Word: fogg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Both the Wertheim and Pearlman Collections have the consistency of excellence and caring taste which establish great collections: their exhibition, along with the Fogg's own fine 19th century collection, leads Miss Agnes Mongan, Acting Director of the Fogg, to remark with justifiable pride: "You would have to go a long way--either across America or upon the Continent--to find a better 19th century collection this summer." For those readers who prefer deeds to words, a rather partial inventory of the collections shows: 12 water-colors and drawings by Cezanne, and oils by the following: Gauguin (1), Monet...
...remarks about the Moscow Art Exhibit) is about the least likely authority to be quoted in an art review, I'll draw a somewhat shaky parallel from his political mots justes and urge all 3850 of my potential readers to walk the "extra mile" across the Yard to the Fogg Museum for a truly rewarding meeting at the summit of this past century...
...Pearlman Collection continues upstairs in Gallery XVII, which it shares with works from the Fogg's 19th century collection. Up here, the range and quality of the works is extremely impressive. Van Gogh's famous Tarascon Diligence is still a fresh visual experience upon its first encounter; its use of heavy brushwork, vividly dominant colors and incised outlines are Van Gogh at his best. Only an awkwardly distorted ladder disturbs this great masterpiece. Next to this work are a small and good Renoir Nude and a very fine Woman in a Round Hat by Manet...
...Maurice Wertheim bequest (it eventually goes en bloc to the Fogg) is also on view upstairs at the Fogg, where its future owners have complemented the collection's brilliance with a well-balanced, elegantly proportioned, and grandly spaced installation--which looks good from any spot. The 19th century gallery is particularly impressive with Van Gogh's Self Portrait, the primus inter pares of the lot. The brilliant lime-green brushwork which forms a halo around the artist's head is both economical and expressive and the demonic eyes with yellow pupils, the red defining lines of the nose and mouth...
...Grecoesque modeling of the light on the draperies, and monumental rendering add up to the finest work by Picasso I can remember having seen--for good measure I'm even tempted to throw in Guernica! This painting is seen to best advantage on an overcast day when the Fogg puts an overhead light upon it. The best setting for it, however, would be the magnificent shadowed light of an Early Gothic Church. The other works in the gallery include another fine Blue Period Picasso, four fine drawings by Matisse of Mlle. Roudchenko, and a splendid drawing by Seurat. In this...