An exhibition about the development of modern painting: A Century of Modern Art at the Auckland Art Gallery presents an exhibition of iconic works that show the development of painting from the 1860s to the 1960s. All major modern art movements are represented, from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting. The show illustrates the diversity and innovative power of modernism, which was always closely linked to social developments – the slow detachment from rigid structures and simultaneous technical progress – around 1900, which ultimately prepared the ground for the cultural revolution in the middle of the 20th century. Until September 28, 57 works of art by 53 artists are representative of important decades in art history that continue to inspire young artists today.
All of the artworks on display are on loan from the internationally renowned collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, which is also behind the concept of the exhibition. Visitors can look forward to works by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Helen Frankenthaler, Édouard Manet, William Merritt Chase, Amedeo Modigliani, Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Robert Rauschenberg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh and James McNeill Whistler, among others.
