The 20th century at the Courtauld Institute Gallery
2002
Books, Manuscripts
Samuel Courtauld's reputation as a connoisseur rests on his achievement in assembling the brilliant collection of Impressionist and Post-impressionist paintings which bears his name. Yet he was a modest man, who thought deeply about society and its needs, and the collection was never conceived as standing on its own. Courtauld's vision was essentially historical, dependent on a sense of casual continuity linking the art of the past to the present and to the future. He always hoped that his pictures would be joined by other gifts and bequests, and would thus declare his own belief in art as a living force, open and exploratory in form and significance. As the gallery faces the next stages in its growth, the 20th century is no longer the almost-missing or abbreviated consequence of collections up to 1900, and it is able to show historically coherent groups of works representing key developments in the art history of the 20th century.
Main title:
The 20th century at the Courtauld Institute Gallery / various contributors
Imprint:
London : Paul Holberton, 2002
Collation:
96 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Notes:
First published to accompany 'Into the twentieth century, new displays at the Courtauld', October 2002
ISBN:
9781903470077
Language:
English
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