions of the ballads and verses of the French Renaissance poet Charles d’Orléans. Matisse copied poems using colored crayons with a spontaneity and freedom reminiscent of the way he used scissors in his late cutouts. This exhibition is generously underwritten by the Bank of America.
Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954 Icare (Icarus), plate VIII of XX from Jazz, 1947 Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper; h. 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm), w. 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm) Baker Tatum Take a photo of someone riding BANK OF AMERICA COLLECTION 5924 Broadway St., 78209 the Matisse B-cycle; post it to ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / A citywide celebration (210) 829-5637 B-cycle’s Facebook page, and ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK www.bakertatum.com tag San Antonio Museum of Art This lovely home design shop to enter a weekly drawing for of the beauty and pays homage to the painting two tickets to the exhibition. Interior with Dog. Look for their Bird Bakery Matisse recreation in their win- 5912 Broadway St., 78209 genius of Matisse dow display. Then pop two doors (210) 804-2473 down for your Matisse cupcake www.birdbakery.com at Bird Bakery. Whether it is the color, line, form, or Look for “The Matisse,” a special expressiveness of Matisse, his sense of place, Bakery Lorraine seasonal summer cupcake avail- 511 E. Grayson St., 78215 able from mid-June through July. or the flavors of his native France, San (210) 862-5582 Antonio is enthusiastically embracing the www.bakerylorraine.com Bohanan’s 219 East Houston Street, Bakery Lorraine makes special presence of Matisse: Life in Color this summer. 78205; (210) 472-2600 Matisse-inspired macarons www.bohanans.com Here’s how a number of local businesses are this summer: lavender honey drawing inspiration from the artist’s work in butter and apricot saffron. Inspired by the spirit of Matisse’s “The lavender honey is so French Jazz, Bohanan’s is shaking up recognition of our exhibition. Take note as and the apricot saffron reflects a bright cocktail aptly named Henri Matisse “The Jazz” with gin, campari, French, 1869–1954 Matisse paints the town this summer. the North African influences in La cheval, lécuyére, et le clown (The Matisse’s work,” say Anne Ng and Carpano sweet vermouth. Horse, the Rider, and the Clown), plate V and Jeremy Mandrell, owners Continues next page of XX from Jazz, 1947 and pastry chefs extraordinaires. Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper; h. 16 Creativity Bakery Lorraine 1/2 in. (41.9 cm), w. 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm) B-cycle BANK OF AMERICA COLLECTION www.sanantonio.bcycle.com ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / ARTISTS RIGHTS takes courage. SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK Look for the colorful Matisse –Henri Matisse B-cycle around town all summer.
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Lily’s Cookies San Antonio Museum 2716 McCullough Ave., 78212 of Art Shop (210) 832-0886 (210) 978-8100 Painting with www.lilyscookies.com 200 W. Jones Avenue, Cowden Hall Exhibition Enjoy artfully decorated cookies William Garza, floral designer Space, 78215 inspired by the shapes found San Antonio www.samuseum.org/shop and owner of Uptown Flowers, Museum Shop throughout Matisse’s Jazz portfolio and collages. The Exhibition Shop will be channels Matisse Esquire Tavern colorfull. Great finds include 155 East Commerce St., 78205 McNay Art Museum handmade Mary Rose Young 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., pottery from England and a Flowershis was not my first encounter with the work of in familiar surroundings and everyday clothes. I chose the BELOW: (210) 222-2521 THE INSPIRATION www.esquiretavern-sa.com 78209; (210) 824-5368 one-of-a-kind upholstered chair Matisse, but previously I was not drawn to his curly willow to evoke this casual, comfortable feel. www.mcnayart.org from Mockingbird Handprints in works of people, but the more abstract. When When I began imagining flowers and greenery for the Henri Matisse Be the first to try their Matisse- French, 1869-1954 San Antonio. I saw Small Rumanian Blouse with Foliage, I was arrangement, I knew I wanted to use leaves. The split-leaf inspired cocktail at its debut Visit the McNay Art Museum Small Rumanian Blouse with to see Matisse and Picasso: A immediatelyT reminded of my grandmother. She used to philodendron anchors the arrangement, just as it has a Foliage, formerly called at the Museum’s Art Party on Saveurs 209 Friendly Rivalry from June 14 to sit and watch television in the relaxed pose of Matisse’s prominence in the painting itself. The leaves lend height, “Woman with Philodendron”, Friday, June 13. Available all 209 Broadway St., 78205 August 10, 2014, an exhibition model. Behind my grandmother was also a plant. I was clearly translating how they tower over the reclining 1937 summer long at the bar on (210) 639-3165 from the McNay’s rich holdings of Oil on canvas; h. 18 1/8 in. E. Commerce Street. www.facebook.com/ taken with both the lady and the vibrant yellow color to woman. For texture, I used hydrangea and pin cushion Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. (46 cm), w. 15 in. (38.1 cm) Saveurs-209 her left. protea. The blue delphinium lends a pop of blue. With the The Baltimore Museum of Art: Paintings, sculpture, drawings, Feast Restaurant I found the container for my arrangement in an antique peach freesia I was looking for that orangey red. The Cone Collection, formed by prints, and theatre designs will Matisse is easy inspiration for 1024 S. Alamo St., 78210 store off of Hildebrand Avenue. The color and texture I feel as though Matisse uses many different focal Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss juxtapose the two visionaries’ native French chef Caitline Nykiel (210) 354-1024 of the vase are what attracted me to it. The knobs are points in his work. I captured this in my arrangement Etta Cone of Baltimore, unique styles. and family. She will create a Maryland, BMA 1950.262 Chez Vatel www.feastsa.com reminiscent of the buttons of her blouse. I really wanted as well so it can be viewed all the way around, from summer dessert evocative of PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITRO HOOD 218 E. Olmos, 78212 For chef Stefan Bowers, Ballet to capture the movement and casualness of the painting any angle. (210) 828-3141 Mockingbird Handprints Still Life with Peaches. ©2014 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE / Dancer on a Stool evokes this with my arrangement. We are viewing a woman reclining ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK www.bistrovatel.com 1420 S. Alamo St., 78204 colorful allusion: Pavlova with (210) 878-5711 Uptown Flowers 202 Broadway St., 78205 Chef Damien Vatel has designed Fresh Kiwi, Strawberry and www.mockingbirdhand- (210) 224-9888 a nostalgic dish for the painting Blueberry Sauce. This classic prints.com Young Woman at the Window, meringue-based dessert (pav- www.uptownflowers.com Mockingbird Handprints dresses Sunset. “The young woman is lova) is named after Russian Talented designers use flowers its shop window with fabrics looking out at the sea in Nice. ballerina Anna Pavlova. “It was and plants to transpose compo- inspired by the colorful patterned The look on her face is one of created after she toured New sitional elements and vibrant col- backdrops of Matisse’s paint- longing. I imagine she is waiting Zealand,” said Bowers, “hence ors from Matisse’s work to floral ings. Present your exhibition stub for a boat to return from fishing,” the kiwi fruit.” arrangements. See facing page. says Vatel. “So, I am making a to receive a free handmade card created specifically for Matisse: Provençale seafood cassoulet.” Julian Gold Wyndham Garden Life in Color. 4109 McCullough Ave., Riverwalk/ Central Market H-E-B 78212; (210) 824-2493 Museum Reach Neiman Marcus Cooking School www.juliangold.com 103 9th St., 78215 15900 La Cantera Pkwy, 4821 Broadway St., 78209 (210) 515-4555 This July keep a look out for the 78256 (210) 368-8617 www.wyndham.com Purple Robe inspiration behind (210) 558-8000 www.centralmarket.com/ their window display. cooking-school.aspx www.neimanmarcus.com At the Wyndham Garden Hotel Riverwalk Museum Reach, a It’s All About Lines… Learn to do The Cooking School pulls out KRTU Jazz 91.7 five-minute walk from the Museum, a line drawing from a local artist; all the stops with a “Wines and web.krtu.org guests who sign on for the hotel’s and learn tips on lining your lips Foods of Paris” class as well as Matisse package receive a copy of Experience the playful art of while getting the latest scoop on one on Parisian baking. the exhibition catalog, two V.I.P. Matisse through music. Hear the linear fashion from NM beauty Matisse-inspired Portrait in 7 tickets (good anytime), and a botSeptember- 12, 2013 9:12 AM Doerte Weberand
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MAY 3–JULY 26, 2014 • GOLDEN GALLERY Glories of the Baroque 17th-Century European Art Artists in seventeenth-century Europe changed aesthetics towards a focus on greater realism, dynamic forms, and dramatic compositions. This Baroque style—developed in and often associated with Rome—spread to affect visual and decorative arts, architecture, and urban
design across Europe. The small special exhibition Glories of the Baroque features important After Pablo Picasso contributions by two non-Romans who helped shape the development and dissemination Spanish, 1881–1973 Tapestry after of this movement, as well as other works from the period in the Museum’s collection. Night Fishing at Antibes Woven in 1967 by Mme. J. de la Baume Dürrbach, Cavalaire, France Though French by birth, Simon Vouet (1590–1649) studied Wool tapestry, h. 7 ft. 10 7/8 painting in Rome from 1613 to 1627 and became one of the important in. (241 cm); w. 12 ft. 10 ¾ in. artists developing the new Baroque style. The chalk drawing Two (393.1 cm) The Rockefeller Collection Philosophers, a recent gift to the Museum, is considered to be a sketch ©2014 ESTATE OF PABLO PICASSO / for one of Vouet’s impressive frescoes dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi ARTIST RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK for the Alaleoni Chapel in San Lorenzo, Lucina, Rome—a showcase PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYNTON GARDINER for leading painters, sculptors, and designers of this period. Vouet is credited with bringing the Baroque painting style to France when he returned in 1627 at the behest of Louis XIII to decorate his royal palaces at the Louvre, Palais du Luxembourg, and the Chateau de Malmaison. He became the dominating force in French painting, training a whole school of French painters for the following generation. Rockefeller’s Picassos Simon Vouet In November, the Museum will present an exhibition of Enormous in scale, these woven works of art took many BELOW LEFT French (1590–1649) After Pablo Picasso fifteen of the eighteen Picasso tapestries commissioned by months to complete. They reflect Rockefeller’s interest in the Two Philosophers, early 17th century Spanish, 1881–1973 chalk on buff paper; h. 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm), w. 14 in. (35.6 cm) Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The tapestries are modeled medieval tradition of tapestry and his love of modern art, Tapestry after Three Gift of Karen Hixon, 2013.18 after the artist’s most important paintings, including Girl while appealing to his egalitarian spirit. Much more durable Musicians PHOTOGRAPHY BY PEGGY TENISON with Mandolin, Interior with Girl Drawing, Night Fishing at than paintings, these tapestry “copies” of great works by Woven in 1966 by Mme. J. Antibes, and Three Musicians. Commissioned between 1958 Picasso can be viewed by a much larger audience. Picasso de la Baume Dürrbach, Cavalaire, France and 1975, the tapestries were woven entirely by hand by collaborated with the weaver on the color choices of many of Wool tapestry, h. 8 ft. ½ in. Madame J. de la Baume Dürrbach in Southern France. The them and kept up a lively exchange of letters with Rockefeller (245.1 cm); w. 8 ft. 9 ¾ in. Guernica tapestry (which was on loan from the Rockefeller until his own death in 1973. Sadly, the great patron and artist (268.6 cm) family to the San Antonio Museum of Art in 2012) was the never met, but we can see the fruits of their collaboration in The Rockefeller Collection ©2014 ESTATE OF PABLO PICASSO / first of these to be made. the exhibition, Rockefeller’s Picassos. ARTIST RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), Florentine painters also made long-overlooked contributions to the NEW YORK Baroque movement. Vincenzo Dandini (1607–1675), who was active PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYNTON GARDINER mainly in Florence but also worked in the studio of Pietro da Cortona in LEFT Rome, was a member of the Dandini family of painters who adapted and After Pablo Picasso spread the Baroque style in Florence. Vincenzo Dandini’s painting St. Mark Spanish, 1881–1973 the Evangelist—on loan to the Museum by Sir Mark Haukohl in honor of Tapestry after Interior Mark Watson III and Mark Watson IV—illustrates many of the style’s with Girl Drawing Woven in 1970 by Mme. important characteristics. The painting’s intense realism, dramatic lighting, J. de la Baume Dürrbach, and portrayal of St. Mark as a recognizable character drawn from everyday Cavalaire, France life are typically Baroque. Wool tapestry, h. 6 ft. 11 ¾ in. (212.7 cm); w. 9 ft. 7 in. Vincenzo Dandini (292.1 cm) Italian (1607–1675) The Rockefeller Collection St. Mark the Evangelist, ca. 1640s ©2014 ESTATE OF PABLO PICASSO / Oil on canvas; h. 47 5/8 in. (121 cm), w. 35 5/8 in. (90.5 cm) ARTIST RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), Collection of Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl, on loan in honor of NEW YORK Mark E. Watson III and Mark E. Watson IV, L.2014.3 PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYNTON GARDINER PHOTOGRAPHY BY PEGGY TENISON
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Never one to take things at brightly painted and sometimes face value, Dr. Jessica Powers, even gilded. Powers is collabo- Curator of Art of the Ancient rating with Dr. Michelle Bushey Mediterranean World, is taking a of Trinity University and Dr. good look at a portrait head in the Mark Abbe of the University of CELEBRATEmuseum’s collection—Antinous, Georgia to discover traces of the the emperor Hadrian’s youthful portrait’s ancient polychromy. To lover, in the guise of the god help unravel some of the mystery, Dionysos. While we are accus- they are using a technology known tomed to seeing ancient Greek as XRF (x-ray fluorescence) to LIFEanalyze elements of pigments and and Roman statues as white mar- Trinity University chemistry professor Michelle Bushey and undergraduate Nicole ble, these statues were originally other components of the sculpture. Feldman use Trinity’s XRF unit to examine the portrait as Jessica Powers looks on.
French video and installation IN COLOR artist Sylvie Blocher was in San Antonio in January shooting three videos for an installation at the Museum opening September 20. The artist is taking on the themes Members Preview Day: Matisse: Life in Color, of the Alamo, ethnicity and color, Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art and guns with the overriding Friday, June 13 | 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Private Events theme of social identity—concepts Cowden Gallery | Free for members she arrived at after an extensive Members are invited to preview the exhibition before it opens to and Tours for Groupsvisit to the city last year. Invited by the public. Docent-led tours at 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00 p.m. Join June 14 to Septemberformer 7, Contemporary 2014 Art Curator C the celebration at that evening’s Art Party (6:00–8:00 p.m.) David S. Rubin to create a new with Matisse-themed snacks, cocktails, and music. Plan a private event or specialwork group on Anglo/Latino tour of the relations, M Let us know you’re coming! RSVP online at samuseum.org. exhibition Matisse: Life in Color.Blocher toured the missions, met Y Circle Nights at the Museum From a luncheon for 12 to a cocktailwith Latino party focus for groups, 500, dined you can CM Matisse: Life in Color create a custom “Life in Color”with event former with mayors, special and visited access a to the Matisse exhibition. A pop-upHill Life Country in Color ranch—then Café, overlooking returned MY Monday, June 16 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. Cowden Gallery | Free for Circle Members the San Antonio River, will beto theParis backdrop to reflect and for plan. events. The CY RSVP: [email protected] or finished exhibition, one large (210) 978-8185 Book your private eventvideo installation today! that includes CMY earlier works shot in Brazil and Circle Members are invited to view the exhibition privately, For private events: [email protected] K after-hours. Complimentary refreshments. China, will open just in time for Record daily attendance: 2,249! Spring Break Free Tuesday, March 11. For group tours: samuseum.org/visit or [email protected] FotoSeptiembreUSA and closes Young Friends: Matisse and Merlot December 28, 2014. Thursday, June 26 | 6:00–8:30 p.m. MuseumRiver Pavilion docents | $35 are per cre -Young FriendsO’Brien. member “For instance, the Vatican culture, 900-1150 AD; Valance, atingRegistration tours for Required: the visually samuseum.org Museum or has Braille labels and China, Qing dynasty, dated to impaired.(210) 978-8133 Our docents became the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1911; and Calyx-Krater (Mixing interestedCreate your upon own hearing Matisse-inspired Larry masterpiecegives ‘touch tours.’” with instruction San Antonio Bowl) with Telephos and Orestes, Johnson,by Pinot’s chairman Palette. of BexarWe’ll start with aMuseum private oftour Art of docents Matisse: held Life a Signed by Asteas, circa 340 B.C. A County’sin Color, technical Masterworks advisory from com The- Baltimorepilot tour Museum in February of Art for, a group prop was passed around with each formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, followed by hors d’oeuvres, wine, and art-making in ©2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Maryland, BMA 1950.258, Photography by Mitro Hood, of blind and partially sighted piece to allow the visitors to “see” mitteethe River for persons Pavilion. with disabilities, discuss etiquette when interacting visitors (and three guide dogs). the objects with their hands.June 14The – September 7, 2014 withMatisse a visually Gala impaired person. The group toured five objects: tours are still being developed and “MuseumsThursday, around June the 12 world| 7:30 are p.m.–12:00 Ivan Navarro’sa.m. Pink Electric Chair, will be completedNote: As in a time member, for the you can enjoy the Matisse exhibition implementingGreat Hall | variousBlack Tie ways for 2006; Carlos Mérida’s Los Tres Americanoften Council and of for the free. Blind There of will be timed tickets, so you need thePurchase visually impairedtickets at to samuseum.org experi- Reyes or (The Three Kings), 1965; Texas conventiona reservation, in San availableAntonio beginning mid-May on our website call (210) 978-8185 ence art,” said docent Susanne Atlantean Figure, Maya or Toltec this September.or call (210) 357-1899. Come to our fête celebrating the opening of Matisse: Life in HaveColor, your Masterworks art and get from your The Baltimorea smartphone Museum app of Art.to get At her this gener - what’s the mythical creature on elegant reception and exclusive preview, guests will enjoy exercise, too. That’s what thir- ation moving and learning. the Chinese censer?) At press time, French-inspired hors d’oeuvres, aperitifs, and entertainment. teen-year-old middle schooler Her first WeWalk tour was of Estrella was completing her “beta” Visitors can now Hop-On- Estrella Hernandez figured out Mission San José, and when she (test) version. H-E-B and the 80/20 Hop-Off the City Sightseeing when she went on a scavenger hunt asked us if she could create one Foundation are sponsoring her Bus at our front door. The red, during a Museum event—we have for our museum, we said “Yes!” initiative, and the Mayor’s Fitness double-decker bus added the 64,000 square feet of galleries and The app allows you to earn points Council is providing support. Museum as a stop this spring, lots of stairs. Inspired to do some- and includes questions about the Learn more about Estrella and making it easier for some of the COVER: thing about childhood obesity, this collection. (For instance, do you WeWalkHenri Matisse at we-walk.org, or visit twenty-eight million visitors to French, 1869-1954 youngFor entrepreneur an up-to-date is working calendar, on know visit: who painted La Siesta? And Facebook.com/getwewalk.Icare (Icarus), plate VIII of XX from Jazz, 1947 San Antonio to find us. Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper; h. 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm), w. 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm) Bank of America Collection 14 SPRING /SUMMER 2014 ©2014 Succession H. 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LECTURES FILMS Art History 101…Without the Exams! GALLERY TALKS Free with admission | 6:00–7:30 p.m. Global Lens 2004 CURATOR’S CHOICE 7:00–9:00 p.m. | Free with admission SPECIAL EVENTS The Calling of St. Matthew, Tuesday talks are free | Meet at the Front Desk Caravaggio (Baroque) Nothing More (NADA +) Art Party Friday, May 16 Tuesday, May 6 | 6:00–6:25 p.m. (Cuba, 2001) 90 minutes Second Fridays | 6:00–8:00 p.m. CALENDAR Friday, May 30 | 7:00–9:00 p.m. The Raft of Medusa, Géricault Curator Marion Oettinger discusses the recent Gallery Talk | 5:30–6:00 p.m. (Romantic Art) acquisition of over 100 drawings and watercolor/ Free with admission | Cash bar Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti's Nothing More is a Friday, June 6 gouache renderings of Miguel Covarrubias. May | June 2014 remarkable debut feature that explores the Cocktails and Music Inspired by: Dr. Annie Labatt, Professor of Art History and repressive, crippling political and social aspects May 9: Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct Tuesday, June 3 | 6:00–6:25 p.m. of today's Cuba while turning upside down Criticism at UTSA, focuses on a seminal work Curator Merribell Parsons discusses the genesis all our comfortably clichéd expectations June 13: Matisse: Life in Color each month in this 8-part lecture series. Lecture of the Baroque style in Rome and its migration about the U.S.'s island neighbor. at 6 p.m. followed by discussion and reception. Loud Bring your friends and enjoy art, music, and This lecture is generously sponsored by H.E.B. across Europe. Rachida cocktails on the River Landing. Applause Art Party is a collaboration of SAMA and KRTU Jazz 91.7. The Fashion of Foreign: Outside SPECIAL EXHIBITION (Algeria, 2002) 100 minutes Roar Friday, June 27 | 7:00–9:00 p.m. Last Call: Thomas Sully Influences on Chinese Ceramics by Gallery Talk: Zoo Educators Respond to FOR FAMILIES Rose Kerr, Curator Emeritus, The first-full length feature film by Yaminda Saturday, May 10 | 8:00–11:00 p.m. Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct First Sundays for Families Family Flicks Victoria and Albert Museum Bachir-Choikh evokes memories of the worst The curtain is coming down on Painted Tuesday, May 20 | 6:00–6:30 p.m. Great Hall | Free for children Second Saturdays | Sundown Tuesday, May 13 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. atrocities of the civil war in Algeria. The forces of Performance. Enjoy a late evening with live 12 and under West Courtyard | Free Auditorium | Free | Reception to follow. Drop in to discuss paintings in the exhibition violence and ignorance erode but don't conquer music, gallery talks with the curator, Animal Instincts Inclement Weather: Auditorium decency and enlightenment in this story of a with educators and keepers from the San portrait–making, and discounts in the exhibition This lecture will focus on influences exerted on Antonio Zoo and learn more about the animals Sunday, May 4 | 12:00–4:00 p.m. vivacious young school teacher who refuses to Bring a picnic dinner and blankets. shop. Cash bar. Chinese ceramics by styles and technologies portrayed in the exhibition. Films begin at sundown. buckle under intimidation, despite her anguish at from foreign lands. Many ceramics in the San Be inspired by the wild animals in the living under the constant threat of terror in special exhibition Bob Kuhn: Drawing on An Evening of Song with Eric Owens Antonio Museum of Art’s collection will Where the Wild Things Are unexpected places. Monday, May 12th | 6:30–11:00 p.m. illustrate this theme. Instinct. Go on a scavenger hunt to (Australia, 2009) 104 minutes Steven Kellman introduction and post-film Concert: $75 per person discover the many animals found Saturday, May 10 discussion. throughout the museum. Hands-on fun (includes cocktails, appetizers, and concert) Tim’s Vermeer MEMBERS-ONLY EVENTS includes watercolors, animal portraits, and The Red Balloon (France, 1956) 34 minutes These films are co-presented by the Global Dinner: $250 per person Sunday, June 8 | 3:00–4:00 p.m. Members are invited to enjoy light refreshments Film Initiative as part of the Global Lens series. (includes cocktails, appetizers, concert, and seated dinner) Free with admission | Reception to follow storytelling in the gallery. A Cat in Paris (France, 2010) 65 minutes followed by a docent-led tour. For more information, visit www.globalfilm.org. Tickets: www.theoperasa.org or (210) 673-7270 Saturday, June 14 Tim Jenison will speak about his epic adventure C LOL Docent-Led Tour: Glories of the Pattern Play Renowned bass-baritone Eric Owens returns to to research Vermeer's use of optics and about Family Flicks is an outdoor film series in collaboration Midnight in Paris Baroque: 17th-Century European Art M Sunday, June 1 | 12:00–4:00 p.m. San Antonio. Owens shares his magnificent with Slab Cinema. (USA, 2011) 94 minutes Tim's Vermeer, the documentary that was made voice in an intimate recital of his favorite songs Saturday, May 3 Travel through time and discover patterns, Saturday, June 28 | Sundown about it. Y and arias. Concert will be held in the Museum’s Reception: 10:00–11:00 a.m. designs, and symbols throughout Asia and Homeschool Student Workshops: Free with admission | Cash bar Great Hall, followed by a seated dinner in the Tour: 11:00–11:30 a.m. CM the Mediterranean. Learn the art of batik Animals in Art Pack a French-inspired picnic, grab a cocktail , River Pavilion. Limited to 150 guests. Meet on the café terrace | Free for members stamping, construct a Roman mosaic, Thursday, June 5 | 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Presented by Opera San Antonio in collaboration with San MY and enjoy this charming romantic comedy, paint Islamic tessellations, and learn about Great Hall | Free Antonio Museum of Art directed by Woody Allen. EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS Docent-Led Tour: symbolism in Chinese art. Participants will Register: (210) 978-8138 CY Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct make cultural connections while Run with SAMA Designed specifically for homeschool FREE Evening for Educators: Saturday, June 7 CMY discovering their inner artist! Second Tuesdays | 6:30–7:30 p.m. students and their parents. Participate as a Life in the Ancient World Reception: 5:00–6:00 p.m. Meet in the Great Hall | Free K Wednesday, May 7 | 5:30–7:30 p.m. Tour: 6:00–6:30 p.m. Art Crawl family in a guided experience of the CLASSES Museum’s encyclopedic collection with a tour All levels welcome. Enjoy a talk on fitness and Great Hall | Oªers 2 CPE/GT | Free Meet on the café terrace | Free for members Gallery Tours for Caregivers and and hands-on activity, and extend learning Great Books Seminar Series then run or walk with professional coaches from Register: (210) 978–8129 or Babies 0–18 Months through art at home with materials provided 5:00–7:00 p.m. | Meet in the Great Hall Run Wild Sports. Runners enjoy 10% oª in the [email protected] Second Thursdays | 10:00–10:45 a.m. by the Museum. Each seminar: $15 members, $25 non–members Museum Shop. The study of the Museum's oldest objects reveals Run with SAMA is endorsed by the Mayor’s Fitness Council. Register: (210) 978-8121 what life was like in the ancient world. Lively Put your babies in their slings or strollers Summer Camp (Ages 6-8) May is Member and walk through the galleries. Art Ananda K. Coomaraswamy’s presentations, tours, and hands-on activities to selections engage both you and your Stories and Myths Around the World “The Traditional Conception of Ideal help educators integrate the Museum's Appreciation Month June 23–June 27 | 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. exhibitions and collections into classroom infant. Includes playtime and refreshments. Portraiture” from Christian and Oriental Check Museum website for dates and themes. $175 members; $200 non-members Philosophy of Art EVERY WEEK teaching. Enjoy refreshments, pick up a Thank you! In appreciation of your Saturday, May 10 curriculum packet, and meet other educators. generous support as a Member, enjoy Playdates Uncover the mysteries of ancient Egypt, Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights Educator Workshops are generously funded by USAA and these month-long perks: JPMorgan Chase. Ages 2-4 Greece, and China during this one-week Selections from Clement Greenberg’s Tuesdays | 4:30-5:30 p.m. • 20% discount on Museum Shop purchases Wednesdays | 10:00–11:00 a.m. cultural expedition. Enjoy interactive museum writings on Matisse Sundays | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Summer Teacher Institute: (applies to regular-priced items only) tours and studio experiences. Participants Great Hall | Free with admission Saturday, June 14 Meet at the Front Desk ¯ Free • $10 discount on all gift will create a Chinese dragon mask, sculpt a Matisse: Life in Color membership purchases Cultivate, nurture, and inspire creativity mythical creature, and paint an Egyptian god Hosted by the Symposium Great Books Institute. Sketching in the Galleries Tuesday, June 17–Friday, June 20 • Refer a new Member and receive a free Co-founder David Saussy leads this series. through stories, gallery activities, or goddess. For a complete list of summer Tuesdays | 6:00-8:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. | Stables Art Studio tote bag Hors d’oeuvres at 5 p.m. Gallery talk at 5:30 p.m. Oªers 20 CPE/GT | Lunch included hands-on art, movement, and music. camps visit www.samuseum.org Meet in the Great Hall ¯ Free • Check us out on Facebook and at the May 9 Check Museum website for dates and themes. Seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. in the galleries. Register: (210) 978–8129 or Art Party for exciting opportunities to enter Enjoy an evening of casual instruction based on [email protected] a members-only drawing Drawing on Instinct: Sketching Animals the works of art found in the Museum’s $45 members, $80 non-members at the San Antonio Zoo collections. Corporate Partner Days As one of the most influential artists of the Saturday, May 17 | 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Sketching in the Galleries is made possible by generous May 1, 2014 – June 8, 2014 support from the M.E. Hart Foundation. twentieth century, Henri Matisse (French, $10 members, $20 non-members 1869–1954) fundamentally altered the course of Thank you to our generous Corporate FREE DAY FOR ALL Join the Museum and the San Antonio Zoo to Meditation in the Japanese Gallery modern art with his stylistic innovations. This Members! discover and sketch live animals featured in the Bob Saturdays | 10:15–11:00 a.m. four-day teacher institute focuses on his work, Corporate Circle Members (all staª with National Art Museum Day Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct exhibition. Tour materials, Free with admission concentrating on building compositions, color company ID and one guest) will receive free Sunday, May 18 zoo entrance, and professional instruction included. Cushions and stools are provided. theory, pattern, and figure study. general admission from May 1–June 8 and a discount on personal membership purchases. View-SAMA-MAY-JUN-Chrono-2014-PRINT.pdf 1 4/11/14 10:50 AM View-SAMA-May-June-CategoryCalendar-2014-PRINT.pdf 2 4/11/14 1:21 PM
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3 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 24 | Saturday Exhibition Opening: Glories of the Baroque Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights Meditation in the Japanese Gallery 17th-Century European Art 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 10:15–11:00 a.m. Meditation in the Japanese Gallery Exhibition Closing: 25 | Sunday CELEBRATE 10:15–11:00 a.m. Thomas Sully: Painted Performance Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Members-Only Tour: Glories of the Baroque: 12 | Monday 17th-Century European Art An Evening of Song with Eric Owens 27 | Tuesday Reception: 10:00–11:00 a.m. 6:00–11:00 p.m. Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights Tour: 11:00–11:30 a.m. Concert: $75 | Concert and Dinner: $250 4:30–5:30 p.m. LIFE Tickets: www.theoperasa.org or (210) 673-7270 4 | Sunday Sketching in the Galleries Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights 13 | Tuesday 6:00–8:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights 28 | Wednesday First Sundays for Families: Animal Instincts 4:30–5:30 p.m. Playdates: 12:00–4:00 p.m. IN COLOR Sketching in the Galleries When a Line Bends, A Shape Begins 6:00–8:00 p.m. 6 | Tuesday 10:00–11:00 a.m. Lecture: The Fashion of Foreign: Outside Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights 30 | Friday 4:30–5:30 p.m. Influences on Chinese Ceramics by Rose Kerr, Curator Emeritus, Victoria and Albert Museum Global Lens 2004: Nothing More (NADA +) Gallery Talk: Curator’s Choice: 6:30–7:30 p.m. (Cuba, 2001) Members Preview Day: Matisse: Life in Color, The Genius of Miguel Covarrubias 7:00–9:00 p.m. Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art by Curator Marion Oettinger Run with SAMA Friday, June 13 | 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Private Events 6:00–6:25 p.m. 6:30–7:30 p.m. 31 | Saturday Cowden Gallery | Free for members Meditation in the Japanese Gallery Sketching in the Galleries 14 | Wednesday 10:15–11:00 a.m. Members are invited to preview the exhibition before it opens to and Tours for Groups 6:00–8:00 p.m. Playdates: The Elephant and the Hare the public. Docent-led tours at 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00 p.m. Join June 14 to September 7, 2014 C 10:00–11:00 a.m. C the celebration at that evening’s Art Party (6:00–8:00 p.m.) 7 | Wednesday with Matisse-themed snacks, cocktails, and music. Plan a private event or special group tour of the M Playdates: A Cool Summer Garden 16 | Friday M Let us know you’re coming! RSVP online at samuseum.org. exhibition Matisse: Life in Color. 10:00–11:00 a.m. Lecture: Art History 101… Mark Your Calendar Y Y Evening for Educators: Without the Exams! The Calling of Circle Nights at the Museum From a luncheon for 12 to a cocktail party for 500, you can St. Matthew, Caravaggio (Baroque) CM Life in the Ancient World for May 6 CM create a custom “Life in Color” event with special access to the 6:00–7:30 p.m. Matisse: Life in Color 5:30–7:30 p.m. Monday, June 16 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. Matisse exhibition. A pop-up Life in Color Café, overlooking MY MY Free | RSVP Required: (210) 978-8129 The Big Give SA Cowden Gallery | Free for Circle Members the San Antonio River, will be the backdrop for events. 17 | Saturday CY A 24-hour day of giving online CY RSVP: [email protected] or 8 | Thursday Meditation in the Japanese Gallery (210) 978-8185 Book your private event today! CMY Art Crawl 10:15–11:00 a.m. to support local non-profits. CMY 10:00–10:45 a.m. Drawing on Instinct: Sketching Animals More than 300 non-profits Circle Members are invited to view the exhibition privately, For private events: [email protected] K K after-hours. Complimentary refreshments. at the San Antonio Zoo For group tours: samuseum.org/visit or [email protected] participating. 9 | Friday 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Young Friends: Matisse and Merlot Art Party: Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct $10 members, $20 non-members Click Away! Support your favorites! Thursday, June 26 | 6:00–8:30 p.m. Gallery Talk: 5:30–6:00 p.m. Registration Required: (210) 978–8121 Party: 6:00–8:00 p.m. River Pavilion | $35 per Young Friends member 18 | Sunday Registration Required: samuseum.org or 10 | Saturday (210) 978-8133 Free Day at the Museum Meditation in the Japanese Gallery National Museum Day Create your own Matisse-inspired masterpiece with instruction 10:15–11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. by Pinot’s Palette. We’ll start with a private tour of Matisse: Life in Color, Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art, Great Books Seminar: Ananda K. Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights Coomaraswamy’s “The Traditional Conception formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, followed by hors d’oeuvres, wine, and art-making in Tours at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. ©2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Maryland, BMA 1950.258, Photography by Mitro Hood, the River Pavilion. of Ideal Portraiture” from Christian and June 14 – September 7, 2014 Oriental Philosophy of Art 20 | Tuesday Matisse Gala 5:00–7:00 p.m. Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights $15 for members, $25 for non-members Thursday, June 12 | 7:30 p.m.–12:00 a.m. Note: As a member, you can enjoy the Matisse exhibition 4:30–5:30 p.m. Great Hall | Black Tie Registration Required: (210) 978–8121 often and for free. There will be timed tickets, so you need Sketching in the Galleries Purchase tickets at samuseum.org or a reservation, available beginning mid-May on our website Family Flicks: Where the Wild Things Are 6:00–8:00 p.m. call (210) 978-8185 or call (210) 357-1899. (Australia, 2009) 104 minutes Come to our fête celebrating the opening of Matisse: Life in Sundown Gallery Talk: Zoo Educators Respond to Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct Color, Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art. At this Last Call: Thomas Sully 6:00–6:30 p.m. elegant reception and exclusive preview, guests will enjoy 8:00–11:00 p.m. French-inspired hors d’oeuvres, aperitifs, and entertainment. 21 | Wednesday Playdates: My Family and Me 10:00–11:00 a.m.
COVER: Henri Matisse Playdates recommended for ages 2-4. | Art Crawl recommended for 0-18 months. French, 1869-1954 For an up-to-date calendar, visit: Icare (Icarus), plate VIII of XX from Jazz, 1947 Unless otherwise noted, programs are free to members and free to the general public with the price of Museum admission. Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper; h. 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm), w. 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm) The Museum and its programs are free to all Tuesday 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to noon. Children 12 and under are always free. Bank of America Collection Please check samuseum.org for updates to the calendar of events. ©2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Tear Here Tear View-SAMA-MAY-JUN-Chrono-2014-PRINT.pdf 2 4/11/14 10:50 AM
JUN 2014 Have a new 78215 discovery, old favorite, Keeping Up with Jones Avenue or local mystery that 1 | Sunday 13 | Friday 24 | Tuesday we should check out? Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights Member Preview Day Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights NOVELTIES, FINDS, AND CURIOSITIES WITHIN WALKING OR BIKING DISTANCE OF THE MUSEUM • BY BETSY BECKMANN Write [email protected]. 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Matisse: Life in Color 4:30–5:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. First Sundays for Families: Sketching in the Galleries Pattern Play Art Party: Matisse: Life in Color 6:00–8:00 p.m. attached within one hour of harvest. and strings of LED lights to harvest. 12:00–4:00 p.m. Gallery Talk: 5:30–6:00 p.m. Local Sprout The vertical hydroponic design Hagney became impassioned with Party: 6:00–8:00 p.m. 25 | Wednesday 503 Chestnut St.; 603.759.9781 behind Local Sprout is a practical sustainable farming as a high- 3 | Tuesday Playdates: Beautiful Butterflies www.localsprout.com response to global climate change: it school debater in Nashua, NH, and Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights 14 | Saturday 10:00–11:00 a.m. Inside a disused printing ware- 4:30–5:30 p.m. Exhibition Opening: Matisse: Life in Color produces an acre’s worth of crops in studying debate and International Masterworks from The Baltimore 26 | Thursday house a few blocks southeast of only 400 climate-controlled square Environmental Studies at Trinity Gallery Talk: Curator’s Choice: Museum of Art Young Friends: Matisse and Merlot the Museum, a green forty-foot feet, uses no pesticides and has no University. He teamed up with The Development of the Baroque Style 6:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. shipping container emanates a fertilizer run-off, and recycles all Pat Condon of Rackspace to create by Curator Merribell Parsons Meditation in the Japanese Gallery $35 per Young Friends member fuchsia glow. What could pass water so that each plant uses less Local Sprout, and their produce is 6:00–6:25 p.m. 10:15–11:00 a.m. Registration Required: samuseum.org or for a rough Judd-meets-Flavin art than a gallon of H O in its entire in such demand by local chefs that Sketching in the Galleries Great Books Seminar: Selections from (210) 978-8133 2 installation is in fact a productive, lifecycle. “Growing and delivering they hope to expand to include 6:00–8:00 p.m. Clement Greenberg’s Writings on Matisse 27 | Friday efficient urban farm. If you eat at 5:00–7:00 p.m. | Register: (210) 978–8121 within a five-mile radius cuts over hydroponic greenhouses that can Global Lens 2004: Rachida (Algeria, 2002) 4 | Wednesday $15 for members, $25 for non-members The Cove, One Lucky Duck, or 95% of the emissions associated use abundant, free south Texas Playdates: Ancient Greek Myth 7:00–9:00 p.m. Urth Juice Bar, you’ve probably Family Flicks: with transporting most vegetables sunlight. Look for Hagney at the 10:00–11:00 a.m. enjoyed Local Sprout’s produce: The Red Balloon (France, 1956) 28 | Saturday on the U.S. market and results in Main Plaza Farmer’s Market selling 5 | Thursday A Cat in Paris (France, 2010) Meditation in the Japanese Gallery vibrant greens and herbs—kale, far better retention of flavor and greens and seedlings and spreading Homeschool Student Workshop: Sundown 10:15–11:00 a.m. spring lettuces, Swiss chard, nutrients,” said twenty-two-year-old knowledge—at the farm he’s both Animals in Art arugula, epazote, parsley, basil, and Mitchell Hagney as he squeezed too busy for interruption and too 15 | Sunday Film on the Green with Slab Cinema: Local Sprout 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Midnight in Paris more—delivered fresh with roots among tight hanging rows of greens gracious to turn enthusiasts away. Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights (USA, 2011) Free | Registration Required: (210) 978–8138 Sundown 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. C 6 | Friday 16 | Monday 29 | Sunday The name says “Coffee,” but a menu by Tim the Girl. The airy M Lecture: Art History 101…Without the Gallery Talk: Museum Highlights Rosella Coffee Circle Nights at the Museum there’s so much more than (very space—there’s floor, mezzanine, The Truck Stops Here Exams! The Raft of the Medusa, Géricault 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Matisse: Life in Color 203 E. Jones Avenue, #101 good) grounds brewing just up the and outdoor seating—has a casual 1800 Broadway St.; 210.299.1800 Y (Romantic Art) 6:00–7:30 p.m. 5:00–7:00 p.m. 210.646.1071 block at the Museum’s new neigh- industrial-chic design by DADO A moveable feast is evolving CM Free for Circle Members www.rosellacoffee.com bor. Rosella serves light breakfast, Group. Old-fashioned safety lights at the 1800 Broadway lofts, where 7 | Saturday RSVP: [email protected] or MY lunch, and dinner fare, Cuvee on the southern brick wall form a a rotating schedule of food trucks Meditation in the Japanese Gallery (210) 978-8185 EXHIBITIONS 2014 coffee, chai, wines, beers, juices, giant Braille rendering of “Rosella” CY 10:15–11:00 a.m. park and serve Monday through 17–20 | Tuesday—Friday Members See it First + and craft sodas from Dublin and a blackboard dividing wall Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Favorites CMY Members-Only, Tour: Summer Teacher Institute: Bottling Works. Owner Charles invites food-, caffeine-, and alco- include Big Daddy’s BBQ, Slider Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct Matisse: Life in Color See it Free K Gonzalez knows how to pick his hol-inspired chalk art. Open M–F Provider, Tailgate Bistro, Institute Reception: 5:00–6:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. | Tuesday–Friday partners: breads and blondies 6:30 a.m.– 9:30 p.m.; Sat 7 a.m.–9 Tour: 6:00–6:30 p.m. $45 for members, $80 for non-members Thomas Sully: Painted Performance of Chili, SpiceSea Gourmet, Bite from Bakery Lorraine, pastries and p.m.; Sun 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Register: (210) 978–8129 February 8–May 11, 2014 Street Bistro, The Fridge, Rickshaw 8 | Sunday desserts from Buono Dolce, and Stop, and Duke’s Bistro. 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Some sets. Arrive before open to the public. 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the statue was probably intended to stand in the Art of the Ancient sanctuary as a perpetual worshipper on behalf of the man who dedicated it. The man’s distinctive ANATOMY OF A… Mediterranean World outfit consists of a tunic worn over a pleated undergarment, a band of cloth draped over his THE CURATOR EXPLAINS left shoulder and tucked under his belt, and an JESSICA POWERS, THE GILBERT elaborate headband with rosettes. He carries WEDGWOOD JAR M. DENMAN, JR. CURATOR OF ART a sword and a perfume bottle in his left hand. OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD The man’s facial features and slight smile reflect This impressive statue of a young man from Cypriot familiarity with Greek art of the late THE CURATOR Merribell Parsons WHERE TO FIND IT East Tower, Level 4M, European Gallery ancient Cyprus is on loan from the Metropolitan sixth century B.C. Museum of Art. One of many votive statues The statue is on view in the Greek dedicated to the gods in a sanctuary at Golgoi, Gallery along with other Cypriot works in It looks in southeastern Cyprus, the statue is part of the the Museum’s collection, including a head collection assembled in the 1860s and 1870s of Herakles and several vases. Egyptian... by the American consul to Cyprus, Luigi Palma Statue of a young man What’s this, a di Cesnola. The Cesnola collection, which the Cypriot, ca. 500–450 B.C. cookie jar? Yes, as far as the shape, head of a Metropolitan Museum acquired between 1874 limestone; h. 41 1/4 in. (104.4 cm), w. 17 “Pharaoh,” and the hieroglyphs. But, in. (43.2 cm), d. 10 in. (25.4 cm) the ceramic color and fanciful motifs and 1876, includes the most important group of It’s a canopic jar, originally named Lent by the Metropolitan Museum are not. Compare it to the Museum’s Cypriot limestone statues outside of Cyprus. of Art, The Cesnola Collection, for the city of Canopus in the ancient Egyptian canopic jars in the Though now missing its lower legs and feet, purchased by subscription, 1874–1876 Nile Valley, and used in ancient first Egyptian Gallery. L.2014.4 Egyptian burials to preserve the internal organs of the deceased. This is a pastiche, or mixed-up China during this period due to disruptions version, of an ancient Egyptian Asian Art caused by the dissolution of the Ming dynasty canopic jar, made centuries later for decorative purposes. So, who made it? THE CURATOR EXPLAINS (1368–1644). Dishes of this type—which are in top museum collections such as the Victoria JOHN JOHNSTON, COATES-COWDEN-BROWN Marks on the bottom of the base and Albert Museum, the British Museum, and CURATOR OF ASIAN ART show that it was made by the the Metropolitan Museum of Art—are known Wedgwood factory in England, This delicate porcelain dish, a new acquisi- as “VoC Dishes” because of the prominent an important pottery founded in tion for the Museum, is decorated with cobalt monogram of the Dutch East India Company the mid-eighteenth century by the blue underglaze and was made in Japan in (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) that ceramist Josiah Wedgwood, which the last quarter of the seventeenth century. appears in the central medallion. Here, continues today. Production of blue and white porcelain for phoenixes and flowering plants encircle the the European trade moved to Japan from “VoC” monogram, and the broad outer border is divided into rectangular panels of Blue and White VoC Dish decoration in the Kraakporselein style that Why and when Japan, Edo period, 17th century originated in Holland. This very East-West Arita wear; diam. 15.6 in. (39.5 cm) was it made? Purchased with the Bessie Timon object was likely designed for use by Dutch Asian Art Acquisition Fund, 2014.1.1 East India Company staff at company bases After the opening of the Suez Canal PHOTOGRAPHY BY PEGGY TENISON in East and Southeast Asia. in 1869, “egyptomania” swept Europe, and influenced design of architecture and the decorative arts. Foundation, Covarrubias conducted cultural Miguel Covarrubias The jar was made circa the 1860s. Latin American Art research projects in Bali (1930s) and the Mexican (1904-1957) Is Wedgwood Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico (1940s), Oceanic Figure, THE CURATOR EXPLAINS ca. 1940s always blue? resulting in highly influential publications by MARION OETTINGER, Watercolor on paper; h. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Miguel Covarrubias was CURATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN ART 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm), w. 11 in. Josiah Wedgwood revolutionized a close friend of the late Governor Nelson A. (27.9 cm) production of ceramics by developing The Museum has just acquired an important Rockefeller, whose acclaimed folk art collection Purchased different hard clays that were much collection of over 100 drawings and watercolor/ with the Lillie and stronger than other types and had is now an important part of the Museum’s Roy Cullen a matte finish that did not need gouache renderings by Miguel Covarrubias permanent collection, and Covarrubias played Endowment Fund to be glazed. This type is called (Mexican, 1904–1957). One of the greatest a key role in Rockefeller’s lifelong devotion to ©ESTATE OF MIGUEL “jasperware,” which could be artists of the first half of the twentieth century, Mexican art. COVARRUBIAS pigmented with colors, such as Covarrubias distinguished himself interna- An exhibition on Miguel Covarrubias Wedgwood Factory bright blue and the famous, softer tionally as a painter, caricaturist, archaeologist, English, est. 1759 scheduled for fall of 2015 will feature selections “Wedgwood blue.” Other colors Canopic Vase, circa 1865–1870 writer, cartographer, and illustrator. His early from this recent acquisition as well as works from could be used including green, work for Vanity Fair and the New Yorker Stoneware with applied relief decoration other museums in the United States and Mexico. (jasperware) pink, and lavender. Ultimately, during the 1920s and ’30s captured the hearts This significant acquisition was made pos- h. 10 in.; diam 5 in. white decoration was added to the and imaginations of an entire generation and sible through funds generously provided by the Gift of Kittie Nelson Ferguson and Henry surface, usually as medallions or influenced the work of many artists who fol- Lilly and Roy Cullen Foundation. Rugeley Ferguson pseudoclassical motifs. lowed. Under the auspices of the Guggenheim 2001.52.78.a-b
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Hippopotamus Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1985–1773 B.C. Glazed faience; h. 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm), w. 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm) Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection, 86.138.182 RED PURPLE Carmine is derived from cochineal, Purple pigment was discovered an insect that lives concealed in by the Ancient Phoenicians and is a white clump of fluff on prickly associated with royalty. It is formed Sergio Hernandez pear cacti in South America and by the mucus gland of various WHITE White pigment can be made of Mexican, born 1957 Mexico. To keep the color from mollusks. chalk, zinc, barium, rice, fossilized Brujo de Malasia fading, ancient Meso-Americans (The Sorcerer of the sea creatures in limestone graves, mixed crushed cochineal nymphs BLACK East Indies), 2004 with tin or alum, which is still done Charcoal was one of the earliest lead, titanium, and more. Vermeer Oil and sand on linen; today. Cochineal-derived carmine black pigments and easy to find used a recipe for white that h. 71 1/4 in. (181 cm), continues to be a prized pigment because it was available wherever included alabaster and quartz. The w. 118 1/2 in. (301 cm) Gift of the artist, 2004.18 in cosmetics. there had been a fire. Charcoal has poisonous nature of lead paint has been succeeded as a source of been written about since Roman PHOTOGRAPHY BY PEGGY TENISON Lindsey Smith, Teacher and School ORANGE black pigment by kohl, pencils, ink, times, but artists and cosmetic Program Manager, leads SAISD kindergarten T Safflower oil has been used to soot, galls, vine twigs, and burned makers continued to use it for hun- students on a “Parts of Art” tour in the make orange pigment for over five animal bone. dreds of years. Lead-based whites Contemporary Galleries. thousand years. It is difficult to cul- are still considered to be superior tivate because of the stems, which BROWN to their successor, titanium white. if caught in the throat of a combine Joseph Lovibond produced the harvester are almost impossible to first colorimeter in 1885, while OCHRE get out. Ancient Egyptians used attempting to categorize the range Pigment derived from iron oxide of brown colors in the beers he formed the basis of the first color safflower to dye their mummy Source material: he production of color has a rich wrappings and to turn their cere- brewed. This was adapted into paint, ranging in color from yellow the Lovibond Color Scale, which to deep orange or brown. It has Color: A Natural History history that spans the millennia and monial ointments an oily orange. COLOR revolutionized color testing. been used on every inhabited of the Palette the globe—and the collection at the YELLOW continent since painting began. by Victoria Finlay. T This color can be made from saf- San Antonio Museum of Art offers many fron, the world’s most expensive fine opportunities to peek into the history, spice. Saffron is harvested by economics, and chemistry behind the human painstakingly picking the stigmas drive to color our world. Knowing what from the flowers of Crocus sativa and carefully drying them. Artificial materials were used in the production of an yellows that have been produced artwork helps to date the piece and provides U since the 1800s are cobalt, chrome, context about how its pigments, paints, or cadmium, and lemon. dyes were produced. GREEN Look for our printed Color Tour brochure Verdigris was a popular green made of copper acetate, but its for kids (grown-ups will enjoy it, too!) in the vibrant color vanished quickly if Great Hall kiosk. This tour of color around not properly varnished. It is the Museum is loosely based on Colores sometimes referred to as “Van Eyck Green” because the Flemish Everywhere! one of five ArteKids boardbooks R Renaissance painter used it often published in 2012–2013 in collaboration with and successfully. Funerary Urn Trinity University Press and the San Antonio Chinese, Liao dynasty, BLUE Public Library Foundation. Written in Spanish ca. 907–1125 Egyptian faience is a turquoise blue Felipe Archuleta Stoneware with lead glaze; created by mixing powdered soap- American, 1910–ca. 1988 and English, it uses works from the Museum’s h. 32 in. (81.3 cm); w. 11 1/4 in. stone with either malachite or azur- Bear (Oso), ca. 1980 collection to teach our youngest patrons about (28.6 cm); d. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) painted wood, rubber claws Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown ite (one of the oldest blue minerals Gift of Frost National Bank, 90.115.13 colors and introduce them to the world of art. 98.15.14.a-c known) and then heating. PHOTOGRAPHY BY PEGGY TENISON PHOTOGRAPHY BY PEGGY TENISON
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Gallery Gala & Afterparty April 2, 2014
John and Kathryn Keeton. Darrell Jones, Harriet Martin, and Michael Gentry.
Board chairman John Eadie, Suzanne and Denny Ware.
Sir Mark Haukohl and Gala chairman Sylvia and Marty Rodriguez. Mark Watson.
Gala chairs Elizabeth and Barry Roberts with Trustee Betty Kelso.
Amanda Williams, Eric Morse, and Regina Rocha. Fabrizio Nava, Consul General of Italy, and Williams and Rocha Montse Nava. were Afterparty chairs.
Gala chair AnaPaula Watson, Peggy Lewis, and Rosemary Leon.
Trustees W. Richey Wyatt and Tucker Dorn. Salvador Jimenez and Leandra Hernandez.
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Night At the Museum brought out our Young Friends for a night of dancing, food trucks, and cocktails.
Valentine’s Day Art Party
The recently renovated St. Anthony Hotel Steinway grand Family Flicks. piano found a temporary home in our Great Hall this spring. Local artist Rex Hausmann works on his graduate school project in the Museum’s contemporary galleries.
Director Katie Luber, Harmon Kelley, Harriet Kelley, and Tucker Dorn at the Eldzier Cortor: Master Printmaker private opening reception.
Thomas Sully (great- grandson of the painter), Karen Hixon, Katie Luber, and Susan Sully. Spring Break Free Day fun! Over 2,000 people took advantage of free admission and art activities.
Thomas Sully: Painted Performance opening reception.
Michael Cortor (third from right) with family and friends at the Eldzier Cortor: Master Printmaker opening reception. Dr. Carol Eaton Soltis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Director Katie Luber, and Chief Curator William Rudolph. Elizabeth Lende, Diane Smith-Waynick, and Peggy Mays at the 17th Annual Mays Symposium. 28 SPRING /SUMMER 2014 SPRING /SUMMER 2014 29 MEMBERSHIP and DEVELOPMENT
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