DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein Overview
Whether you are an aficionado, or interested in exploring fine master works for the first time, DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein allows you to experience art in a whole new way!
History has a way of repeating itself so subtly or so often that we tend not to notice or to forget. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the history of art, specifically in the reception of avant-garde movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Beginning with Impressionism, which emerged in Paris in the 1860s, each of these movements started as an assault on the status quo. Each outraged the general public, and was supposedly doomed to a short, unsuccessful season. Yet they survived and thrived, gradually losing their radical character and becoming elevated in public perception to the status of “classics.”
DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein explores this cultural phenomenon by pairing Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings with works by leading 20th-century artists – all from the private collection of Paul Allen. These pairings include Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works from masters such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Dégas and Vincent van Gogh with modern and contemporary works from such artists as Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. We believe that these comparisons will give Impressionism a new context for modern audiences, resurrecting the power of the artists’ rebellious intent.
We invite you to visit and view the remarkable artworks of DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein, many of which have not been seen in public in more than 50 years; then make your own decision about where “cutting edge” ends and “classic” begins!
Whether you are an aficionado, or interested in exploring fine master works for the first time, DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein allows you to experience art in a whole new way!
History has a way of repeating itself so subtly or so often that we tend not to notice or to forget. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the history of art, specifically in the reception of avant-garde movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Beginning with Impressionism, which emerged in Paris in the 1860s, each of these movements started as an assault on the status quo. Each outraged the general public, and was supposedly doomed to a short, unsuccessful season. Yet they survived and thrived, gradually losing their radical character and becoming elevated in public perception to the status of “classics.”
DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein explores this cultural phenomenon by pairing Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings with works by leading 20th-century artists – all from the private collection of Paul Allen. These pairings include Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works from masters such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Dégas and Vincent van Gogh with modern and contemporary works from such artists as Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. We believe that these comparisons will give Impressionism a new context for modern audiences, resurrecting the power of the artists’ rebellious intent.
We invite you to visit and view the remarkable artworks of DoubleTake: From Monet to Lichtenstein, many of which have not been seen in public in more than 50 years; then make your own decision about where “cutting edge” ends and “classic” begins!