Detail of In the Studio by Pablo Picasso, 1933. The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection.
"The BMA's outstanding collection of works on paper creates the unique opportunity to examine the artistic motivation of the artists we love,"
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September 15, 2004-For centuries, artists have been fascinated with depictions of themselves or other artists working in their studios. In the Artist's Studio: Works from the Collection, on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art from September 15, 2004 - February 27, 2005, features more than 50 prints, drawings, and photographs by 42 artists from the BMA's collection, including Rembrandt van Rijn, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
From Renaissance to contemporary works on paper, this exhibition features a variety of works by artists who use the theme of the artist in the studio to document their evolving social status and professional identity. Many of the works also present perceptions, both real and imagined, of how artists conceived of their work and their studios.
Highlights include four works by Pablo Picasso - who maintained an obsessive interest in the subject of the artist in the studio throughout his career - as well self-portraits by Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall, prints of Alberto Giacometti's chaotic studio, and photographs of Paul Cézanne's preserved studio in France. The exhibition also features illustrations from 16th-century artist manuals by Albrecht Dürer, romanticized 19th-century tributes to artistic heroes of the past, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Fillippo Lippi, and satiric views of a less glamorus side of studio life filled with poverty and rejection by Honoré Daumier and others.
In the Artist's Studio: Works from the Collection is curated by Jennie Fleming, BMA Curatorial Assistant of Prints, Drawings & Photographs.
PROGRAMS
Gallery Talks
~ Thursday, September 23, 1 p.m. With exhibition curator Jennie Fleming
~ Thursday, October 7, 2 p.m. With a Museum Docent
~ Saturday, November 6, 1 p.m. With exhibition curator Jennie Fleming
Mini-Course
The Artist in the Studio
October 5-November 2
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
$150 ($135 BMA Members)
Gain a new appreciation of the studio as fundamental to the spirit of artistic activity and instrumental to the myth of the artist. In this five-week mini-course led by Jennie Fleming, BMA Curatorial Assistant for Prints, Drawings & Photographs, explore portrayals of the artist in the studio beginning with allegorical and mythical depictions from the Renaissance and Baroque periods by such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Diego Velázquez, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Then investigate the explosion of studio imagery in the 19th century and the phenomenon of portraying past artists at work. The series culminates with a look at the continued relevance of this theme in the 20th century and today in the works by such artists as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Alberto Giacometti. Admission to the exhibition included. Call 410/516-8516 to register.
This program is presented by The Johns Hopkins University's Odyssey Program in collaboration with The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Free First Thursday
October 7, 5-8 p.m.
Celebrate 10 years of Free First Thursdays at the BMA! Tour In the Artist's Studio: Works from the Collection, then enjoy a performance by Dance Baltimore!, spoken word poetry performances, gallery talks, and a family hands-on workshop.
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The Baltimore Museum of Art
Founded in 1914, The Baltimore Museum of Art is Maryland's largest art museum with more than 90,000 objects. The Museum presents a variety of major exhibitions each year, as well as special installations that showcase the Museum's incomparable collection. The BMA's preeminent holding of Post-Impressionist and Modern art-The Cone Collection-includes a group of 500 works by Matisse, considered the most comprehensive collection in the world, as well as major examples by Picasso, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Renoir.
Highlights from the BMA's collection include world-renowned works of modern and contemporary art; grand European paintings and sculpture from Old Masters through the 19th century; an extensive collection of prints, drawings, and photographs from the 15th century to the present; notable American decorative arts and Maryland period rooms; and African, Asian, Native American, and Oceanic art. The BMA's sculpture gardens feature 34 works of art on nearly three landscaped acres in the heart of the city.
Visitor Information
The Baltimore Museum of Art is open Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.; and during the first Thursday of every month (except major holidays), 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. The Museum is closed Monday, Tuesday, New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Admission is $7 for adults; $5 for seniors ages 65 and over and college students; and free for children 18 & under. Admission is free on the first Thursday of every month and for related Free First Thursday activities. The BMA is located on Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st Streets, three miles north of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. For general Museum information, call 410/396-7100 or visit the BMA's web site noted below.
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