NASHVILLE, TENN. - The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents a curator's perspective talk, "Baltimore Collects Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," on Saturday, March 3, at 2 pm in the auditorium.
NASHVILLE, TENN. â The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents a curatorâs perspective talk, âBaltimore Collects Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris,â on Saturday, March 3, at 2 pm in the auditorium.
The free lecture presented by Katy Rothkopf, curator, European Painting and Sculpture at The Baltimore Museum of Art, will focus on several key collectors from Baltimore, who helped form the collection of modern art on view in the exhibition, âMatisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art. â
Attendees can learn more about the stories behind the acquisitions by collectors such as Claribel and Etta Cone, who befriended Picasso and Matisse; and Saidie Adler May, who became particularly supportive of Surrealist painters such as André Masson.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is at 919 Broadway. For information, 615-244-3340 or www.fristcenter.org.