Exhibitions Archived in: 1980

Vienna Moderne: 1898-1914

10 January–24 February 1980

At the turn of the 20th century, several artists banded together to bring Art Nouveau to the Viennese artistic community. Led by painter Gustav Klimt and architect Otto Wagner, the Vienna Secession, transformed the fine and decorative arts. The exhibition at the Smart Museum featured works by these and other... more »

Master Prints from Landfall Press

13 March–27 April 1980

The Landfall Press of Chicago publishes etchings, aquatints, and lithographs, which were the specific focus of this exhibition. Those artists who have used the Landfall Press include Robert Arneson, Ed Paschke, William Wiley, Christo, Philip Pearlstein, and Jack Tworkov, all of whom are represented in this exhibition. The exhibition is... more »

Joan Miró: The Development of a Sign Language

15 May–18 June 1980

Sidra Stich, Washington University in St. Louis Professor of Art and Archaeology, was the first to discover a connection between Surrealist Joan Miró’s work and pre-historic cave drawings. Professor Stich organized this exhibition of 45 of Miró’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures from 1924-1956 around that theme. The exhibition is assembled... more »

European and American Cubism from the John L. Strauss Loan Collection and the Permanent Collection

9 July–15 October 1980

Cubism is typically associated with two influential artists: Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. But these two artists, while instrumental in Cubism’s development, were hardly the only practitioners. The Smart Museum was fortunate enough to borrow 35 paintings, drawings, and sculpture from the John L. Strauss Collection to highlight these other... more »

Drawings by Johann Michael Rottmayr (1654-1730)

23 October–14 December 1980

Edward A. Maser, Director of the Smart Museum and Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Chicago, is an expert on the German and Austrian Baroque periods. The exhibition Drawings by Johann Michael Rottmayr is the result of his continued study of that painter and his contemporaries.... more »

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