January 31, 2010–January 2, 2012
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery. Please follow the links below for related online resources or visit our current exhibitions schedule.
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Related Resources Exhibition Highlights Watch a video Works donated by Biography of Conservation Features Exhibition Highlights NGA Art Talk: Kimberly A. Jones, associate curator, department of French paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Maygene Daniels, chief of Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art and Franklin Kelly, deputy director, National Gallery of Art Part 2, Part 2, Getting to Know Maud and Chester Dale Purchase the Curator NGA Art Talk: Garden Café Français Press Materials (9/11/09) Press Materials (12/17/09) |
Chester Dale's magnificent bequest to the National Gallery of Art in 1962 included a generous endowment as well as one of America's most important collections of French painting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This special exhibition, the first in 45 years to explore the extraordinary legacy left to the nation by this passionate collector, features some 83 of his finest French and American paintings.
Among the masterpieces on view are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's Forest of Fontainebleau (1834), Auguste Renoir's A Girl with a Watering Can (1876), Mary Cassatt's Boating Party (1893/1894), Edouard Manet's Old Musician (1862), Pablo Picasso's Family of Saltimbanques (1905), and George Bellows' Blue Morning (1909). Other artists represented include Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, and Claude Monet.
Dale was an astute businessman who made his fortune on Wall Street in the bond market. He thrived on forging deals and translated much of this energy and talent into his art collecting. He served on the board of the National Gallery of Art from 1943 and as president from 1955 until his death in 1962. Portraits of Dale by Salvador Dalí and Diego Rivera are included in the show, along with portraits of Dale's wife Maud (who greatly influenced his interest in art) painted by George Bellows and Fernand Léger.
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art.
Sponsor: The exhibition is made possible by United Technologies Corporation.
Schedule: National Gallery of Art, January 31, 2010–January 2, 2012
Ex Libris: Chester Dale
Exhibition Highlights
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery. Please follow the links below for related online resources or visit our current exhibitions schedule.
Held in conjunction with From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, this focus exhibition explores the relationships Chester (1883–1962) and Maud Dale (1876–1953) had with various contemporary artists. The Dales often asked artists to sign publications and were occasionally rewarded with memorable drawings and inscriptions as well as autographs. Chester Dale bequeathed his entire collection of more than 1,500 volumes and 1,200 auction catalogues to the National Gallery of Art, where they now reside in the library as part of his extraordinary legacy.
A selection of inscribed books from Chester Dale's collection is featured in this exhibition, supplemented by photographs from the National Gallery of Art Gallery Archives. These photographs show the Dales with artists such as Henri Matisse and Salvador Dalí, as well as depictions of how paintings by artists including Pablo Picasso were displayed in various Dale residences. In addition, the National Portrait Gallery has been kind enough to allow reproduction of Dale's portrait by one of these artists, Miguel Covarrubias.
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art.
Schedule: National Gallery of Art, January 31–July 18, 2010
