"From the Private Collections of Texas" by Richard R. Brettell

From the Private Collections of Texas European Art, Ancient to Modern Richard R. Brettell, C. D. Dickerson

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Format:: Hardback
Publication date:: 16 Feb 2010
ISBN:: 9780300144949
Imprint:: Kimbell Art Museum
Dimensions:: 456 pages: 305 x 254mm
Illustrations:: 40 b-w + 296 color illus.
Sales territories:: World

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The Lone Star State is home to a dazzling array of world-class artworks, many in private collections and rarely exhibited. Reflecting the Kimbell Art Museum’s own collecting strengths, this book focuses on the art of Europe and the ancient Mediterranean from about 700 B.C. to around 1950. Over 40 prominent collections are featured along with works that have been given to museums in Texas or have left the state through gift or sale. Among the artists included are Thomas Gainsborough, Paul Gauguin, Guercino, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Vincent van Gogh. The distinguished scholar Richard R. Brettell contributes a comprehensive essay on the importance of private collecting in Texas.

Richard R. Brettell is the Margaret McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetics at the University of Texas, Dallas. C. D. Dickerson III is associate curator of European art at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.