Tucson Museum of Art

My friend Glenice and I enjoyed strolling around old Tucson and especially the Museum of Art.  We were fortunate that we arrived while a touring exhibit from the Kasser Mochart Art Foundation was at the museum.  The exhibit was entitled "The Figure Examined."  The Kasser Mochary Foundation was founded in 1968 by Alexander and Elisabeth Kasser with the mission of inspiring and promoting appreciation of the fine arts.  They do this by lending significant works of art to regional museums from their holdings.

The exhibit is comprised of approximately 120 works of art and portrays the human figure through paintings, sculpture and works on paper by noted 19th and 20th-century European and American artists.

Here are some of my favorites:

"Bust of a Woman," 1955 by Giacomo Manzu, Intalian, born Giacomo Manzoni, 1908-1991. 

"Annette VI," 1962 by Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, 1901-1966

 "Draped Woman," 1908 by Pierre-Aguste Renoir, French, 1841-1919

 "Portrait of Katharine Kelso Cassatt," (artist's mother) 1905 by Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926

 "Portrait of Maria Lani," 1927-1928 by Andre Derain, French, 1880-1954

 "The Damned Women," 1885-1890 by Aguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917 and

"Falling Man, Torso of a Young Man," before 1904

"Bird of Paradise," 1985 by John Bellany, Scottish, 1942-2013

 "Untitled," 1943 by Jackson Pollock, American 1912-1956, ink gouache, watercolor on cut paper mounted on blue paper.

 "Heads of Men," 1954 by Andy Warhol, American 1928-1987

 Left: "Head of a Man," 1906, by Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973

Back:  "Self Portrait," 1917 by Egon Schiele, Austrian, 1890-1918

Right:  "Maguette #2," 1933 by Jacques Lipchitz, American born Lituania, 1891-1973

 "The Eternal Idol," 1893 by Aguste Rodin

 "Two Seated Figures against Wall," 1960 by Henry Moore, British, 1898-1986

 "Girl on Cot," 1976 by Raphael Soyer, American, born Russia, 1899-1987

 "Young Mother in a Grotto," 1885 by Auguste Rodin, marble

 "Motherhood," 1930 by Pablo Picasso, aquatint, etching on paper, print.

"Hay Harvest," 1920 by Diego Rivera, Mexican 1886-1957

 "Loge with a Gilded Mascaron," 1893 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901

 "Bathers under the Trees," 1904 by Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904

 "Dance Movement," 1911 by Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1954

 "Harlequin with Clarinet," 1919-1920 by Jacques Lipchitz.

 "The Ice Skater," 1960 by Giacomo Manzu

 "The Montvallon Chateau at Lissieu (Rhone)," 1928 by Maurice Utrillo, French, born Maurice Valadon, 1883-1955

 "Self Portrait," 1987 by John Bellany

 "The Flute Player," 1936 by Ernst Bartlach, German 1870-1938

 "The Little Parisian," 1881 by Paul Gauguin, French 1848-1903

"Surrealist Landscape," 1942 by Salvador Dali, Spanish, 1904-1989 

"Adam" 1881 by Auguste Rodin

The brochure states that Rodin was inspired by the works of Michaelangelo to create this large bronze which was cast in 1970, 8/12

 

 "Bacchanale," 1955 by Pablo Picasso, lithograph with gouache on paper.

 "In the Time of Harmony; the Golden Age is Not Passed, it is Still to Come (Reprise)," 1896 by Paul Signac, French, 1863-1935 

 "The Water Bearers (Egyptian)," 1895 by Emile Bernard, French 1869-1941

"Celise Receives Germeuile's Letter," 1968 from the series "The Marquis de Sade" by Salvador Dali, gouche on paper

"Landscape with Crucifixion,"  date unknown, by Marc Chagall, Russian, 1887-1985

"Hina," 1892 by Paul Gauguin, bronze.