The Olga Hirshhorn Collection
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Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum is one of the foremost fine arts museums in Southwest Florida. The museum hosts traveling exhibitions to complement installations drawn from the permanent collection. Its internationally recognized holdings of modern and contemporary art from the Americas include nearly 4,000 objects and continue to grow. The Baker Museum strives continuously to expand its cultural offerings and to make art meaningful and accessible to its entire community. 2016-17 Exhibitions:* 2016-17 Lectures:* The Olga Hirshhorn Collection November 9: Olga Hirshhorn’s Legacy September 6-July 23, 2017 The Baker Museum’s Director and Chief Curator Frank Verpoorten and Director of New Acquisitions: In Context From the Curatorial Affairs Gisela Carbonell Collection of Paul and Charlotte Corrdry Generously underwritten by Bob and Terry Edwards March 29: From D.C. to Naples September 6-October 23, 2016 Stéphane Aquin, chief curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Harry De Zitter: Photographer Sans Frontières Supported by ALU December 6: Film Screening: September 6-November 13, 2016 Between the Folds Johnny’s Pool December 7: Lecture September 6-October 30, 2016 From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Art and Science of Origami Schrenk Student Photography Origami master Dr. Robert Lang September 6-November 9, 2016 Generously underwritten by January 25: Pursuing a New Light: George and Wynnell Schrenk 19th and 20th Century Artist Colonies and Washington, D.C. El Sr. y la Sra. Hirshhorn Arriba: Their Influence on American Impressionism Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928) Origami in the Garden desarrollaron una amistad estrecha con Colleene Fesko, expert on 19th and 20th century Lawn Tennis Club, Dinard, n.d. A partnership between Artis—Naples and the importantes figuras de la historia del arte Oil on canvas American and European fine art and frequent Naples Botanical Garden Made possible by a grant moderno. Fueron amigos cercanos de DIMENSIONS guest on Antiques Road Show Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Bequest of Olga from the Collier County Tourist Development Picasso y de su esposa Jacqueline, a Hirshhorn. Council and Convention and Visitors Bureau February 23: Why we LOVE Robert Indiana quienes visitaron en Francia muchas veces, October 19-April 23, 2017 David Ebony, Contributing author on ArtNet compartieron con Willem de Kooning en su Debajo: Ray Johnson (American, 1927-1995) taller frecuentemente, y visitaron a Georgia House April 20: Astounding and Contemporary O’Keeffe en Nuevo México. La Sra. Hirshhorn n.d. Self-Taught Artists Paper construction ParadiseCoast.com Karen Wilkin, New York-based independent compró obras directamente a los artistas y 29 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches recibió muchas como obsequio, afirmando así Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Bequest of Olga curator and art critic specializing in 20th- la gran amistad entre ellos. Piezas de Picasso Hirshhorn. Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler century modernism dedicadas a ella “Pour Olga, Son Ami Picasso” —A Tragic Love Affair November 12-April 16, 2017 May 17: Decorative and Propaganda Art (Para Olga de su amigo Picasso) y dibujos de Kristin Poole, Artistic Director at Sun Valley Willem de Kooning inscritos “To Olga, Love In a New Light: Center for the Arts Bill” evidencian la conexión personal entre American Impressionism 1870-1940 artista y coleccionista. November 12-March 12, 2017 Art After Hours Por más de 20 años la Sra. Hirshhorn fue Enjoy free admission to The Baker Museum partidaria de las artes en el suroeste de the last Wednesday* of each month from 6-9pm. Florida y se distinguió como generosa contribuyente a The Baker Museum. Jacque Fresco, 100 Years of Vision La Colección Olga Hirshhorn demuestra November 19-April 16, 2017 la continua expansión de la colección Robert Indiana: Now and Then permanente del museo con obras November 30-May 3, 2017 The Olga Hirshhorn Collection significativas, diversas y del más alto calibre. Inside the Outside: Five Self-Taught Artists Organized by Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, and generously underwritten by Bob and Terry Edwards. Una selección de importantes piezas del from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard September 6-July 23, 2017 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden March 28-July 23, 2017 Naples, FL 34108 de Washington, D.C. complementa las The Pursuit of Abstraction 239-597-1900 obras expuestas. May 13-July 23, 2017 artisnaples.org Esta exposición ha sido organizada por 9th Annual Student Exhibition Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. May 4-July 23, 2017 *Please visit artisnaples.org for up-to-date information. We are grateful to Patty and Jay Baker for their generosity and leadership support of the museum. This exhibition is an acknowledgment La Colección de of Olga Hirshhorn’s legacy and a Olga Hirshhorn celebration of the collection she has left to The Baker Museum for this Esta exposición reconoce y celebra community to enjoy. Through el legado de Olga Hirshhorn y de a representative selection, the la colección que ha donado a The exhibition examines recurring Baker Museum para el disfrute themes in Hirshhorn’s collection, de la comunidad. A través de una including the friendships she and muestra, la exposición examina her husband, Joseph, maintained temas recurrentes en la colección with prominent artists as well as her Hirshhorn, como la estrecha eclectic collecting practice. amistad que ella y su esposo, Joseph, mantuvieron con Consisting of more than 400 works prominentes artistas y su ecléctica created by some of the foremost práctica de coleccionismo. modern European and American artists such as Pablo Picasso, Con más de 400 obras creadas por Willem de Kooning, Georgia algunos de los más importantes O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Larry artistas modernos europeos y Rivers and Josef Albers, among americanos como Pablo others, The Olga Hirshhorn Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Collection reflects her diverse Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander interests and tastes as a collector. Calder, Larry Rivers y Joseph Throughout the exhibition, Albers, entre otros, La Colección pre-Columbian, African and Asian Olga Hirshhorn refleja sus objects attest to Mrs. Hirshhorn’s diversos intereses y gustos passion for travel and non-western como coleccionista. Piezas arts and culture. precolombinas, africanas, y asiáticas evidencian la pasión de la An active and passionate collector in Sra. Hirshhorn por el viaje y por el her own right, Mrs. Hirshhorn was arte y la cultura no-occidentales. born in Connecticut to an immigrant Ukrainian family. She married her Una coleccionista activa y high school English teacher at age 18 Above: apasionada, la Sra. Hirshhorn Willem de Kooning (Dutch-American, 1904-1997) and shortly thereafter was running Abstract Woman nació en Connecticut de una Arriba: her own employment agency. Her 1966 familia inmigrante de Ucrania. Sonia Delaunay (French, 1885-1979) Costume Simultané # 121 life changed in 1961 when Joseph Pastel on paper A los 18 años se casó con su 18 x 10 inches 1916 Hirshhorn, a Latvian entrepreneur Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. maestro de inglés de escuela Graphite and watercolor on paper and art collector, called her agency Bequest of Olga Hirshhorn. superior y poco tiempo después 10 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. 2013.1.043. Gift of Olga Hirshhorn. looking to hire a chauffeur. After dirigía su propia agencia de Right: many phone conversations, Mr. Elsie Dorey Upham (American, b. 1907) servicios. Su vida cambió en el Debajo: Olga Hirshhorn Niki de Saint-Phalle (French, 1930-2002) Hirshhorn invited her to visit his 1961 cuando Joseph Hirshhorn, Nana Boulle 1979 un empresario de origen letón y newly purchased mansion in Acrylic on canvas studio and often visited Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico. Mrs. Hirshhorn typically 1963 Greenwich, Connecticut. They 35 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches bought or received as gifts works of art directly from these and other important coleccionista de arte, llamó a su Painted plaster 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 5 inches became friends and later married. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. artists. She developed close, personal relationships with them, which she maintained agencia solicitando los servicios Bequest of Olga Hirshhorn Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. 2013.1.042. Gift of Olga Hirshhorn. through correspondences, frequent visits and the acquisition of works of art. Works de un conductor. Después de Over the years, Mr. Hirshhorn On the cover: by Picasso signed “Pour Olga, Son Ami Picasso” (For Olga from her friend Picasso) muchas conversaciones acquired a large number of works Abel Chretien (French, 1919-1972) and de Kooning’s drawings inscribed “To Olga, Love Bill” show the intimate telefónicas, el Sr. Hirshhorn of art, which in 1974 became Olga Hirshhorn connection between artist and collector, one that fostered the acquisition of multiple invitó a Olga a su nueva mansión the founding collection of the 1966 Bronze works for Mrs. Hirshhorn’s collection. en Greenwich, Connecticut. Smithsonian Institution’s the 16 inches Eventualmente se hicieron Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. For more than 20 years Mrs. Hirshhorn was a supporter of the arts in Southwest Bequest of Olga Hirshhorn. buenos amigos y luego se casaron. Garden in Washington, D.C. Florida and a generous contributor to The Baker Museum. The Olga Hirshhorn Together, Mr. and Mrs. Hirshhorn Collection attests to the museum’s continual expansion of its permanent collection A través de los años, el Sr. established close friendships with with significant works of high caliber and diversity. Hirshhorn adquirió una gran towering figures in the history of cantidad de obras de arte la modern art. They were close friends Significant pieces on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in cual se convirtió en la colección with Picasso and his wife Jacqueline, Washington, D.C.