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"The Subject is Women" at the Nassau County Museum of Art

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Written by Doris Meadows   
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 02:57

Amedeo Modigliani - Portrait of Madame Rachele Osterlind, 1919 18 2/5 by 13 1/5 inches, Oil on canvas - Private Collection

ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- "The Subject is Women: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism" offers a lavish viewing of works by women and works depicting women. This sumptuous exhibition will demonstrate how artists of these movements and eras depict women — and how women artists depict themselves. The works of the show, many of them vibrant oils, include renowned masters such as Cassatt, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir as well as others. Degas is represented by "Danseuse" (buste), 1900; Pissarro by "La Marché des Gisors, rue Cappeville", 1894-95; Renoir by "Jeunes filles aux lilas", c. 1890 and "Femme nue aux coussins verts", 1909 and Alfred Stevens by "Le Masque japonais", c. 1877.

Pierre August Renoir - "Jeunes filles aux lilas", c. 1890. Oil on canvas, 21 5/8 x 8 inches. The Lois and David Lerner Collection.Works by women Impressionists and Post Impressionists include Mary Cassatt’s "Lyontine in a Pink Fluffy Hat", 1898; "Berthe Morisot, Portrait de Louise Reisner", 1881 and Marie Laurencin’s "Women in the Forest", 1920. The 57 works selected for "The Subject is Women: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism" are drawn from remarkable public and private collections. The exhibition opened on January 10 and remains on view through February 28.

The Nassau County Museum of Art's permanent collection contains over 600 works of art representing both 19th and 20th century European and American artists. Encompassing all types of media, the collection grows through donations.

Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Chaim Gross, Robert Rauschenberg, Moses Soyer, Audrey Flack, George Segal, Auguste Rodin, Georges Braque, Alex Katz, Frederick Warren Freer and Irving Ramsey Wiles are some of the many artists included in the collection. Selections from the permanent collection are on view periodically throughout the year.

Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Rd.) in Roslyn Harbor. Hours are 11 am to 4:45 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Docent-led tours of the exhibition are offered at 2 pm each day. Admission to the main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building, is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62+) and $4 for students and children ages 4-12; includes admission to the MiniArtMuseum for Children. Members are always admitted free. There is a $2 parking fee on weekends (members free). The Museum Shop is open all museum hours.

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