FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE

SEPTEMBER 2012

Lecture Bookmarks THE FITERMAN LECTURE SERIES | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 | PILLSBURY AUDITORIUM, 11 A.M. are Here! Your 2012–2013 Fiterman Pablo in Vallauris: Lecture Series bookmark is enclosed. Mark your The Artist and the Artisans, 1954–1964 calendar! Luncheons follow the September, December, known, such as Toby Jelinek, Joseph-Marius Tiola, February, and May lectures. and Paul Massier. They participated in the creation of the sheet metal sculptures from 1954–1964 that marked the culmination of formal investiga- tions that had begun in Picasso’s earlier Cubist experiments.

Diana Widmaier Picasso is an art historian currently living in New York City. After receiving a Master’s Degree in private law (University Paris-Assas) and a Master’s degree in (University Paris-Sorbonne), she specialized in Old Master drawings. She worked on exhibitions at museums in New York (Metropolitan Museum) and Paris and later became an expert at Sotheby’s. Since 2003 she has been preparing a Catalogue Photograph © Rainer Hosch 2012 Raisonne of the sculptures of with Of the great art and artists of the twentieth century, a team of researchers. Widmaier Picasso recently the life and work of Pablo Picasso is perhaps most co-curated with John Richardson an exhibit at familiar. On Thursday, September 13, the Friends Gagosian Gallery in New York called Picasso and are honored to present Diana Widmaier Picasso, Marie-Therese: l’Amour Fou. She is the author of granddaughter of Picasso and Marie-Therese Picasso: Art Can Only be Erotic and several essays Walter, who will tell us a story about Picasso on the work of Picasso. which will likely be unfamiliar to most of us. She will lead us on a journey to the French village of This lecture promises a brilliant start to our Vallauris, where Picasso collaborated with gifted 2012–2013 series, so mark your calendars for local artists and craftsmen to explore new avenues September 13. Coffee and treats sponsored by of creativity and innovation. We will be introduced the Rochester Friends will precede the lecture. to the craftsmen whose work has hitherto been less

Friends Fall Luncheon on September 13 If an amazing Picasso lecture isn’t enough to Mixed Berry Streusel Tart for dessert. (If chicken satisfy your “art appetite,” then the wonderful or any meat is not your favorite luncheon selection, lunch planned afterward will surely convince you don’t fret; simply request a vegetarian version of the to pick up your phone and call the Friends office salad when you reserve.) Don’t procrastinate! All at (612) 870-3045 to reserve your luncheon space. reservations must be made by Friday, September 7. The cost is $25. The Friends will delight you with a Cobb Salad with House-Smoked Chicken and a FRIENDS FIRST THURSDAY L’Estampe Originale, a Celebrated Album of Original Printmaking On Thursday, October 4, learn about the lavishly produced print album L’Estampe Originale (The Original Print at a special “before-hours” gallery conversation just for Friends members. MIA Department of Prints and Drawings Independent Research Associate Marla J. Kinney, who curated this fascinating exhibition, will lead registered attendees through the show in Galleries 315 and 316 at 9 a.m. before the museum opens to the public.

L’Estampe Originale represents a thrilling cross-section of the trends that made fin-de-siecle Paris legendary: Art Nouveau, Japonisme, Symbolism, and more. Kinney will talk about the innovative graphic works commissioned for this seminal print album, including the newly emerging techniques of color etching, color lithography, and embossing.

Please call the Friends office to register at (612) 870-3045. The cost is $15 and space is limited to the first eighteen registrants. Attendees should plan to arrive for the tour at 8:45 a.m. in the Third Avenue lobby. Coffee and refreshments will be served in the Friends office afterward.

Paul Ranson, (French, 1864–1909), Tiger in the Jungle (detail), 1893 Color lithograph, Gift of Mrs. Patrick Butler, by exchange. P.70.69

Friends Book Club Fall Line-Up Special Invitation for Friends With the record-setting heat of the summer behind us, get Members Only ready for indoor activities like enjoying the fabulous Friends fall book club line-up. Join the Friends on September 21 Don’t miss a private reception for Friends honoring Diana for a book-based tour, light refreshments and discussion of Widmaier Picasso hosted by another talented artist and MIA The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland. Meet Trustee, Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad, at her incredible Georgian at Studio 114 on the first floor of the MIA at 10:30 a.m. Revival home in Edina.

Mark your calendar for the following Fridays: October 12 Wednesday, September 12 | 5 to 7 p.m. with Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, November 16 Drinks and Hors d’Oeuvres with The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, and January 18 $75 with The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. If you plan to attend any of the book club meetings, an RSVP is requested Attendance is limited to 50 guests; please call the Friends to the Friends office: (612) 870-3045; [email protected]. office to reserve: (612) 870-3045.

Thank You, Rochester Friends In the past the Rochester Friends have sponsored a fall lecture; but now that the Mark and Mary Fiterman Fund provides for the entire lecture series, the Rochester organization has instead generously donated funds to serve coffee and treats before each monthly lecture. It is without a doubt that all Friends members will enjoy the Rochester Friends’ hospitality before each lecture! Be sure to thank the Rochester Friends after the September lecture. COLLECTION CONNECTION Claude Lorrain: Master of Landscape and Light When Claude Gellée was born in 1604, no one could have predicted he would become the most important landscape artist of the seventeenth century. The son of a peasant in Nancy, , history tells us Claude had difficulty writing in French and Italian and could barely count. However, he was completely fascinated with light and could explain its effects like a physicist.

At a very early age, he was trained as a pastry chef, but he would follow the light to Rome where he trained under the resident landscape artists. An ardent admirer of Caravaggio and the ancient Roman poet, Virgil, who wrote movingly of the beauty of the pastoral landscape, Claude, or Claude Lorrain, (named for the duchy where he was born) fell in love with the Roman landscape and its fine Italian light. He would remain there for most of his life. Claude Lorrain, Pastoral Landscape (detail), French 1638. The John R. Van Derlip Fund and gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, SIT Investment Associates, Darwin and Geri Reedy, and Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Pastoral Landscape, painted in 1638, was Harrison. 98.33 acquired at the time of the September 1998 grand reopening of the MIA galleries. It recalls the simple Extremely successful and admired, Claude was held in esteem pleasures of life in Arcadia, a region in ancient Greece. by the great landscape painters of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, John Constable and Claude Monet. He You can see Claude’s mastery of light and atmosphere. He was frequently copied by other artists, and in order to avoid used thin, semi-transparent layers of oil paint to create the repetition, he created six books of pen drawings of all his luminosity for which his works are known. The painting was paintings, marking on the back the name of the purchaser. also considered to be a great complement to the museum’s These volumes were called the Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth) The Death of Germanicus by Nicholas Poussin painted and are highly regarded by students of landscape art. ten years earlier. The two artists were friends and traveled together for a time, sketching the landscape. It is often noted The next time you are visiting the galleries, explore Gallery 313 Poussin used landscape as the background for figures, while where you will find the Claude, Poussin, and other exquisite Claude painted his tiny figures into monumental landscapes. old master paintings. Our painting comes from a time in his development when he was highly accomplished and at the same time, spontaneous.

September 13 Member Tour: “Art Since 1950” Please join us before or after the September 13 lecture for Space is limited, so RSVP for either tour to New Member a docent-led tour planned exclusively for Friends members: Liaison Julie Holland: (952) 935-8990; [email protected]. “Art Since 1950.” The tours will examine the artistic trends Tours begin promptly, so please plan to arrive early at the that influenced Pablo Picasso and the ways in which Picasso’s appropriate meeting spot. Since these tours are a benefit for work influences artists today. Friends members, we regret that we cannot accommodate non-member guests. Invite your friends to join the Friends! 10 a.m.: Meet across from the security desk in the MIA’s Third Avenue Lobby.

1:30 p.m.: Meet outside the Villa Rosa Room on the Third Floor. SEPTEMBER AT THE INSTITUTE Friends President September floral arrangements at the Visitor Information Desk are created by Arts & Flowers. Carolyn Dahl Please call the Friends office for more information on our florists. Newsletter Editors Patty McCullough Tracy Schaefer NEW MEMBERS VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERING Operations Coordinator Nicole Anderson Barbara Baker FOR “CHINA’S We are in the process of updating Friends Office Joan Feinberg TERRACOTTA our volunteer database. If you are (612) 870-3045 Sonia Prickett WARRIORS” interested in being contacted by Friends Fax Applications are currently being the Friends for MIA volunteer (612) 870-6315 accepted for weekend greeter opportunities, please email ON VIEW AT THE MIA Friends E-mail opportuntites that begin October [email protected] with your “Rembrandt in America” [email protected] 28 and continue through January name and, if you like, any specific Through Sunday, September 16 Museum Shop 20, 2013. Greeters will create a areas in which you’d like to Target Gallery (612) 870-3100 welcoming and informative volunteer (e.g., special events, (admission charged) MIA Info experience for all visitors to the fundraising, greeting visitors, Ticketed Exhibition (612) 870-3000 MIA during this special exhibition. (free for members!) etc.). Or, simply check the box on Request an email application Friends Web Site your membership renewal form www.artsmia.org/friends from VMS Volunteer Coordinator “Lively Edo” indicating that you wish to be Michael Bennes: (612) 870-3176; Through Sunday, October 28, 2012 contacted. Questions? Call the [email protected], or stop by Louis W. Hill Gallery (239) Friends office: (612) 870-3045. the first floor Information Desk to Free Exhibition pick one up in person.

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