Ambroise Vollard, the man who put modern artists on the map

Chicago Sun-Times | February 11, 2007| | Copyright

ART PREVIEW

'FROM CEZANNE TO PICASSO: AMBROISE VOLLARD, PATRON OF THE AVANT- GARDE'

When: Saturday through May 12

Where: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan

Tickets: $15-$18 (includes general admission)

Call: (312) 443-3600

He was a sly man, as secretive and feline in his ways as the calico cat he often kept on his lap, apparently sleepy but ready to pounce. The leading art dealer in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) was a master of the soft sell, seemingly indifferent to customers but keeping them under urveillance beneath hooded eyelids. A ...

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