{"id":4540,"date":"2022-10-12T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=4540"},"modified":"2022-10-12T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T12:35:34","slug":"the-cleveland-museum-of-art-presents-tales-of-the-city-drawing-in-the-netherlands-from-bosch-to-bruegel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/12\/the-cleveland-museum-of-art-presents-tales-of-the-city-drawing-in-the-netherlands-from-bosch-to-bruegel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Museum of Art presents Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neptune (detail), 1602. Jacob Matham (Dutch, 1571\u20131631). Pen and brown and gray inks, black chalk on paper; 49.1 x 36.9 cm. Albertina, Vienna, inv. 15108. \u00a9 The Albertina Museum, Vienna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Exhibition features rarely\u00a0seen\u00a0drawings\u00a0from\u00a0the ALBERTINA Museum\u00a0in\u00a0Vienna<\/strong><\/p>\n

CLEVELAND<\/strong>, October 6, 2022: With subjects from hell scenes to popular proverbs, the range of engaging themes showcased in the newest exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art,\u00a0Tales of\u00a0the City: Drawing in the Netherlands\u00a0from Bosch to Bruegel<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0<\/u><\/em>will entrance\u00a0<\/u>visitors. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, organized in cooperation with the ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna, introduces\u00a0audiences to the immense diversity of works made during the rapid urbanization and mercantile expansion of the Northern Renaissance, exploring\u00a0issues that remain relevant today, such as religious conflict and freedom and the ethics and excesses of wealth. The exhibition features a variety of imaginative sketches, preparatory works and finished drawings made with precise pen and ink, vibrant watercolor and layered chalk techniques.<\/p>\n

On view in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Gallery through January 8, 2023,\u00a0Tales of\u00a0the City: Drawing in the Netherlands\u00a0from Bosch to Bruegel\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>contains rarely seen drawings from the ALBERTINA Museum in Vienna, one of Europe\u2019s\u00a0oldest and\u00a0finest collections. The selection of 101 drawings is combined with choice examples from the Cleveland Museum of Art\u2019s holdings.<\/p>\n

Stars of the exhibition include Hieronymus Bosch\u2019s\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Tree Man<\/em>, one of the most idiosyncratic drawings of the era, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder\u2019s\u00a0(Desidia)<\/em>\u00a0Sloth,<\/em>\u00a0a reflection on contemporary civic morality. Among several designs for majestic stained glass windows is a pair of rare cartoons (full-scale drawings), each measuring over seven feet tall, by Antwerp artist Jan de Beer. Other notable works\u2014seldom seen outside Europe\u2014include two grand portrait drawings in colored chalks by Hendrick\u00a0Goltzius and a sophisticated \u201cpenwork\u201d (a drawing that imitates engraving) by his stepson, Jacob Matham.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncorporating various functions and relationships to other media and projects, the drawings provide fascinating insight into the Netherlandish city as a place of artistic collaboration,\u201d said Emily J. Peters, CMA curator of prints and drawings. \u201cDrawing became the bridge between collaborating artists who designed compositions for paintings, prints, stained glass, tapestries and civic festivals in the 16th century.\u00a0With the emergence of the middle class as patrons of art, urban artists adapted how, what and for whom they created art to new circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Protestant Reformation, widescale urbanization, expanding international trade and the start of the\u00a0Eighty Years\u2019\u00a0War transformed\u00a0daily\u00a0life\u00a0in the 1500s\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Netherlands. Artists adapted by reorienting traditional images to align with urban secular experience, religiosity and morals\u2014using drawing as an important tool\u2014as can be seen throughout\u00a0Tales of\u00a0the City: Drawing in the Netherlands\u00a0from Bosch to Bruegel.<\/em><\/p>\n

The exhibition is arranged to highlight the importance of the Netherlands\u2019 merchant cities to the expansion of artistic practice. Drawings that predate the\u00a016th century set the stage for the innovations that follow. Five sections in the exhibition explore the use of city scenes as the backdrop for biblical stories, the portrayal of urban inhabitants, the showcasing of urban morality and politics through proverbs and allegories and the emergence of real city views.<\/p>\n

\u201cRespected globally for our rich permanent collection, the CMA often works with other renowned museums, such as the ALBERTINA Museum, to share resources and offer national and international audiences access to noteworthy works of art,\u201d said William Griswold, CMA director and president. \u201cThis was one such collaboration. In 2019, CMA generously loaned two Monet paintings to the ALBERTINA Museum for a special exhibition. In return, they have allowed us the honor to showcase these remarkable Northern\u00a0Renaissance\u00a0drawings.\u201d<\/p>\n

With its total of 1.2 million works of art, the ALBERTINA houses one of the world\u2019s largest art collections including 65,000 drawings and over one million prints. The museum covers a period of art history of more than six centuries, from the 15th century to modern and contemporary times.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue\u00a0presenting\u00a0entries on each of the drawings, featuring new research and several essays by leading scholars.\u00a0Complementary programming and weekly tours will also be available.<\/p>\n

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Companion Publication<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition catalogue,\u00a0Tales of\u00a0the City: Drawing in the Netherlands\u00a0from Bosch to Bruegel<\/em>\u00a0is written and edited by Emily J. Peters, curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Laura Ritter, curator at the ALBERTINA Museum, with contributions from Koenraad Jonckheere, professor of Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art at Ghent University; Stephanie Porras, professor and chair of Art History at Tulane University in New Orleans; and Annemarie Stefes, an independent scholar in Bremen. Four essays and more than seventy catalogue entries by the exhibition\u2019s curators and eight contributing scholars comprise the catalogue. Thoroughly researched and lavishly illustrated, this volume represents a major contribution to the study and appreciation of Northern Renaissance art in the Low Countries and of drawing as an art form.<\/p>\n

Tales of\u00a0the City: Drawing in the Netherlands\u00a0from Bosch to Bruegel<\/em>\u00a0is published by the Cleveland Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press. It is available for purchase online or at the CMA store for $65.<\/p>\n

Complementary Programming<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Docent tours will be available on\u00a0Tuesdays and Sundays at 1:15 pm, starting Sunday, October 16.<\/p>\n

Symposium: Tales of the City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, November 3, 2022,\u00a0<\/strong>6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stijn Alsteens, International Head, Department of Old Master Drawings, Christie\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gartner Auditorium<\/strong><\/p>\n

FREE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stijn Alsteens will offer a historical perspective on the market for Old Master drawings, focusing on Netherlandish drawings.<\/p>\n

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Symposium: Tales of the City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, November 4, 2022,\u00a0<\/strong>10 a.m.\u20135 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John C. and Sally S. Morley Family Foundation Lecture Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

FREE;\u00a0<\/strong>ticket required<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hear from 12 scholars of Northern Renaissance art on topics ranging from drawing materials and stained glass window designs to 16th-century theories of images and artistic collaboration in Netherlandish cities. This program is free and open to the public.\u00a0Generous support of the exhibition symposium is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Artist in the Atrium: Community Collaged City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 17, 2022, 12\u20134 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ames Family Atrium<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition\u00a0Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel<\/em><\/a>\u00a0shows cities as places of artistic collaboration. Artist\u00a0Matthew Kolodziej<\/a>\u202finvites visitors to collaborate on the creation of a reimagined cityscape. Draw or photograph your favorite details from images of cityscapes found across the museum (including in\u00a0Tales of the City<\/em>) and add them to the expanding collage.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gallery Talks:\u00a0Tales of the City<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily J. Peters, Curator of Prints and Drawings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 17, 2022, 12 and 2 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Gallery\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join exhibition curator Emily J. Peters for gallery talks in\u00a0Tales of the City\u00a0<\/em>at noon and 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Desidia (Sloth), 1557. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, 1526\/7\u20131569). Pen and brown ink on paper; traces of transfer; 21.4 x 29.6 cm. Albertina, Vienna, inv. 7872. \u00a9 The Albertina Museum, Vienna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.<\/p>\n

Generous support is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Additional support is provided by Randall J. and Virginia N. Barbato.<\/p>\n

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Principal annual support is provided by Michael Frank in memory of Patricia Snyder. Major annual support is provided by the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art<\/p>\n

Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous supporter, Dick Blum (deceased) and Harriet Warm, Cynthia and Dale Brogan, Dr. Ben and Julia Brouhard, Brenda and Marshall Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., Richard and Dian Disantis, the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Leigh and Andy Fabens, the Sam J. Frankino Foundation, Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Carl T. Jagatich, Cathy Lincoln, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Bill and Joyce Litzler, Carl and Lu Anne Morrison, Henry Ott-Hansen, Michael and Cindy Resch, Margaret and Loyal Wilson and Claudia C. Woods and David A. Osage.<\/p>\n

The exhibition catalogue for\u00a0Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel<\/em>\u00a0was produced with the generous support of the Tavolozza Foundation.<\/p>\n

Generous support of the exhibition symposium is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation.<\/p>\n

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.<\/p>\n

Additional Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The CDC\u00a0updated its guidelines<\/a>\u00a0regarding the need to wear face coverings in public settings for protection against COVID-19.\u00a0Visitors may choose to wear a mask at any time. Masks may be required by local or state authorities based on the COVID-19 community\u00a0levels in Cuyahoga County.<\/u><\/p>\n

The CMA\u2019s current hours of operation are Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The museum is closed Mondays. Updated hours will be announced as decided. Visit\u00a0cma.org<\/a>\u00a0to stay up to date on this information.<\/p>\n

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