Acquavella Galleries is pleased to present Masterworks: From Cézanne to Thiebaud, a group exhibition on display as the gallery reopens September 10–October 16.

On view will be works by Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, George Condo, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob El Hanani, Ellsworth Kelly, Damian Loeb, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Ben Nicholson, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, David Smith, Wayne Thiebaud, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Joaquín Torres-García, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Tom Wesselmann in a variety of mediums. Though the exhibition spans multiple generations and movements, the artists included share a mastery of both space and color. 

Nature morte aux mimosas sur fond noir’s two-dimensionality provides a tension between the bright colors and the darker ones, which imbues the still life with intensity and emotional impact. This impact is felt throughout the exhibition, including the 1882 Gustave Caillebotte seascape La Seine à Argenteuil. Though more subtle than Matisse’s use of black, Caillebotte’s oeuvre across a relatively brief 22-year-long career would employ color and truncated perspective - an approach learned from his study of Japanese Edo-period woodblock prints - to create works that strike a balance between realism and the Impressionism he is commonly associated with.

An avid yachtsman himself, Caillebotte’s La Seine à Argenteuil depicts two sailboats bobbing in the Seine along Argenteuil, a favored setting among many of the key Impressionist painters. Yet the true subject of the painting is not the boats themselves, but the play of light on water contrasted against a sudden foreshortening where the two boats meet. The effect draws the viewer into a portal of dazzling yellows and reds within its quietly rendered sky and riverbank. 

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Media Contacts

Media Contacts

David Simantov
Blue Medium, Inc, 
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david@bluemedium.com

Emily Crowley 
Acquavella Galleries, 
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emily@acquavellagalleries.com