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Frans Hal Museum To Show Exhibition Of First Woman To Become Masterpainter
30 Nov 2009
Judith Leyster (1609 – 1660) is the most famous female painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Unlike many contemporary female artists, who concentrated on meticulously painting true-to-life flowers and insects, she ventured into more ambitious figure-based projects. Competing with Frans Hals, Leyster chose remarkably similar themes: portraits, children playing, dancing musicians and a drinking actor.
She is also known for her innovative and evocative night scenes, in which she experimented with the subtle effects of light and dark. Like her choice of subject, her brushwork was bold: loose, but poignant. In 1633, Judith Leyster gained the recognition she deserved. She became the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the Painters' Guild, thus obtaining the right to establish her own workshop and take on pupils.
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Judith Leyster, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands, have organised a small exhibition. The focal point of the exhibition is her masterly Self-Portrait (c. 1632-33) with which she presents herself as an able portraitist and painter of partying groups. This portrait, together with ten of Leyster’s finest works, amply demonstrates the ambitions and talents of this exceptional painter.
Little is known of her training. However, her artistic endeavours are praised as “bold and intelligent” in Samuel Ampzing’s poem “Description and Praise of the Town of Haarlem.” The poem was printed in 1628, when Leyster would have been eightteen years old. Haarlem-based Ampzing suggests that she was working in Pieter de Grebber's studio at the time. Leyster also may have worked in Frans Hals’s studio. The informal atmosphere conveyed in her self-portrait was certainly inspired by Hals. Her nonchalant pose and vivacious expression, suggesting Leyster was in a casual mood, all build upon the innovations Hals had introduced to Dutch 17th Century painting. Her joyous, playful interior scenes and loose brushwork in general also evoke images of Hals's paintings. Unlike Hals, Leyster was also interested in special lighting effects, a passion which she shared with Rembrandt and the Utrecht Caravaggists.
Despite Leyster’s talent and ambition, not many of her works remain. One possible reason for Leyster's obscurity is that her independent artistic career ended in 1636, when she married fellow Haarlem artist Jan Miense Molenaer. As far as we know, she hardly painted from that moment on.
The eleven works in the exhibition are drawn from the museum's own collection, other museums and private collections from Europe and the United States.
She is also known for her innovative and evocative night scenes, in which she experimented with the subtle effects of light and dark. Like her choice of subject, her brushwork was bold: loose, but poignant. In 1633, Judith Leyster gained the recognition she deserved. She became the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the Painters' Guild, thus obtaining the right to establish her own workshop and take on pupils.
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Judith Leyster, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands, have organised a small exhibition. The focal point of the exhibition is her masterly Self-Portrait (c. 1632-33) with which she presents herself as an able portraitist and painter of partying groups. This portrait, together with ten of Leyster’s finest works, amply demonstrates the ambitions and talents of this exceptional painter.
Little is known of her training. However, her artistic endeavours are praised as “bold and intelligent” in Samuel Ampzing’s poem “Description and Praise of the Town of Haarlem.” The poem was printed in 1628, when Leyster would have been eightteen years old. Haarlem-based Ampzing suggests that she was working in Pieter de Grebber's studio at the time. Leyster also may have worked in Frans Hals’s studio. The informal atmosphere conveyed in her self-portrait was certainly inspired by Hals. Her nonchalant pose and vivacious expression, suggesting Leyster was in a casual mood, all build upon the innovations Hals had introduced to Dutch 17th Century painting. Her joyous, playful interior scenes and loose brushwork in general also evoke images of Hals's paintings. Unlike Hals, Leyster was also interested in special lighting effects, a passion which she shared with Rembrandt and the Utrecht Caravaggists.
Despite Leyster’s talent and ambition, not many of her works remain. One possible reason for Leyster's obscurity is that her independent artistic career ended in 1636, when she married fellow Haarlem artist Jan Miense Molenaer. As far as we know, she hardly painted from that moment on.
The eleven works in the exhibition are drawn from the museum's own collection, other museums and private collections from Europe and the United States.
Arte Fiera Art First Announced
30 Nov 2009
Over its 34 editions, Arte Fiera Art First has strengthened its role as Italy’s most important and complete international fair of modern and contemporary art by presenting the best historical and avant-garde galleries.
On the international art scene, Arte Fiera Art First confirms its constant promotion of Italian art from the early XX Century, to the ‘50s till today by presenting internationally renowned artists. It is a unique showcase for discovering modern masters such as Carlo Carrà, Felice Casorati, Giorgio de Chirico, Gino Severini, alongside conceptual art by Enrico Castellani, Agostino Bonalumi, and Vincenzo Agnetti, or informal art by Giuseppe Capogrossi, Alberto Burri, and Emilio Vedova; the Spatialism of Lucio Fontana and Arte Povera by Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Gilberto Zorio – to whom Bologna’s Museo d’Arte Moderna dedicates a large show closing 17 February 2010 - and representatives of the Italian Transavanguardia.
The fair presents a comprehensive view of the international art scene, with works by Antony Gormley, Wym Delvoye, Per Barclay, Tony Ousler, Hans Peter Feldmann, Alfredo Jaar among others, to the most important representatives of the British art such as David Hockney, Gilbert&George, and Tony Cragg, as well as masters of photography such as Thomas Ruff, Anton Corbijn, or Luigi Ghirri. There will also be a selection of works by artists coming from many different countries who are exploring contemporary art by using a wide variety of artistic medias, including American performer Nick Cave, installations by Russian Peter Belyi, and Chinese Zhang Huan.
New trends proposed by emerging Italian and international artists are presented in the Young Galleries section, where galleries in the art market not more than 5 years will display works ranging in price from 500 to 10,000 euros, for collectors who are new to art or want to discover future talents. The following Italian galleries will participate in the 2010 edition: AMT/Torri&Geminian, Federico Luger, N.O. Gallery, Riccardo Crespi, (Milan), 1/9 unosunove, Federica Schiavo, Z20 Galleria Sara Zanin, The Gallery Apart (Rome), Paolo Maria Deanesi (Rovereto), Federico Bianchi (Lecco), Fabio Tiboni (Bologna), Galleria 42 (Modena), For Gallery (Florence), SpazioA (Pistoia), Glance (Turin), Not Gallery (Naples), Tiziana Di Caro (Salerno), La Veronica (Modica), Francesco Pantaleone (Palermo), and the G.L.O.W. Platform group (Allegra Ravizza – Milan, Jarach Gallery – Venice, Mas Art-Barcelona, Nina Lumer – Milan, Novalis Contemporary Art – Turin, Sandunga – Granada). International galleries are: ADN Galeria (Barcelona), Fu Xin Gallery (Shanghai), Davide Gallo and Mario Mazzoli (Berlin).
Every day books and catalogues will be presented at the Art Café space, so that visitors can discover the latest products from publishers and galleries exhibiting at Arte Fiera Art First. A meeting point for artists, curators, critics, and personalities in the world of art and contemporary culture.
The Art Talks space host conferences on collecting, with analyses and discussions of all aspects of this topic. The program calls for three panels focus on private museums, corporate collections, and relations between art and the art market organized in collaboration with Gruppo 24Ore.
The 4th edition of the Premio Euromobil Under 30 – main sponsor of Arte Fiera Art First – is addressed to Italian and foreign artists whose works are in the fair. The winner, selected by a jury consisting of Gaspare, Antonio, Fiorenzo and Giancarlo Lucchetta, Silvia Evangelisti, Beatrice Buscaroli, Walter Guadagnini, Aldo Colonetti, Cleto Munari and Roberto Gobbo, will be announced at the exhibition and invited to create a work that relates to the Euromobil collections showing at Arte Fiera in ‘I luoghi dell’arte. I luoghi del design’ space.
Arte Fiera and the city of Bologna continue their close collaboration with a wide program of collateral events to enliven the city during the four days of the exhibition and in the following month. Bologna becomes a venue for contemporary art, with shows in museums, courtyards, buildings, and streets of the historical centre.
Bologna Art First, a fascinating itinerary in the city, at its 5th edition, for the first time will be curated in collaboration with Julia Draganovic. The project is conceived as a single large group show, an itinerary with images of art and history. From 29 January to the end of February, it will present a series of installations by artists working with galleries at the fair, creating a dialogue between contemporary art and unusual locations in the historical city centre and the surroundings.
As curator Julia Draganovic explains, “For the 5th edition of Bologna Art First, the city of Bologna will again have a multifaceted appearance, a stage combining the ancient and the modern, where visitors can see and experience contemporary art in contexts much different from the usual “white cubes””... to reflect on today’s world by creating visions of tomorrow.”
For the third year, Arte Fiera OFF is the ‘case’ of collateral events, presenting exhibitions, concerts, and festivals at many locations in Bologna and in Emilia Romagna during Arte Fiera Art First.
Museum events include: at MAMbo, Gilberto Zorio (October 15, 2009 - 7 February 2010) and at Villa delle Rose, a homage to the Italian designer Dino Gavina, stanze delle meraviglie (January 31 - 11 April 2010); at Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia (Pattern Room), Gert & Uwe Tobias (November 15, 2009 - February 14, 2010). Events in the city include the 12th edition of the Future Film Festival (January 26 - 31, 2010), one of the top Italian events devoted to film animation and special effects.
On 30 January, Art White Night transforms Bologna’s historical center into a grand venue for contemporary art, with special evening hours for museums, galleries, historical buildings, and concerts and performances in the streets.
On the international art scene, Arte Fiera Art First confirms its constant promotion of Italian art from the early XX Century, to the ‘50s till today by presenting internationally renowned artists. It is a unique showcase for discovering modern masters such as Carlo Carrà, Felice Casorati, Giorgio de Chirico, Gino Severini, alongside conceptual art by Enrico Castellani, Agostino Bonalumi, and Vincenzo Agnetti, or informal art by Giuseppe Capogrossi, Alberto Burri, and Emilio Vedova; the Spatialism of Lucio Fontana and Arte Povera by Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Gilberto Zorio – to whom Bologna’s Museo d’Arte Moderna dedicates a large show closing 17 February 2010 - and representatives of the Italian Transavanguardia.
The fair presents a comprehensive view of the international art scene, with works by Antony Gormley, Wym Delvoye, Per Barclay, Tony Ousler, Hans Peter Feldmann, Alfredo Jaar among others, to the most important representatives of the British art such as David Hockney, Gilbert&George, and Tony Cragg, as well as masters of photography such as Thomas Ruff, Anton Corbijn, or Luigi Ghirri. There will also be a selection of works by artists coming from many different countries who are exploring contemporary art by using a wide variety of artistic medias, including American performer Nick Cave, installations by Russian Peter Belyi, and Chinese Zhang Huan.
New trends proposed by emerging Italian and international artists are presented in the Young Galleries section, where galleries in the art market not more than 5 years will display works ranging in price from 500 to 10,000 euros, for collectors who are new to art or want to discover future talents. The following Italian galleries will participate in the 2010 edition: AMT/Torri&Geminian, Federico Luger, N.O. Gallery, Riccardo Crespi, (Milan), 1/9 unosunove, Federica Schiavo, Z20 Galleria Sara Zanin, The Gallery Apart (Rome), Paolo Maria Deanesi (Rovereto), Federico Bianchi (Lecco), Fabio Tiboni (Bologna), Galleria 42 (Modena), For Gallery (Florence), SpazioA (Pistoia), Glance (Turin), Not Gallery (Naples), Tiziana Di Caro (Salerno), La Veronica (Modica), Francesco Pantaleone (Palermo), and the G.L.O.W. Platform group (Allegra Ravizza – Milan, Jarach Gallery – Venice, Mas Art-Barcelona, Nina Lumer – Milan, Novalis Contemporary Art – Turin, Sandunga – Granada). International galleries are: ADN Galeria (Barcelona), Fu Xin Gallery (Shanghai), Davide Gallo and Mario Mazzoli (Berlin).
Every day books and catalogues will be presented at the Art Café space, so that visitors can discover the latest products from publishers and galleries exhibiting at Arte Fiera Art First. A meeting point for artists, curators, critics, and personalities in the world of art and contemporary culture.
The Art Talks space host conferences on collecting, with analyses and discussions of all aspects of this topic. The program calls for three panels focus on private museums, corporate collections, and relations between art and the art market organized in collaboration with Gruppo 24Ore.
The 4th edition of the Premio Euromobil Under 30 – main sponsor of Arte Fiera Art First – is addressed to Italian and foreign artists whose works are in the fair. The winner, selected by a jury consisting of Gaspare, Antonio, Fiorenzo and Giancarlo Lucchetta, Silvia Evangelisti, Beatrice Buscaroli, Walter Guadagnini, Aldo Colonetti, Cleto Munari and Roberto Gobbo, will be announced at the exhibition and invited to create a work that relates to the Euromobil collections showing at Arte Fiera in ‘I luoghi dell’arte. I luoghi del design’ space.
Arte Fiera and the city of Bologna continue their close collaboration with a wide program of collateral events to enliven the city during the four days of the exhibition and in the following month. Bologna becomes a venue for contemporary art, with shows in museums, courtyards, buildings, and streets of the historical centre.
Bologna Art First, a fascinating itinerary in the city, at its 5th edition, for the first time will be curated in collaboration with Julia Draganovic. The project is conceived as a single large group show, an itinerary with images of art and history. From 29 January to the end of February, it will present a series of installations by artists working with galleries at the fair, creating a dialogue between contemporary art and unusual locations in the historical city centre and the surroundings.
As curator Julia Draganovic explains, “For the 5th edition of Bologna Art First, the city of Bologna will again have a multifaceted appearance, a stage combining the ancient and the modern, where visitors can see and experience contemporary art in contexts much different from the usual “white cubes””... to reflect on today’s world by creating visions of tomorrow.”
For the third year, Arte Fiera OFF is the ‘case’ of collateral events, presenting exhibitions, concerts, and festivals at many locations in Bologna and in Emilia Romagna during Arte Fiera Art First.
Museum events include: at MAMbo, Gilberto Zorio (October 15, 2009 - 7 February 2010) and at Villa delle Rose, a homage to the Italian designer Dino Gavina, stanze delle meraviglie (January 31 - 11 April 2010); at Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia (Pattern Room), Gert & Uwe Tobias (November 15, 2009 - February 14, 2010). Events in the city include the 12th edition of the Future Film Festival (January 26 - 31, 2010), one of the top Italian events devoted to film animation and special effects.
On 30 January, Art White Night transforms Bologna’s historical center into a grand venue for contemporary art, with special evening hours for museums, galleries, historical buildings, and concerts and performances in the streets.