Public Exhibition Opening for Humble and Human: An Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
7 pm - 9 pm EST
Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891). Étude pour "Le Chahut" (Study for "Le Chahut"), 1889. Oil on canvas in artist frame, 26 5/8 × 23 × 1 inches (67.6 × 58.4 × 2.54 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 1943 (1943:10).
FREE
Please join us for a free public opening for Humble and Human: An Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.: Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Featuring more than forty paintings and sculptures from the collections of the Albright-Knox and the Detroit Institute of Arts by artists including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Humble and Human has been organized in recognition of Mr. Wilson’s enduring compassion and advocacy for the citizens of Western New York and Southeast Michigan—regions he called home.
A free talk—The Art of the Game: A Conversation with Mary Wilson, Thurman Thomas, Janne Sirén, and Holly E. Hughes—will take place during the opening at 7:15 pm.
Exhibition Sponsors
This exhibition was co-organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts in honor of the hundredth anniversary of Mr. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.’s birth. The exhibition and catalogue have been generously underwritten by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.
Additional materials for this exhibition have been generously provided by C2 Paint.
Equipment and technical support provided by Advantage TI.
This exhibition was co-organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts in honor of the hundredth anniversary of Mr. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.’s birth. The exhibition and catalogue have been generously underwritten by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.
Additional materials for this exhibition have been generously provided by C2 Paint.
Equipment and technical support provided by Advantage TI.
