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William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions

October 21, 2018 – May 19, 2019

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William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions
William J. Glackens (b. 1870, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1938, Westport, CT) St. Jean, 1930 Oil on canvas Framed: 25 3/4 in x 34 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in / 65.405 cm x 88.265 cm x 3.81 cm; Object: 20 in x 28 7/8 in / 50.8 cm x 73.3425 Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, museum purchase, 1936.36
Pierre‐Auguste Renoir (b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes‐sur‐ Mer, France) Portrait of Jean Renoir (Portait de Jean Renoir), 1899 Oil on canvas Framed: 22 1/8 in x 18 7/8 in x 2 in / 56.1975 cm x 47.9425 cm x 5.08 cm; Object: 15 3/4 in x 12 5/8 in / 40.005 cm x 32.0675 Collection of Nathan and Katharina Otto‐Bernstein
Pierre‐Auguste Renoir (b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes‐sur‐ Mer, France) Portrait of Pierre Renoir (Portrait de Pierre Renoir), 1890 Oil on canvas Framed: 18 3/8 in x 15 1/16 in x 2 in / 46.6725 cm x 38.25875 cm x 5.08 cm; Object: 12 7/8 in x 9 3/4 in / 32.7025 cm x 24.765 Collection of Nathan and Katharina Otto‐Bernstein
William J. Glackens (b. 1870, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1938, Westport, CT) Lenna Dressed as Toy Soldier, c. 1923 Oil on canvas Framed: 31 1/2 in x 18 in x 2 1/4 in / 80.01 cm x 45.72 cm x 5.715 cm; Object: 25 1/4 in x 12 3/4 in / 64.135 cm x 32.385 Private Collection Photograph Will Howcroft
Pierre‐Auguste Renoir (b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes‐sur‐ Mer, France) Flowers (Fleurs), 1915‐1919 Oil on canvas Framed: 16 1/4 in x 16 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in / 41.275 cm x 41.275 cm x 6.35 cm; Object: 9 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in / 24.13 cm x 24.765 Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Leslie Waggener in memory of Leslie Waggener, 1957.64
William J. Glackens (b. 1870, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1938, Westport, CT) Nude Dressing Hair, 1909 Oil on canvas Crate: 52 in x 43 in x 11 in / 132.08 cm x 109.22 cm x 27.94 cm; Framed: 37 1/2 in x 32 1/4 in / 95.25 cm x 81.915; Object: 30 in x 25 in / 76.2 cm x 63.5 Courtesy of Lehigh University Art Galleries •Teaching Museum
William J. Glackens (b. 1870, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1938, Westport, CT) Andalusian Woman, c. 1920s Oil on canvas Framed: 34 3/8 in x 22 3/8 in / 87.3125 cm x 56.8325; Object: 30 in x 18 in / 76.2 cm x 45.72 Collection of the Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College of Louisiana, Gift of Dr. David C. Kimball, 1999.2
Pierre‐Auguste Renoir (b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes‐sur‐ Mer, France) Portrait of Jean (Portait de Jean Renoir en rouge), c. 1897 Oil on canvas Framed: 26 1/2 in x 23 3/8 in / 67.31 cm x 59.3725; Object: 16 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in / 41.5925 cm x 33.655 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Gift of Isaac and Agnes Cullen Arnold, 68.55
Pierre‐Auguste Renoir (b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes‐sur‐ Mer, France) The Young Soldier (Le jeune militaire), c. 1880 Oil on canvas Framed: 27 in x 18 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in / 68.58 cm x 46.0375 cm x 4.445 cm; Object: 21 5/8 in x 13 in / 54.9275 cm x 33.02 National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.46
Pierre‐Auguste Renoir (b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes‐sur‐ Mer, France) The Young Soldier (Le jeune militaire), c. 1880 Oil on canvas Framed: 27 in x 18 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in / 68.58 cm x 46.0375 cm x 4.445 cm; Object: 21 5/8 in x 13 in / 54.9275 cm x 33.02 National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.46
William J. Glackens (b. 1870, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1938, Westport, CT) Lenna at One Year, 1914 Oil on canvas Framed: 21 in x 18 in x 2 in / 53.34 cm x 45.72 cm x 5.08 cm; Sight: 14 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in / 37.465 cm x 29.21 NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of the Sansom Foundation, Inc.

William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions

One of America’s leading modern artists, painter William Glackens (1870-1938) had a keen interest in the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir that has long been recognized. He saw the French Impressionist’s works in New York galleries as early as 1908 and had unique access to the growing collection of his friend and colleague, Albert C. Barnes. However, Glackens’ specific debt to the art of this important French modernist has never been fully explored. William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions fills this void by bringing together 25 works by each artist that illuminate Renoir’s influence on Glackens’ artistic development. It also reveals how changes in Glackens’ work after 1920 illustrate his response to Renoir’s late work, as well as that of other important European modernists in Barnes’ collection in order to forge his own distinctive American modernism. On view at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale from October 21, 2018 through May 19, 2019, the exhibition defines Glackens’ late style for the first time (c.1920 to 1938), and also sheds light on the history of taste in American collecting from the late-19th to the mid-20th century.

William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions is organized by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale and is curated by Barbara Buhler Lynes, Ph.D., Sunny Kaufman Senior Curator. Following its presentation in Fort Lauderdale, the exhibition will also travel to other venues to be announced.

The exhibition demonstrates Glackens’ response to Renoir’s Impressionistic work from 1860 to the mid-1880s, which was avidly purchased by a wide variety of American collectors. Renoir’s late work from the mid-1880s to 1919 appealed to other influential collectors such as Leo Stein and Barnes. Glackens, who traveled to Paris in 1912 on behalf of Barnes, purchased works for his then fledgling collection. Glackens was the only American artist who subsequently had nearly carte blanche access to Barnes’ increasingly important collection of American and European modernist art, which consequently had a profound influence on Glackens’ painting as demonstrated by Dr. Lynes in this exhibition.

Glackens presumably became aware of Renoir’s art as early as 1895, when he first visited Paris. However, his knowledge of Renoir did not play a role in the development of his work until after he attended the 1908 exhibition of 41 Renoir paintings at the Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York. When he was sent to Paris by Barnes in 1912, Glackens’ purchases included works by Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and others. These acquisitions sparked Barnes’ growing interest in modem European art as well as his enthusiasm for the late work of Renoir. Glackens’ study of the late Renoirs and the other works in Barnes’ collection by Cezanne, Matisse and Charles and Maurice Prendergast, shaped his continuing realization of his own conception of the modern.

Sponsorship
William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions is supported by Sansom Foundation, Hudson Family Foundation and David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation, Kolter Hospitality / Hyatt Centric and 100 Las Olas, Mercantil Bank and Ponant Yacht Cruises and Expeditions. Research and development for this exhibition was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Publication

The exhibition was accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue published by Skira, with essays by Bonnie Clearwater, Barbara Buhler Lynes of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Avis Berman, independent scholar, and Martha Lucy, Deputy Director and Curator of the Barnes Collection. To purchase the catalogue, please email [email protected] or call 954-262-0252

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