Special Exhibition: European Modernism

Improvisation No. 23, 1911 Oil on Canvas Wassily Kandinsky Lent by Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Collection

In a special exhibition of exceptional quality and breadth, twenty-four works of art by the great innovators of the first half of the twentieth century will travel to Muncie. Beginning November 18, the museum will host Collecting Modernism: European Masterworks from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute until March 19, 2006. Featured are notable works by Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, and other key figures of the era. The collection is a virtual survey of the major movements in the development of modern art in Europe, with examples of Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and DeStijl.

 

Exhibition Date: November 18, 2005 - November 19, 2006