Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of BaltimoreIn the early 1900s Baltimore sisters Claribel and Etta Cone visited the Paris studios of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and began assembling one of the worlds most important art collections. Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore features over 50 of these works of artincluding paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Matisse, Picasso, Gauguin, Renoir, van Gogh and moreon loan from The Baltimore Museum of Art. In addition to modern masterpieces, the exhibition includes textiles and decorative arts from Europe, Asia and Africa the Cones collected as well as photographs and archival materials to highlight the remarkable lives of the Jewish sisters Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone. This application includes audio that features interviews with the exhibitions curator, personal insights from the Cones great grand-niece, Nancy Ramage, and Henri Matisses grandson, Claude Duthuit, as well as images of selected artworks from the exhibition.Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore is on view at these venues as follows:The Jewish Museum, New York1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128 May 6 September 25, 2011Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7June 2 September 23, 2012Category views, numeric keypad entry and the keyword search function enable you to access the tour anyway you wish.
