USA : Philadelphia : Barnes Collection: A Hidden Gem of Impressionist Art
The ** Barnes Foundation ** is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Albert C. Barnes began collecting art as early as 1902, but became a serious collector in 1912.
Today, the foundation owns more than 4,000 objects, including over 900 paintings. These are primarily works by Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modernist masters, but the collection also includes many other paintings by leading European and American artists, as well as African art, antiquities from China, Egypt, and Greece, and Native American art.
The new galleries in Philadelphia were designed to replicate the scale, proportion and configuration of the original galleries in Merion. Reviews have praised the new facility, claiming the additional natural light has improved the viewing experience. The new site contains more space for the foundation's art education program and conservation department, a retail shop, and cafe. The building was designated LEED Platinum and received the 2013 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture, the 2013 Building Stone Institute Tucker Award, and the 2012 Apollo Award for Museum Opening of the Year.
** The collection includes **
181 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
69 by Paul Cézanne
59 by Henri Matisse
46 by Pablo Picasso
21 by Chaïm Soutine
18 by Henri Rousseau
16 by Amedeo Modigliani
11 by Edgar Degas
11 by Giorgio de Chirico
7 by Vincent van Gogh
6 by Georges Seurat
Other European and American masters in the collection include Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Paul Gauguin, El Greco, Francisco Goya, Édouard Manet, Jean Hugo, Claude Monet, Paul Klee, Maurice Utrillo, William Glackens, Charles Demuth, Roger de La Fresnaye, Horace Pippin, Jules Pascin, and Maurice Prendergast. It also holds a variety of African artworks; ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art; Native American works, American and European furniture, decorative arts and metalwork. The museum also holds several significant works by cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz.
The collection displays different types of artworks according to Barnes' methodology in "wall ensembles", often alongside hand-wrought iron, antique furniture, jewelry and sculpture, which allow comparison and study of works from various time periods, geographic areas, and styles.
After Barnes met Matisse in the United States, he commissioned The Dance II, a 45-by-15-foot triptych that was placed above Palladian windows in the main gallery space.
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