'A Private View: Modern Masters from the Kerry Stokes Collection' at the Art Gallery of WA

'A Private View: Modern Masters from the Kerry Stokes Collection' at the Art Gallery of WA

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Posted 2013-12-05 by Sarah Corkfollow

Fri 22 Nov 2013 - Mon 03 Mar 2014

A Private View: Modern Masters from the Kerry Stokes Collection is the latest exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia . The exhibition of twenty six fine art pieces is open now and will run until Monday 3rd March 2014.



This private collection features exquisite paintings not usually available to the general public. The pieces on show date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and includes mainly French artists.

The exhibition features two paintings by Claude Monet , several works by Pablo Picasso , plus individual art works by Henri Matisse , the Surrealist Rene Magritte , Realist painter Gustave Courbet , and many more.

These masterpieces offer visitors to the art gallery a once in a lifetime opportunity. From the bold, bright strokes of Matisse, to the abstract surrealism of Picasso there are many different forms of artwork that truly represent the artistic styles that were prevalent in their era. Picasso's impressionistic pieces are countered nicely by the bright, almost child-like artwork of Serusier, where the brilliant colours suggest a happier, more innocent view.

If surrealism isn't your thing, then there are plenty of the more classical artworks available in this collection as well. There are several pieces of sea and landscapes on show. From the artist Alfred Stevens, there are two pieces of dark seascapes that are evocative of misery and loss.

Monet's two pieces are both seascapes - one is a beautifully and carefully painted piece that looks at a beach at sunset and offers a gorgeous view. The other, is a more abstract piece that, if you look carefully you may be able to see a bridge hidden in the painting.

From dancing nymphs to depressing chickens to banned artwork, there may only be twenty six pieces here but there are not two that are alike and each one is a beautiful and graphic representation of the emotional and historical responses from the artist to the world around them.

This collection is on loan to the Art Gallery of Western Australia by well known businessman, Kerry Stokes , who has a passionate interest in art and is one of Australia's most respected and significant private art collectors.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to see this wonderful exhibition, admission is free. A souvenir booklet is available from the gift shop for $5.00.

For further information about A Private View: Modern Masters from the Kerry Stokes Collection, visit the Art Gallery of Western Australia website.

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