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Art at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
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We are visiting one of the world's best art museums, the Barnes Foundation located in Philadelphia. It has one of the finest collections of Impressionist painters, for example 181 works by Renoir which is the largest group of his paintings in any museum in the world. They've also got the most Cézanne's of any museum in the world with 69 paintings seven by van Gogh including the Postman. How about 59 by Matisse, who became friends with Barnes and created several versions of the Dance for him. 46 Picassos along with hundreds of other great works by many other important painters.
These are primarily works by Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modernist masters, but the collection also includes many other paintings by leading European and American artists, as well as African art, antiquities from China, Egypt, and Greece.
In addition there is sculpture, furniture, decorative arts, African sculpture, Native American ceramics, old Master paintings, jewelry, textiles and antiquities. Not only is this collection spectacular but it's arranged in a most interesting and unusual way, in groups called “ensembles.” Rather than having all of one artist together in one room there's a variety and mix that really stimulates your eye and gets you thinking about the quality of the work in some new and innovative ways.
All of these works were collected by Dr. Albert Barnes between 1912 and 1951, seen here in a painting done for him by Giorgio de Chirico and a photograph from 1940. He was a visionary collector who went to Europe on many buying expeditions and befriended the artists, and was able to assemble this collection which today is worth at least $25 billion, but in totality should be considered priceless.
Originally Dr. Barnes was purchasing these paintings for his personal enjoyment but soon expanded to a point where Dr. Barnes created an educational foundation dedicated to teaching visual literacies to individuals. And that educational function still continues with this fine art museum. Education is at the heart of everything they do - they serve thousands of K-12 students annually through their educational outreach, they have some affiliations with local universities offering degrees, and they have educational programs for adults. They have art lectures for the general public their staff is available in the galleries to give gallery talks every day.
Here is a partial list of their artists: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Edgar Degas, Giorgio de Chirico, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat.
You can see all their artworks and listen to their staff talk about them at their website,
www.barnesfoun...
Fun fact! One of Barnes's artist friends had a daughter who gave Albert some pictures to hang up in his gallery, and there are two pictures by a nine year old child hanging inside ensembles that also contained the impressionist masters.
I absolutely love this museum. I remember going to it growing up in the old house and seeing huge chunks of Egyptian hieroglyphics stones being used as doorstops. Some of my greatest memories come from this museum, and I really truly wish that everyone can experience it and enjoy it as much as I did and still do.
Really impressive and thoughtful video, I’m finally visiting the Barnes from the uk in a couple of months and this made me cry…
Lindas pinturas parabéns
Depois de tantos museus lindos que já vi no yutub, não imaginava que no mundo existia mais essa maravilha que reune várias obras de muitos artistas que amo... fiquei encantado !! Amei!!
google translate: After so many neat museums that I've been on yutub, I never imagined that the world exists, but it marvels that there are various works of many artists that I love... fiquei encantado !! Amei!!
What a wonderful collection
Beautiful
Amazing! Thanks for the video 😊
Great video as always Dennis. people should watch the documentary on RUclips about the politics of this museum's move to its new location downtown. It's named for a doctor Barnes who assembled the collection and left a will about how the collection should be displayed. the city essentially took the art, violated the will and moved it all downtown to create a tourist attraction. The art is much more accessible now to the public, but it was the man's personal property and he left a will as to how it should be handled.
Yes, it was a very controversial situation, splitting the Board of Directors and dragged out in court for a decade. I'm glad it worked out to enable more people to easily see the collection, and most importantly, everything is still arranged exactly as Dr. Barnes wanted it. Being in Center City makes it very accessible. Previously only 25,000 people each year could view it, but now it can handle millions. This is such a precious collection it needs to be available for the masses.
@@denniscallan 95 percent of me agrees with you, the other 5 percent of me says a will should be ironclad and they (the city's mayor and the administration) broke it because of greed. They were his paintings and he dictated how he wanted them to be handled and displayed.
WOW YOU STILL CRYIN BABY? I MEAN IT BEEN WHAT? 10 YEARS NOW?!
@@GIRLRAZR I think you're confused, they don't need visitors to "stay in business" they have a multi-million dollar endowment which funds their operations in perpetuity. You need to read more about it, their problem was too many visitors.
@@FreddySherman Look Philly is right down the road from you ok? They did not move to Tokyo! You can still visit. We still want you to enjoy this art ok? Thanks! =)
Nice video! It is interesting and I would recomend this video to others.
thank you!
Interesting!😊
How does Lincoln College benefit from this art that was left to them.
10:49 look, it's an i pad! lol
michael and mo strangely look like brothers
Stolen Art. Disgusting
Barnes bought every piece at market price.
@@denniscallan what’s that even mean? I’m saying the Barnes Collection was stolen form the city of Philadelphia, and the state of Pennsylvania.
@@HolyToledo "stolen form"? what are you talking about? If you mean "stolen by" it is just not true.
@@denniscallan you are not qualified to even respond. Like not at all
Watch “the art of the steal”, then get back with me.