Art Institute of Chicago

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

Douglas W. Druick

Odilon Redon

Art Institute (Chicago, Ill.)

The work of French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon has long been seen as a direct link between the 19th century and the development of modern art. Now Douglas W. Druick, Searle curator of European paintings at The Art Institute of Chicago, has gathered more than 500 color and black-and-white reproductions of the artist's well-known and more obscure works.

Prince of Dreams, 1840-1916

ODILON REDON

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Richard Kendall

Edgar Degas

Joslyn Art Museum

Baltimore Museum of Art

Arthur Beale

This beautiful book is the first full-length study of the subject and offers entirely new perspectives on a work that is widely regarded as a key precursor of twentieth-century sculpture. In three chapters, Richard Kendall analyzes the origins of this distinctive figure in Degas's ballet imagery; explores the condition of French sculpture in the 1870s and the significance of Degas's choice of materials, procedures, and exhibition strategy; and describes the critical responses to the first public display of the statuette, particularly those comparing it with dolls and the art of ancient Egypt. Douglas W. Druick then explores the fascinating association between the sculpture and views of criminality current in the artist's day, and for the first time in the history of the work, Arthur Beale examines the technical character of its variant forms using laboratory analysis and X-ray photography. The book presents sixty-five color plates of major works by Degas that encompass the genesis and legacy of the Little Dancer, as well as a wealth of comparative plates and preparatory drawings, some never before published.

Degas and The Little Dancer

Suzanne Folds McCullagh

Professor Douglas Druick

This book celebrates the Gechts' gift of over thirty works to The Art Institute of Chicago, joining what has long been one of the most distinguished public collections of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century graphic arts in America. Showcasing the couple's bequest, Graphic Modernism is augmented by one hundred other examples from the family's important holdings. The Art Institute's staff worked closely with the Gechts in making selections for the museum that will fill lacunae and add strength to strength. In an informative introduction, Art Institute curator Suzanne Folds McCullagh relates the collection to the context in which it was formed. Each of the over 130 works included here is reproduced in full color, and is accompanied by an informative and accessible entry prepared by Art Institute staff and the Gechts' curator, Mark Krisco.

Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago

Graphic Modernism

A study of the personal and professional history of van Gogh and Gauguin takes a close-up look at their brief collaboration in Arles in 1888 and discusses the role of each artist in promoting the other's search for a personal style that incorporated the latest artistic developments but remained true to each artist's vision. BOMC.

The Studio of the South

Van Gogh and Gauguin

National Gallery of Canada

Peter Zegers

Lithography in France, 1848-1900 : Text Panels and Labels for the Exhibition : Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, May 1-June 14, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, July 9-August 16, Windsor Art Gallery, September 13-October 14

Douglas W. Druick

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