The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism
The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism features selections from the extraordinary private collection of William S. Paley, the late founder and guiding spirit of CBS. The exhibition features more than 60 works of art, including paintings, drawings, and sculpture, some of the most striking by French modern masters. Highlights include works by Gauguin, Andr茅 Derain, Matisse, 颁茅锄补苍苍别, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec, most created between 1880 and 1940, at the height of French Modernism, as well as Picasso鈥檚 Boy Leading a Horse.
Paley was the charismatic entrepreneur who virtually invented the Columbia Broadcasting System. He was also an unusually active trustee at the Museum of Modern Art, joining its board in 1937, when the museum was only eight years old, and rising through its ranks to become president and then chairman. Paley started buying art in the mid-1930s and he continued to do so into the early 70s. Upon his death in 1990 at the age of 86, Paley willed his entire collection to the museum.
At Crystal Bridges The Paley Collection provides a rare opportunity for guests to view the masters of European Modernism who inspired many American artists, both those studying abroad and those working at home in the US. This exhibition was organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Crystal Bridges will be the last venue to offer this special temporary exhibition before it returns to MoMA.
The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism features selections from the extraordinary private collection of William S. Paley, the late founder and guiding spirit of CBS. The exhibition features more than 60 works of art, including paintings, drawings, and sculpture, some of the most striking by French modern masters. Highlights include works by Gauguin, Andr茅 Derain, Matisse, 颁茅锄补苍苍别, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec, most created between 1880 and 1940, at the height of French Modernism, as well as Picasso鈥檚 Boy Leading a Horse.
Paley was the charismatic entrepreneur who virtually invented the Columbia Broadcasting System. He was also an unusually active trustee at the Museum of Modern Art, joining its board in 1937, when the museum was only eight years old, and rising through its ranks to become president and then chairman. Paley started buying art in the mid-1930s and he continued to do so into the early 70s. Upon his death in 1990 at the age of 86, Paley willed his entire collection to the museum.
At Crystal Bridges The Paley Collection provides a rare opportunity for guests to view the masters of European Modernism who inspired many American artists, both those studying abroad and those working at home in the US. This exhibition was organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Crystal Bridges will be the last venue to offer this special temporary exhibition before it returns to MoMA.
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