Alfred H. Maurer: At the Vanguard of Modernism
- Ongoing: until Monday, January 4, 2016
- Sunday: 10:00am
- Monday: 11:00am
- Wednesday: 11:00am
- Thursday: 11:00am
- Friday: 11:00am
- Saturday: 10:00am
- Where: Crystal Bridges, Bentonville
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
Considered one of the first American Modernists and one of the most versatile American artists, Alfred H. Maurer (1868–1932) tirelessly pushed the boundaries of artistic expression throughout his career. This exhibition features more than 70 of Maurer’s most accomplished works, highlighting the artist’s singular contributions to American painting in the early 20th century. Maurer was one of the first American painters to travel to Paris to study avant-garde art. His long career spans a wide range of stylistic approaches, but he maintained a steady interest in certain themes, such as the female figure, as well as formal experimentation with color, form, and abstraction. The exhibition surveys Maurer’s career, and is organized into seven chronological groupings: fin-de-siècle figure paintings, scenes of contemporary leisure, Fauvist works, landscapes and florals, heads and figures, still lifes, and late abstractions. The diversity and virtuosity of the works illustrate the extent to which Maurer was a formidable creative force in expanding the potential for artistic expression in American art.
Alfred H. Maurer: At the Vanguard of Modernism was organized by the Addison Gallery and co-curated by independent scholar Dr. Stacey Epstein and Addison curator Susan Faxon.
This event was posted Nov. 16, 2014 and last updated Nov. 16, 2014
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