Surrealism and Modernism: From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

ISBN: 0300102038

Author: Zafran, Eric

Condition: New

The Wadsworth Atheneums remarkable collection of twentieth-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This beautiful book showcases the museums holdings and provides fascinating details about their acquisition.In 1931, the famed Chick Austin, director of the Atheneum from 1929 to 1944, purchased works by Dalí, Calder, Picasso, Ernst, and others. Austins successor, Charles Cunningham, added works by Stanley Spencer, Henry Moore, Maillol, and Marini. In more recent years, examples of American modernists and expressionists such as Georgia OKeeffe, Arthur Dove, Willem de Kooning, and Jackson Pollock have also been acquired.Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art