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This essential companion to all the major North American museums and galleries highlights some of the worlds greatest paintings, from Giotto to Robert Motherwell, on display across the U.S. and Canada. Julian Porter brings a passion for art that began with a seven-year stint as a student tour guide in Europe, followed by countless tours he has conducted at galleries in Europe and North America. His co-author, Stephen Grant, brings a wealth of expertise in the twentieth-century artists, and presents them within the framework of a North American-led, sustained burst of originality and shock. Presented with originality, wit, and irreverence to complement Julian and Stephens comprehensive knowledge of the art world, here is the best that North American galleries have to offer. Focused and curated to give you everything you need to enjoy the greatest works of art in the best company, and save you the sore feet and superfluous information.--;Halftitle; title; copyright; dedication; tableofcontents; acknowledgements; introduction; partone; chapterone; chaptertwo; chapterthree; chapterfour; chapterfive; chaptersix; chapterseven; chaptereight; chapternine; chapterten; chaptereleven; chaptertwelve; parttwo; chapterthirteen; chapterfourteen; chapterfifteen; chaptersixteen; chapterseventeen; epilogue; notes; indexofartists; indexofpaintings

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Copyright Julian Porter and Stephan Grant, 2017

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purpose of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Porter, Julian, author

149 paintings you really need to see in North America (so you can ignore the others) / Julian Porter and Stephen Grant.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-4597-3935-2 (softcover).--ISBN 978-1-4597-3936-9 (PDF).-

ISBN 978-1-4597-3937-6 (EPUB)

1. Painting, European--Guidebooks. 2. Painting--Appreciation. 3. Art museums--United States--Guidebooks. 4. Art museums--Canada--Guidebooks. I. Grant, Stephen M., author II. Title. III. Title: One hundred forty-nine paintings you really need to see in North America (so you can ignore the others).

ND1145.675 2017 759.94 C2017-902611-9

C2017-902612-7

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year - photo 4

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the artsto Canadians throughout the country, and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Government of Canada.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. Lan dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollarspour mettre de lart dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions.

J. Kirk Howard, President

The publisher is not responsible for websites or their content unless they are owned by the publisher.

Dedication To Anna for being Anna To artists of the future Lyla Noah Ava - photo 5
Dedication

To Anna for being Anna. To artists of the future, Lyla, Noah, Ava, and Violet. JP

To my grandson Theo, in hopes he may enjoy these works as much as his grandpa has done. SG

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

UNITED STATES

Chapter 1Boston, Massachusetts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

1 Giotto (Giotto di Bondone) (12671337)

The Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple (c. 1320)

2 John Singer Sargent (18561925)

El Jaleo ( The Ruckus) (1882)

3 Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (14881576)

Europa (155962)

Gentile Bellini (14291507)

A Seated Scribe (147981)

Museum of Fine Arts

4 Washington Allston (17791843)

Moonlit Landscape (1819)

5 John Singleton Copley (17381815)

Watson and the Shark (1778)

6 Edgar Degas (18341917)

Edmondo and Thrse Morbilli (c. 1865)

7 El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (15411614)

Fray Hortensio Flix Paravicino (1609)

8 Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo) (14941540)

The Dead Christ with Angels (c. 152427)

9 Lucian Freud (19222011)

Susie (1988)

10 Paul Gauguin (18481903)

Where Do We Come From? What Are We?

Where Are We Going? (189798)

11 John Singer Sargent (18561925)

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882)

12 Joseph Mallord William Turner (17751851)

Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and

Dying, Typhoon Coming On) (1840)

Velzquez (Diego Rodrguez de Silva y Velzquez)

(15991660)

Luis de Gngora y Argote (1622)

Chapter 2Buffalo, New York

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

13 Willem de Kooning (190497)

Gotham News (1955)

14 Patrick Heron (192099)

Six in Vermilion with Red in Red (1970)

Chapter 3Chicago, Illinois

Art Institute of Chicago

15 Pierre Bonnard (18671947)

Earthly Paradise (191620)

16 Georges Braque (18821963)

Still Life with Fruits and Stringed Instrument (1938)

17 Gustave Caillebotte (184894)76

Paris Street, Rainy Day (1877)

18 Marc Chagall (18851985)

White Crucifixion (1938)

19 Giovanni di Paolo (140382)

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (145560)

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (15411614)

The Feast in the House of Simon (160814)

20 Edward Hopper (18821967)

Nighthawks (1942)

douard Manet (183283)

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers (1865)

21 Agnes Martin (19122004)

Untitled #12 (1977)

22 Joan Mitchell (192592)

City Landscape (1955)

23 Berthe Morisot (184195)

Woman at Her Toilette (187580)

Bridget Riley (1931)

Ascending and Descending Hero (1965)

24 Georges Seurat (185991)

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884 (188486)

25 Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (151894)

Tarquin and Lucretia (157880)

26 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (18641901)

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando) (188788)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (17751851)

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish (183738)

27 Vincent van Gogh (185390)

The Bedroom (1889)

28 Grant Wood (18911942)

American Gothic (1930)

Museum of Contemporary Art

29 Francis Bacon (190992)

Study for a Portrait (1949)

Chapter 4Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Museum of Art

30 Chuck Close (1940)

Paul III (1996)

Chapter 5Dallas, Texas

Dallas Museum of Art

31 Robert Delaunay (18851941)

Eiffel Tower (1924)

32 Ren Magritte (18981967)

Persian Letters (1958)

Chapter 6Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Institute of Arts

33 Pieter Bruegel the Elder (152569)

The Wedding Dance (c. 1566)

34 Diego Rivera (18861957)

The Detroit Industry Murals (193233)

Jan Steen (162679)

Gamblers Quarreling (c. 1665)

Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael (162882)

The Jewish Cemetery (165455)

35 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (18341903)

Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket (1875)

Chapter 7Hartford, Connecticut

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

36 Max Ernst (18911976)

Europe After the Rain (194042)

Chapter 8Los Angeles, California

J. Paul Getty Museum

Paul Czanne (18391906)

Still Life with Blue Pot (c. 190006)

Georges de La Tour (15931652)

The Musicians Brawl (c. 162530)

James Ensor (18601949)

Christs Triumphant Entry into Brussels in 1889 (1888)

37 Goya (Francisco de Goya) (17461828)

Bullfight, Suerte de Varas (1824)

38 douard Manet (183283)

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