PRIVATE TOUR - REMBRANDT TO PICASSO: FIVE CENTURIES OF EUROPEAN WORKS ON PAPER


Date, time, location:
Oct 05, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
The Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
Details
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper
Lobby Gallery, 1st Floor
There is an immediacy and intimacy to works on paper that seems to bring us especially close to an artist’s vision and process. Drawn directly on paper or a printing plate, in broad gestures or precise marks, these works convey the vivid presence of the artist’s hand. highlights more than a hundred European drawings and prints from our exceptional collection, many of which are on view for the first time in decades.Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper
From the remarkably spontaneous etchings of Rembrandt, through the bold graphite lines of Pablo Picasso, the exhibition explores the roles of drawing and printmaking within artists’ practices, encompassing a variety of modes, from studies to finished compositions, and a range of genres, including portraiture, landscape, satire, and abstraction. Working on paper, artists have captured visible and…