Author(s): Megan Fontanella (Text by, Editor); Gillian McMillan (Text by); Nathan Otterson (Text by); Federica Pozzi (Text by); Samantha Small (Text by); Lena Stringari (Text by); Jeffrey Warda (Text by); Jeffrey Weiss (Text by); Julie Barten (Text by); Susan Davidson (Text by); John K. Delaney (Text by); Lidia Guibert Ferrara (Text by); Megan Fontanella (Text by, Editor); Vivien Greene (Text by); Sasha Kalter-Wasserman (Text by); Natalia Lauricella (Text by)

Artists & Styles

When Justin K. Thannhauser (1892_1976) brought his collection of modern art to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1965, it was his crowning achievement after more than a half century as one of Europe_s most influential and distinguished collectors and dealers. The collection_s formal bequeathal to the Guggenheim in 1978 represents a watershed moment for the museum _ today its Thannhauser Collection constitutes the core of the Guggenheim_s Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and School of Paris holdings, including thirty-two works by Pablo Picasso.

This lavishly illustrated volume presents the astonishing collection in full, offering a concentrated survey of works by such modern masters as Georges Braque, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Picasso, Camille Pissarro, and Vincent van Gogh, among others. Throughout, artworks are given rich context and detail with historical installation views and high-tech conservation images. Short essays on collection highlights by current and former Guggenheim curators and conservators illuminate the artists_ stylistic innovations as they sought to liberate art from academic genres and techniques. The book also features extensive technical analyses, offering rare insight into the artists_ materials and processes based on the latest advances in conservation technology. A lead essay by Megan Fontanella recounts the genesis of Thannhauser_s collection and its eventual transfer to the Guggenheim Museum.