THE MODERNS OPENS AT THE NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
Chagall, Degas, Léger, Miró, Picasso and more…
impressionism and post-impressionism through early and mid-20th century movements such as cubism, dadaism and surrealism, and features pieces by many modernist masters.
Honoring the Museum’s Founding President, the late Ambassador Arnold A. Saltzman, who during his life formed one of America’s great private collections of early modernist painting and sculpture, the exhibition THE MODERNS: Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection includes works by well-known modernists such as Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Constantin Brancusi, Edgar Degas, Robert Delaunay, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and many others. The second exhibition, THE MODERNS: Long Island Collects Modern Art, organized by guest curator Franklin Hill Perrell, draws together choice examples of 20th-century art from significant Long Island collections. This special presentation embraces a wide range of treasures by pioneering artists of the modernist era, among them Matisse, Monet, Renoir, Dali, Léger, Chagall, Miró, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Also on exhibit from the Saltzman Family Collection is a fascinating selection of posters from the Russian Revolution, designed and created by some of the foremost Russian artists of the time. The posters no doubt reflect the idealism of the early communist period, but are also so clearly propagandistic in their purpose as Lenin and the Bolsheviks sought to solidify control over Russia from the October 1917 Revolution through the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922. The Moderns will be on view through November 8, and during its run the Museum is offering several public programs that will serve to enhance and illuminate the works on dispaly. The Brown Bag Lecture series of exhibition talks will be presented on August 27, September 24 and October 29. Jake Gorst, author of a book on his grandfather, modernist architect Andrew Geller, presents a talk on his famous relative on September 26. Art historian Miriam Brumer discusses works in the Saltzman family collection on October 17. On November 7, Shirley Romaine discusses Serge Sabarsky, who mounted exhibitions of German and Austrian Expressionist works beginning in 1989 when he was the first director of the newly privatized Nassau County Museum of Art. A 30-minute documentary, Edgar Degas of Dandies, Ballerinas and Women Ironing, screens daily. Please visit nassaumuseum.org/events for details and registration information. Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive in Roslyn Harbor, just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Road. The Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Docent-led tours of the exhibitions are offered at 2 p.m. each day; tours of the mansion are offered each Saturday at 1 p.m.; meet in the lobby, no reservations needed. Tours are free with museum admission. Family tours and art activities are offered Sundays from 1 pm; free with museum admission. Call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12 to inquire about group tours. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and above) and $4 for students with ID and children aged 4 to 12. Members and children under 4 are admitted free. The Museum Store is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org. BACK TO WEEKLY Works pictured to the right - from top to bottom. Long Island Collects Modern Art Pablo Picasso Still Life with Pigeon, 1917-19 Oil on canvas 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches Caroline and Stephen Adler Fernand Léger Un Chien et oiseu dans le paysage, 1952 Oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches Dr. Harvey Manes Max Beckmann Snowdrops, 1933 Oil on canvas 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches Caroline and Stephen Adler Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection Joan Miró Etoiles filantes de tetes, 1935 (1944) Gouache on paper 13 1Ž2 x 16 1Ž2 inches Saltzman Family Collection Robert Delaunay Les trois graces (Arc-en-ciel), 1913 Oil on canvas 20 X 26 inches Saltzman Family Collection Marc Chagall Les Chardons, 1931 Oil on canvas, laid on board 29 x 23 inches Saltzman Family Collection BACK TO WEEKLY 
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