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California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia
Mathews
October 6 – December 9, 2007
Organized by the Oakland Museum of California, this exhibition
presents a major retrospective of the signature artworks, furniture
and decorative objects by two of California’s most important
twentieth-century artists. Californians at the turn of the
twentieth-century celebrated a classical revival in art and cultural
pursuits that compared their state to the Arcadian models of ancient
Greece and Rome. Artists Arthur and Lucia Mathews devoted their
careers to this concept and in doing so created the California
Decorative Style. Theirs was a body of fine and decorative art that
combined idealized images with embellishments inspired by nature.
California as Muse features over 60 examples of the Mathews’
light-filled landscapes, graceful figures and intricately carved
furniture and decorative objects, while the accompanying catalogue
chronicles over 250 such creations.
Organized by the Oakland Museum of California.
The Oakland Museum of California acknowledges the following
contributors: The Oakland Museum Women’s Board; The Brayton Wilbur
Foundation; the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum of California; The
National Endowment for the Arts; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Holloway; and
Nancy Stryble, in memory of Francis and Margaret Stryble.
Local sponsorship of this exhibition is made possible in part
through the generosity of the Gioconda and Joseph King Endowment for
Exhibitions, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of
Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Media Support provided by the Sun-Sentinel.
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Lucia K. Mathews
(American, 1870 - 1955)
Furniture Shop, Four Panel Screen, n.d.
Painted and gold-leafed wood, 72 by 80 inches. Collection of the
Oakland Museum of California, gift of Concours d'Antiques, Art Guild
66.196.35 |
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Arthur F. Mathews
(American, 1860 - 1945):
Monterey Cypress 1933.
Oil on canvas, 38.25 by 34.25 inches;
with Furniture Shop Frame, painted wood, 48 by 44 inches.
Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, gift of Concours d'Antiques, Art
Guild 66.196.15 |
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Medieval and Renaissance
Treasures from the V&A
October 24, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, this exhibition
will feature medieval and Renaissance treasures ranging in date from
the late Roman Empire to about 1600. These works were originally
intended for the embellishment of the church and chapel in the
Middle Ages, and for the cabinet of wealthy Renaissance collectors.
Even then, these precious works were highly prized for their beauty,
the value of their materials and for their exquisite workmanship.
Included are 44 superb works in various media—ivory, wood, bronze,
metalwork, stained glass, and manuscripts—among them unique
masterpieces such as the ivory cover of the Lorsch Gospels
(commissioned by Charlemagne), the Limoges-enamel reliquary made to
house the relics of Thomas Becket, a bronze fountainhead in the form
of a winged putto, by Donatello, and an illustrated sketchbook by
Leonardo da Vinci known as the Forster Codex III.
Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
This exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of
Dame Celia Lipton Farris, Laurence Levine Charitable Fund and Sir
Thomas R. Moore.
Media Support provided by The Palm Beach Post and WPTV NewsChannel
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Leonardo Notebooks,
by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519),
Italian (Milan), 1487–90 (Codex Forster 12) (Florence), 1505 (Codex
Forster 11).
Pen and ink, height: 5 11/16 inches (14.5 cm); width: 9 inches (23
cm open); depth: 13/16 inch (2 cm).
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Winged Putto with Fantastic Fish,
by Donatello (about 1386 - 1466)
Italian (Florence), about 1435 - 40. Bronze with traces of gilding,
heights: 15 1/16 inches (40.5cm); width: 15 7/8 inches (40.4cm)
depth: 4 5/16 inches (11cm).
V&A: 475-1864 |
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