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EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR

Paintings from Private Collections

31 May to 7 September 1955

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Artists

Pierre Bonnard
French, 1867–1947
68 exhibitions
Georges Braque
French, 1882–1963
104 exhibitions
Charles Burchfield
American, 1893–1967
44 exhibitions
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839–1906
89 exhibitions
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917
57 exhibitions
Robert Delaunay
French, 1885–1941
48 exhibitions
André Derain
French, 1880–1954
84 exhibitions
Thomas Eakins
American, 1844–1916
17 exhibitions
Lyonel Feininger
American, 1871–1956
64 exhibitions
Paul Gauguin
French, 1848–1903
75 exhibitions
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, 1853–1890
74 exhibitions
Arshile Gorky
American, born Armenia. 1904–1948
42 exhibitions
Juan Gris
Spanish, 1887–1927
77 exhibitions
Marsden Hartley
American, 1877–1943
29 exhibitions
Winslow Homer
American, 1836–1910
15 exhibitions
Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940
132 exhibitions
Jack Levine
American, 1915–2010
19 exhibitions
Édouard Manet
French, 1832–1883
13 exhibitions
John Marin
American, 1870–1953
63 exhibitions
Henri Matisse
French, 1869–1954
182 exhibitions
Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893–1983
137 exhibitions
Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881–1973
231 exhibitions
Jackson Pollock
American, 1912–1956
59 exhibitions
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French, 1841–1919
40 exhibitions
Georges Rouault
French, 1871–1958
88 exhibitions
Henri Rousseau
French, 1844–1910
49 exhibitions
Albert Pinkham Ryder
American, 1847–1917
13 exhibitions
Georges-Pierre Seurat
French, 1859–1891
56 exhibitions
Ben Shahn
American, born Lithuania. 1898–1969
86 exhibitions
Rufino Tamayo
Mexican, 1899–1991
29 exhibitions
Bradley Walker Tomlin
American, 1899–1953
14 exhibitions
Maurice Utrillo
French, 1883–1955
23 exhibitions
Édouard Vuillard
French, 1868–1940
48 exhibitions

New York Times Review of the exhibition

PUBLISHED

3 August 1955

MODERN MUSSEUM GETS 6 PAINTINGS; Gifts Come Toward Close of Anniversary Celebration -Masters' Works Included

By Sanka KNOX

The waning twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the Museum of Modern Art has brought a handsome gift to this the youngest of the city's museums.

New York Times • page 47 • 523 words