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Roy Lichtenstein, “Kombinierstes Motiv,” screen print, 1969.

 

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Frances Cohen Gillespie, “Amaryllis,” oil on wood, 1980.

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‘SELDOM SEEN’ AT SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS w/2 cuts

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SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — A panoramic overview of Twentieth Century art is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts through October 21 in the special exhibition, “Seldom Seen: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection.”

Bracketed in time by a 2002 acrylic painting by Granville, Mass., artist Kristine Sullivan and a late Nineteenth Century line drawing by Paul Gauguin, the eclectic exhibition presents more than 50 works representing the major art movements and styles of the Twentieth Century.

“Twentieth Century art is almost indefinable and, ironically, that can be considered its definition. During the last century, artists forged new and different paths to reflect a world in flux and to react to rapid, unsettling changes in science, technology, politics and economics,” said Julia Courtney, curator of art at the museum.

Among the early Twentieth Century work on view are prints by Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Kurt Seligman and Lyonel Feininger; and watercolors by Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove and Walt Kuhn.

Later Twentieth Century art includes works by Richard Pousette-Dart, Robert Motherwell, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Robert Goodnough.

Sculpture and glass are represented with objects created by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Dale Chihuly, Josh Simpson, Leonard Baskin, Randy Strong, and Louis C. Tiffany, among others.

The Museum of Fine Arts is on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street, downtown. For information, 413-263-6800 or www.springfieldmuseums.org.