Art at the crossroads.(Universal Exhibition 1900 art exhibit)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

While many exhibitions on view at the moment survey the past thousand years, the one at the Royal Academy of Arts in London focuses on the art produced in the three years before and after the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris.

Even at the time, 1900 was seen as a crossroads. According to Robert Rosenblum, who has written the introduction to the catalogue, the period was noted for its "stylistic collisions." The works of masters such as Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, and Hans Thoma were seen alongside works by radicals such as Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, and Giacomo ...

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