Towards Modernity
Connaught Brown is delighted to present Towards Modernity, an exhibition surveying the transformational progression of Modern art from its inception under Impressionism and through its subsequent groundbreaking iterations.
The end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries gave rise to some of the most influential artistic movements in history. Artists such as Cézanne, Pissarro, Renoir, Vlaminck and Dufy broke with tradition to produce new and exhilarating work that inspired each other and the generations to come. They were ‘artistic disrupters’ in a period of great change.
Impressionism rejected the rigidity of academicism; Pointillism experimented with scientific theories; Fauvism celebrated pure colour, and Cubism distorted pictorial planes. Distinctly individual, these movements interlinked with and informed the next, creating a visual conversation and ideological interchange between these artists.
Through Impressionism Degas, Pissarro and Renoir developed a new way of addressing figuration, the Cubists Lipchitz, Marcoussis and Lhote redefined the concept of form while Chagall and Dufy embraced a unique and dream-like pictorial freedom. Together, the works in this show will demonstrate the changes which occurred during an extraordinary period of history, in which change was embraced and the norm challenged with an inquisitive spirit.
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Pierre-Auguste RenoirPré et arbres, 1893Oil on canvas9 1/8 x 15 3/8 in, 23 x 39 cm
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Pierre-Auguste RenoirPaysage, 1916Oil on canvas8 x 13 3/4 in, 20 x 35 cm
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Henri Le SidanerLe pont, Amiens, 1911Oil on canvas24 1/8 x 29 1/8 in, 61 x 74 cm
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Edgar DegasChez la modiste (modiste garnissant un chapeau), c.1885Pastel and charcoal on paper18 1/8 x 23 1/8 in, 46 x 58.8 cm
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Edgar DegasDanse Espagnole, c.1885Bronze16.26 x 6.9 x 6.5in, 41.3 x 17.6 x 16.6cm
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Theophile-Alexandre SteinlenLa Promenade, c. 1881Pastel on paper28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in, 72.4 x 85 cm
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Emilie CharmyAutoportrait avec boucles d'oreille noirs, 1945-50Oil on canvas laid down on board18 1/8 x 15 in, 46 x 38 cmSold
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Émilie CharmyNature morte avec cerises, 1920Oil on canvas7 3/16 x 10 3/8 in, 18.2 x 26.4 cm
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Émilie CharmyMarnat, 1913-15Oil on canvas laid down on board14 5/8 x 17 7/8 in, 37.1 x 45.4 cm
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Henri MartinVenise, La Salute, c.1910Oil on cardboard15 3/8 x 18 1/4 in, 39 x 46.2 cm
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Camille PissarroPommiers, effet d'automne, c. 1900Oil on panel5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in, 14 x 20.1 cm
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Camille PissarroLes Coteaux de Thierceville, temps gris, 1888Oil on canvas21 1/4 x 28 5/8 in, 54 x 72.8 cm
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Roderic O'ConorStill life with spring flowers in a vase, c.1911Oil on canvas21 7/16 x 18 5/16 in, 54.5 x 46.5 cm
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Henri ManguinFlower Still Life, 1937Oil on canvas18 1/4 x 21 3/4 in, 46.4 x 55.2 cm
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David BombergFigure Composition (Stable Interior Series), 1919Oil on paper laid down on board34 5/8 x 15 3/8 in, 88 x 39 cm
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Max ErnstClaire de lune, 1947Oil on paper6 x 8 ¼ in, 15.4 x 21.1 cm
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Marc ChagallCorbeille au soleil (Gordes), c.1938-9Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper23 7/8 x 19 1/8 in, 60.5 x 48.6 cm
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Raoul DufyL'atelier de l'artiste au Havre, 1929Gouache and watercolour on paper19 7/8 x 26 1/8 in, 50.5 x 66.3 cm
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Marc ChagallLe peintre devant 'le soleil rouge' , 1965Gouache, pastel, Indian ink and pencil on Arches wove paper13 7/8 x 10 5/8 in, 35.3 x 26.9 cm
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Marc ChagallLes amoureux aux deux bouquet et le peintre , c.1975Gouache, oil, tempera, coloured pencils and pastel on Arches wove paper30 1/8 x 22 1/4 in, 76.4 x 56.6 cm
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Raoul DufyL'Atelier à Vence, 1945Gouache and brush and ink on paper19 5/8 x 25 3/4 in, 49.7 x 65.5 cm
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Marc ChagallRêve nocturne de deux clowns en rouge, 1971Indian ink, gouache, coloured pencil, pastel and pencil on wove paper14 3/8 x 10 3/4 in, 36.5 x 27.3 cm
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Marc Chagall, La lecture du violoncelliste au village, 1974
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Jacques LipchitzPersonnage Assis (Étude pour la sculpture), April 1918Gouache and pencil on board16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in, 40.8 x 32.7 cm
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Louis MarcoussisDeux dormeurs, 1937Oil on cardboard mounted on a stretcher14 3/4 x 24 1/8 in, 37.6 x 61 cmReserved
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Andre LhoteLes Footballeurs, 1916Oil on canvas25 1/4 x 31 1/2 in, 64 x 80 cmSold
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Maurice de VlaminckLe Guéridon au vase de fleurs, 1914-15Oil on canvas25 1/4 x 20 1/4 in, 64 x 51.5 cm
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Alexander ArchipenkoStatue on a Triangular Base, 1914Bronze
Conceived in 1914 and cast in 1969 at the Sheidow Foundry in an edition of 829 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in, 75.6 x 19.7 x 14.9 cm