In November 1918, just days after the declaration of Armistice and the end of World War I, artists Amédée Ozenfant and Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (later known as Le Corbusier) published their manifesto, Aprés le cubisme (After Cubism).
This exhibition from the permanent collection will explore what happened “after cubism,” primarily in prints, drawings, and photographs created in France between the years 1918 and 1948. The artistic styles ranged from ever-evolving derivations of cubism, to a renewed classicism, to surrealism, and beyond.
Until the beginning of World War II in 1939, Paris remained the international center of the art world, drawing artists from North and South America and throughout Europe. Highlights of the exhibition will include drawings and prints by Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Diego Rivera, a newly acquired painting by Archibald Motley Jr., and photographs by Ilse Bing, Brassaï, and Claude Cahun.
Eifel Tower with Branches, Paris, 1939
Ilse Bing (American, 1889-1998)
Café, Paris, 1929
Archibald John Motley, Jr. (American, 1891 – 1981)
Self-Portrait, ca. 1927
Claude Cahun (French, 1894-1954)
Self Portrait with Leica, 1931
Ilse Bing (American, born Germany, 1899–1998)
"Bijou" of Montmartre, ca. 1932
Brassaï (French, 1899-1984)
Snow-covered Church, between 1927 and 1928
Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985)
Horse, Rider, and Clown (Le cheval, l'écuyère et le clown) from Jazz, 1947
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Circus (Le cirque) from Jazz, 1947
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
The Spirit of Electricity detail, 1936–1937
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)
The Spirit of Electricity detail, 1936–1937
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)
Woman with Bouquet, 1921
Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955)
