Exhibitions Archived in: 1975

Color in Art

15 January–23 February 1975

The use of color in art from the 14th century to the present is explored in thirty-eight paintings and prints from the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, and through color diagrams, three-dimensional models and color maps. ... more »

19th Century European Bronze Sculpture

2 April–30 April 1975

The exhibition attempted to allow lesser-known sculptors to emerge from the shadow of the more recognized figures like Auguste Rodin. The pieces range from large works such as Carpeaux’s Ugolino and His Sons to smaller domestic pieces. The curators hope that the exhibition will prompt much-needed scholarship on this body... more »

Paintings from Midwestern University Collections: Seventeenth-Twentieth Centuries

15 May–22 June 1975

The relationships between God and Man, man and Nature, Man’s role in society, and the artist’s role in portraying the world have been issues at the forefront of artistic subject matter for centuries. The exhibition, Paintings from Midwestern University Collections: Seventeenth-Twenties Centuries included artists such as Franz Hals, Jacob van... more »

Photographs by Aaron Siskind in Hommage to Franz Kline

5 October–1 November 1975

In his work, Aaron Siskind explores the importance of friendship between individuals as well as the larger concept of communication within the artistic community. As a result of his personal friendship with and aesthetic influence from Franz Kline, Siskind uses media such as broken walls and flaking plaster to achieve... more »

Modern French Painting from the Alex J. Hillman Family Foundation

9 October–15 December 1975

Alex Hillman, an alumnus of the College and the Law School of the University of Chicago, lent to the Smart Museum paintings by Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and Fernand Leger and a drawing by Georges Seurat. Funding for the exhibition was provided by the Hillman Family Foundation.... more »

Italian Renaissance Prints by the Lesser Known Engravers Between the Times of Mantegrat and Marcantonio

5 November–14 December 1975

Printmaking emerged and evolved during the Renaissance through the works and innovations of artists like Cristofano Robetta, Zoan Andrea, Giovanni Pietro da Birago, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia and Benedetto Montagna of Vicenza. This exhibition demonstrated the differences between the Florentine and Manutan brands of printmaking as well as the changes... more »

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