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Acentury in Images ACentury in Images 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY // THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO By Anastasia Karpova Tinari [ [THETHE SEEN SEEN] ] TheThe Arts Arts Club Club of of Chicago Chicago was was founded founded a hundred a hundred years years ago ago with with a missiona mission to to promote promote Modernism, Modernism, precedingpreceding like-minded like-minded institutions institutions such such as as the the Société Société Anonyme, Anonyme, Inc., Inc., Barnes Barnes Collection Collection and and Museum Museum ofof Modern Modern Art Art in in New New York, York, and and was was the the first first in inChicago Chicago to to exhibit exhibit works works by by Brancusi, Brancusi, Alexander Alexander Calder,Calder, Jackson Jackson Pollock, Pollock, and and Robert Robert Rauschenberg, Rauschenberg, among among many many others. others. ———————————— ———————————— —————————————————— The The Club’s Club’s interdiscipli interdisciplinarynary member member programming programming has has featured featured an an incredible incredible arrayarray of of the the avant-garde: avant-garde: literary literary figures figures Margaret Margaret Anderson Anderson and and Harriet Harriet Monroe, Monroe, Gertrude Gertrude Stein, Stein, Carl Carl Sandburg;Sandburg; musicians musicians Igor Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky Prokofiev, Prokofiev, Leonard Leonard Bernstein, Bernstein, John John Cage; Cage; and and dancers dancers Adolph Adolph Bohm,Bohm, Ruth Ruth Page, Page, and and Merce Merce Cunningham. 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PicassoPicassoexhibitionexhibition AgainstAgainst the the pastel pastel gold gold of theof the gallery gallery catalogue,catalogue, March March 1923. 1923. wallswalls these these prints prints stand stand out out in daringin daring ArtsArts Club Club Files. Files. colorcolor combinati combinations,ons, effecting effecting a a fairylikefairylike brightness brightness of hueof hue which which is is amazinglyamazingly different different from from any any exhibitionexhibition of westernof western art art ever ever seen.” seen.” NotableNotable exhibitions exhibitions from from this this early early periodperiod included included Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, PaintingsPaintings by by Joseph Joseph Stella, Stella, Oscar Oscar Bluemner,Bluemner, and and Jennings Jennings Tofel, Tofel, and and SculptureSculpture by byGaston Gaston Lachaise Lachaise and and StanislawStanislaw Szukalski. Szukalski. [ [A CENTURYA CENTURY IN IMAGES:IN IMAGES: 100 100 YEAR YEAR ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY // THE // THE ARTS ARTS CLUB CLUB OF OF CHICAGO CHICAGO|41|41] ] [ 42 | THE SEEN ] 1927 1930 1933 1936 Marcel Duchamp organizes an The Arts Club hosts an exhibition of Alongside the “Century of Progress The Arts Club moves into its exhibition of work by Romanian portrait sculptures and drawings by Exposition” world’s fair held in Wrigley Building quarters, opening artist Constantin Brancusi, the Isamu Noguchi, initiating a long- Chicago 1933–34, The Arts Club with an exhibition of abstract art by artist’s first in the United States. lasting, important relationship hosts Special exhibition of Modern Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner, Piet From the exhibition, The Arts Club between the artist and The Arts Sculpture, featuring Archipenko, Mondrian, and Cesar Domela three acquires Golden Bird for $1,200. Club. 50 years later in 1981, Brancusi, Coubine, Degas, months before Alfred Barr, Jr.’s The sculpture becomes central to the Noguchi would deliver a Rue Shaw Duchamp-Villon, Epstein, Gargallo, Cubism and Abstract Art at MoMA. collection and later saves the Arts Memorial Lecture. Gerard, Kolbe, Lachaise, Laurent, Club from ruin when its sale to the Laurens, Lehmbruck, Loutchansky, 1939 Art Institute allows
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