Transformations in Landscape Postwar Works from the Collection

Saturday, January 21, 1989–Sunday, February 19, 1989

1905 Building

Transformations in Landscape Postwar Works from the Collection included approximately 55 paintings, drawings, and prints from the museum’s extensive collection of postwar European and American art. Douglas G. Schultz, Director; Michael Auping, Chief Curator; and Cheryl Brutvan, Curator, organized the show, which demonstrated the variety of ways that nature and landscape have served as inspiration for artists. The exhibition also featured the debut of the museum’s newly acquired painting die Milchstrasse [Milky Way], 1985-87, by Anselm Kiefer.

In discussing the exhibition, Mr. Auping noted that, “without question, landscape has been one of the most powerful sources of inspiration for artists throughout history. For many of us, our main reference to landscape painting is the European Impressionists, or, in America, the great 19th century painters of the Hudson River School. It is always interesting, however, to take a time-honored genre like this and test its relationship to our own time.”

This exhibition was organized by Director Douglas G. Schultz, Chief Curator Michael Auping, and Curator Cheryl Brutvan.