Cezanne to Picasso : Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde

by Edited by Rebecca A. Rabinow; Douglas W. Druick, Ann Dumas, Gloria Groom, Anne R

• ISBN13: 9780300117790
• ISBN10: 0300117795
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Summary

Ambroise Vollard (18671939) played a key role in the transformation of the art world in the late 19th century. A pioneering Parisian dealer, Vollard introduced many of the era's leading artists to the public. This beautifully illustrated catalogue, accompanying the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to Vollard's extraordinary achievement, presents 130 important paintings, sculpture, and works on paper that he promoted, exhibited, and sold. Vollard's groundbreaking exhibition in 1895 of Cezanne's work definitively established the artist's reputation, and Vollard subsequently organized major exhibitions of the Nabis, Gauguin, and Van Gogh; promoted the work of artists ranging from Degas to Rouault to the Fauves; and gave many young artists, including Picasso and Matisse, their first solo shows. In addition, Vollard published print albums andlivres d'artiste that are among the most celebrated of the early 20th century.This important volume features twenty-two essays that examine Vollard's career and expertise in the art market, his relationships with individual artists and collectors, and a wealth of previously unpublished material from the newly available archive of Vollard's documents and from the archives of the artists he represented.

Author Biography

Rebecca Rabinow is Associate Curator and Administrator in the Department of 19th-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Douglas W. Druick is Searle Curator, Medieval through Modern European Painting and Prince Trust Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Ann Dumas is a freelance curator, London. Gloria Groom is David and Mary Winton Green Curator, Medieval through Modern European Painting and Modern European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. Anne Roquebert is Conservateur at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Gary Tinterow is Engelhard Curator in Charge in the Department of 19th-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 

Table of Contents

Ambroise Vollard, patron of the avant-garde	p. 2
Vollard and Cezanne : an anatomy of a relationship	p. 28
Patron or pirate? : Vollard and the works of Vincent van Gogh	p. 48
Vollard and Gauguin : fictions and facts	p. 60
Vollard, the Nabis, and Odilon Redon	p. 82
Vollard and Picasso	p. 100
Vollard and the Fauves : Derain and Vlaminck	p. 118
Vollard and Matisse	p. 130
Vollard and the impressionists : the case of Renoir	p. 142
Vollard and Degas	p. 150
Vollard and Rouault	p. 162
Vollard, publisher of Maillol's bronzes : a controversial relationship	p. 172
Vollard and the sculptures of Picasso	p. 182
Vollard's print albums	p. 189
Vollard's Livres D'artiste	p. 197
Vollard : the author behind the mask	p. 213
A widening circle : Vollard and his clients	p. 218
Vollard and German collectors	p. 231
Russian clients of Ambroise Vollard	p. 243
The dispersal of the Vollard collection	p. 258
The Vollard archives : myth and reality	p. 263
Vollard's accounts	p. 269
Selected chronology	p. 274
Exhibitions Chez Vollard	p. 305
Catalogue	p. 323
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